--- In [email protected], Noirin Curran <angelicinspirat...@...> wrote: > > > It was evident at Vaticon at the weekend that lots of people are > following all this RPG discussion closely. And in light of this, there > have been plans brewing to organise some kind of Writers Workshop. > I think the idea that Janet and a few folks were throwing around in > the LJ post sound pretty good - I'll happily organise a venue for this > and attend a Writers Workshop if there is interest in it, or I can > help you organise it Janet, if you'd prefer.
I am just happy to have this happen, my take on things is that if I want to go to something I am happy to roll up my selves and pitch in to make it happen, cos I know I will learn a lot from it. Baz was enthusiastically > talking to a lot of people about it at the weekend, and there's a bit > of interest in the idea. He is also doing workshops as part of his job > at the moment, so he has some experience in running them. > I've ran a fair few workshops myself, great to have such an experienced and skilled people here who want to pitch in. > > If the first workshop worked out well, and people benefitted from it, > then we could try to organise more of these in a few different places > around the country so that more people could get involved! Traveling workshop :) that sounds like a plan, a fun plan. > Few questions: > 1. Would folks be willing to travel for something like this? > Cork/Galway/Dublin? Yes, and the sooner I know when the sooner I can hit my co parent up so he can have the kids. > 3. Assumedly, if it took place in the month of May it wouldn't clash > with any cons as Vaticon is just done with and Q-Con isn't til the end > of June - right? Also, it could be fun to meet up with people in a > non-con capacity where none of us are madly running around trying to > organise things! :) How would that suit folks? May would be great for the first one if possible, might give people the boost or confidence to submit for the deadline at the end of that month. Janet
