CoAuthor

06/30/2012

Wondering, searching day and night
Questioning if this path leads to light
Right or wrong, Left or right
Stay up late, no dreams take flight
Answers come and go so quick
Answers I know not one to pick
Answers swirling in my brain
Answering nothing, am I sane?

06/27/2012

I have not been reading like I said I would. I just feel tired when I get home and really just want to shut my eyes as soon as I get in bed. The rainy days are not helping.

Been trying to connect with some folks from Random House on Linked In, no responses yet but it has only been a couple days.

06/24/2012

The CoAuthor Project sets out to bring authors and readers together by voting on content and creating a book together. * ALL content collected will be owned by CoAuthor founders or owning organization. See Products section for full disclosure.

06/24/2012

Still working on a new schedule and looking for ideas on how to better capture our voting and posting milestones. Look forward to hearing your ideas.

06/16/2012

Sent out a bunch of emails to publishing companies and radio stations trying to get some word of mouth going. Hope it helps.

06/14/2012

So we are almost 15 days in but I think my schedule is too aggressive without having more of a web presence. I think I want to restructure a bit. I need to make it easier to post ideas and get folks to vote. I would love to hear some ideas on how to accomplish this.

Also, I need to get the idea spreading. I want to start posting ads about town, especially at libraries and book stores. Would anyone be willing to post in their towns if I send copies of the ad? I will also need to try and save some money up to run a proper ad online.

Thanks to those who are participating. I look forward to your ideas how to make this project successful.

06/09/2012

Just another place you can go for CoAuthor information. I will be setting up some polling to help me deliver content more effectively.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/CoAuthor-Project-4481737?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Share ideas about doing a community authoring project. The main site will be on Facebook but this seems like a good place to meet people who might be interested in the project.

06/08/2012

What are you reading right now?

I started reading the Alice books but I'm not that far in yet. I was reading it on my old phone too and it is dead. I'll have to find another copy I guess.

06/04/2012

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06/03/2012

The CoAuthor Project sets out to bring authors and readers together by voting on content and creating a book together.

* ALL content collected will be owned by CoAuthor founders or owning organization. Members can be selected and given credit in any product generated from CoAuthor projects.

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06/03/2012

Project 1 Timeline 6/1/2012 - 6/1/2013:

1a. Start Project 6/1/2012 - 2.5 months to get people visiting the site and to select the first book topic.
1b. Authors can submit short stories to [email protected]. My team will select our top 5, and post them for voting on 8/15/2012.

2a. Voting for lead author will go until 10/1/2012.
2b. Submit and vote on book title, vote ends 9/15/2012. *If we feel the title is no longer fitting, we can change during edit process. We want the book title to use on a sister fan page, so that our main page doesn't get cluttered up.
2c. Start defining/voting on characters, ends on 12/1/2012.

3a. 10/15/2012 - 12/15/2012, post/vote on a basic outline of chapters and key events within each. Targeting 15 chapters.
3b. Lead Author should start writing once chapter outline is coming together. He/she will need to have final draft of chapter 1 submitted by 12/15/2012.

4. Chapter Editing
4a. Chapter 1 posted on 12/15, edits and votes by 12/22.
4b. Chapter 2 posted by 12/22, edits and votes by 12/29.
4c. Chapter 3 posted on 12/29, edits and votes by 1/5/2013.
4d. Chapter 4 posted on 1/5, edits and votes by 1/12.
4e. Chapter 5 posted on 1/12, edits and votes by 1/19.
4f. Chapter 6 posted on 1/19, edits and votes by 1/26.
4g. Chapter 7 posted on 1/26, edits and votes by 2/2.
4h. Chapter 8 posted on 2/2, edits and votes by 2/9.
4i. Chapter 9 posted on 2/9, edits and votes by 2/16.
4j. Chapter 10 posted on 2/16, edits and votes by 2/23.
4k. Chapter 11 posted on 2/23, edits and votes by 3/2.
4l. Chapter 12 posted on 3/2, edits and votes by 3/9.
4m. Chapter 13 posted on 3/9, edits and votes by 3/16.
4n. Chapter 14 posted on 3/16, edits and votes by 3/23.
4o. Chapter 15 posted on 3/23, edits and votes by 3/30.

5. Final Overall Editing, once individual chapter edits are complete we will do one final round evaluating the book as a whole. Votes will end on 5/15/2012 so that the lead author can make final updates by 6/1/2013.