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If you are still interested in an online workshop, send
a "Sign me up!" message to me directly, rather than to
the entire list. Include a brief description of what kind
of writing you do (or want to do).
For those of you who have already signed up:
I received over 80 responses so far. Obviously we
can't have a workshop with 80 participants, so I created
a small database of names and email addresses,
then divided everyone up into workshop groups of no
more than 7 participants.
Currently, myself and two other people are working on
some very basic rules for getting started and for main-
taining a workshop. We expect that the workshops,
once established, will work relatively independently of
each other.
There may be some room for expanding the workshop
idea into a more sophisticated online forum in the future.
For now, however, our goal is to just get something
started.
I am taking a couple of days off this week to attend my
sister's wedding, so expect more information from me
later in the month (July 24th, or soon thereafter).