Frankly, I don't know if the point Stuart makes is strictly true, but that doesn't matter. I have tightened the visibility of the Group so that Messages are only visible to other Group members.?
Onwards and upwards,
John
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On Friday, 20 March 2020, 10:06:43 GMT, Stuart Larner <slarner@...> wrote:
Hi Pam
thanks to you and John for this.
This is good and I will be active in it. However I
would like to point out that it should be a private group? because
if you post here then it would constitute a publication if its
presence were to be made known outside the group. In those
circumstances it would constitute a first publication and it would
invalidate any attempts to offer it as unpublished to any future
editor elsewhere.?
I hope only the members of the group will be able
to? see it.
Also , 2000 words is a better ceiling for fiction
otherwise you end up with Flash. Which is good for wiping floors
with, but not the soul.
Any depth of crititqueing? is Ok by me, as long as
it is gentle and honest and constructive. Strengths, and areas
for development.
correct right
as an email address?it bounces from my desk.
@StuartLarner
On 19/03/2020 22:41, Pam Hanley wrote:
Dear All
Thank you for expressing interest in joining this group. John
Jackson has very kindly set up a Group for us to post to, and by
the weekend I will send you all invitations to enable you to
join.
Eleven people have "signed up", which seems a pretty healthy
(and let's hope we remain that way!) number. Once we get going,
if it's a success and the situation looks like carrying on for
some time, I'll update the wider group on what we're doing.
I think we need to set some ground rules to help the Group to
operate smoothly. Here are my suggestions to get the ball
rolling:
length of work (about 1000 words or up to 3 poems?)
submit on an ad hoc basis rather than on a particular day of
the week to avoid "bunching"?
response time for comments (a week?)
circulate responses to the group rather than the author only
as we do on manuscript evenings? Or leave that to the author
to specify when they post?
everyone to attempt to respond to each item posted, even if
it's to explain they don't have time to critique it -
otherwise we might risk authors sending work into an
unresponsive black hole, which wouldn't be good for the
creative soul
guidance about how to critique kindly and constructively
(I'm happy to hunt for some advice unless someone already has
a short document we can circulate)
If you have any additions or amendments to suggest, please
let me know then I'll post a final list to the Group when it's
all set up.
JOHN JACKSON