I’m also willing to set up a mailing list or a private LJ community if we had enough folks interested in using something like that. I’d rather not use a wiki or a public site because my novel is intended for eventual publication.
ff.net will do fine; the message system there runs faster than my email and a prolonged discussion would probably clutter other formats such as my primary emailbox or the threads around LW.
Some common forum might be necessary for projects whose commentariat consists of several people, so as to avoid people stating the same points over and over, but the idea of mailing lists doesn’t hold much appeal—I get huge noise-to-signal ratios from some of my university mailing lists and I’d rather not add to the list of mailboxes I have to sieve through on a regular basis. I’ve never tried LJ; does it work differently and is it any better?
It’s better for hosting discussions among multiple people. So far I haven’t seen the kind of demand that would warrant setting up a community there, though.
I’d be happy to swap chapter-by-chapter critiques with you.
Sounds good. Will you be uploading yours here à la Chapter One Part One up there, or is there another site you’re using?
I’ve been emailing the complete first chapter to interested readers—if you PM me your email address I’ll send it to you.
Should I leave my commentary on FF.net?
I’m also willing to set up a mailing list or a private LJ community if we had enough folks interested in using something like that. I’d rather not use a wiki or a public site because my novel is intended for eventual publication.
PM sent.
ff.net will do fine; the message system there runs faster than my email and a prolonged discussion would probably clutter other formats such as my primary emailbox or the threads around LW.
Some common forum might be necessary for projects whose commentariat consists of several people, so as to avoid people stating the same points over and over, but the idea of mailing lists doesn’t hold much appeal—I get huge noise-to-signal ratios from some of my university mailing lists and I’d rather not add to the list of mailboxes I have to sieve through on a regular basis. I’ve never tried LJ; does it work differently and is it any better?
It’s better for hosting discussions among multiple people. So far I haven’t seen the kind of demand that would warrant setting up a community there, though.