Those are terrific ways to get the word out in SL. Let me know if Book Island is interested in an event, too. I'd love to promote this not only as a Rochester antho, but as a project that others can and should do in RL and SL communities, to encourage imagination in long-term planning.
On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Sally Caves wrote: > You no doubt know, Alicia, that there are plenty of venues on SL for > readings and book discussions... maybe we could get Book Island > (Selina and Ariadne) interested in this anthology as well, and let > people know who frequent Written Word. I could put up an > advertisement not only about this anthology in my book booth, but R- > SPEC. > > Sarah/Sally > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alicia Henn > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: First Dibs > > That's so cool, I don't know where to start lauding its coolness. > > We were going to discuss the antho in the second half of the > December R-SPEC meeting. If I was sufficiently confident in my tech > abilities, I'd suggest a simulcast. > > This would be in January? > > On Nov 7, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Pat Rapp wrote: > >> I'm going to be planning a monthly event to be held at the Monroe >> County Library System's amphitheater in Second Life*. This will >> include author visits, readings, book discussions or whatever else >> sounds interesting. >> >> Events will be held once a month - probably mid-to-late month for >> promotional reasons - and I'd like to kick-off the 2009 season with >> the R-Spec anthology. Are you guys interested? >> >> Also, anyone who would like to participate in events other than the >> anthology promo, please let me know. I will also be hitting up the >> local poets, children's writers, mystery writers and yes, even the >> romance writers. >> >> If you're new to Second Life or need help getting started, let me >> know! >> >> This is a fantastic way to reach a wide audience. >> >> Pat >> >> *Second Life is a free virtual world where you can interact in real >> time with a global user base of well over a million people. >> (Average number of simultaneous users logged on at any given time >> is about 70,000 people.) >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
