Sharks and Blogs and a Former IWW Participant

Former IWW member Wendee Holtcamp reports, "You can follow my adventures in Australia's Coral Sea as I blog live for Discovery Channel on shark research being filmed for Discovery's 2008 Shark Week program Expedition Shark, along with underwater photographer Cat Gennaro. The researchers lasso the sharks ("shark rodeo") and haul them onto the boat to retrieve radio tracking devices. Cool stuff!

Blogging should begin around Apr 5/6 through the 15th - assuming the satellite phones work! You’ll be able to comment and ask questions which I hope to be able to answer along with the scientists and documentary crew!
I’ll also be doing a few audio dispatches on Discovery’s Earth Live program but that should be linked from the main blog site.

Finding the IWW

• I found IWW by Googling "Internet Writer's Class." I am a visual Creative Director at an advertising agency trying to become a better writer
• I found you via a writer's list on a Google search.
• I found The Internet Writing Workshop in The Writing Group Book by Lisa Rosenthal.
• I found the link to your website in an article on Writer's Digest online site.
• I found the site via Google...
• I hunted high and low on the internet for a good critique group to join, and after a lot of hunting I found the IWW through Gary Presley's website.
• I found this site on the recommendation of a friend in the Atlanta Writers Club.
• I located your webpage by following several links, beginning with placesforwriters.com.
• Your site came up during a stroll through the internet, somehow.
• I have been on and off over the last several years and originally heard of IWW through a web search for online writing groups.
• I learned about the workshop from Max Barry's website. I'll bet you hear that a lot.

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How People Find the IWW

• I heard about this workshop through the website of a writer who contacted me (for reasons unknown) on my MySpace site.
• I was a member of the list a few years ago. I stopped participating because of lack of time, but remember it as an excellent and inspiring learning environment.
• A co-worker let me know about it.
• Found your site via a Google Alert re the Iowa Writer's Workshop.
• How did I hear: A co-worker and current list member
• I found IWW by typing into google "online writing forums," this looked like the most comprehensive and encouraging (i.e. weekly practices).
• Referred by: A Google websearch.
• I found your site by wading through a number of pages under the heading "Writing Groups". The fact that you were internet based urged me to read your site carefully.
• I discovered this Practice list online. I wanted to find a structured writing group for beginners and I stumbled upon this one, being the best fit. Originally I searched through Google and I can't recall the name of the site but it referenced this group.
• Found you through Willamette Writers bulletin board
• I did, however, learn about the Internet Writers Workshop from Max Barry, one of my favorite authors.
• I used to be a member of the Internet Writing Workshop about eight or nine years ago.
• I found you several years ago simply by searching the Internet for "test" or "beta" readers.
• How I found out about IWW: I belonged to IWW for a couple of years in 2005-06
• I researched the internet to find a good site and yours seems to be very good.

Our Friend Google Helps Again!

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
- Euripides

• I found IWW from the internet.
• I found IWW through a link that I hit upon by chance after doing a google-search on writing groups.
• I came across the website through the Guardian Media website.
• I found you through a google search for online writing critique groups.
• I stumbled on you through this website: http://www.bagoodjohn.blogspot.com/ I assume she is one of your members. I stumbled onto her website as well.
• I found you from an article on online criticism
• I found your site on Writing Times:Interest Tips.
• Dogpile Search Engine
• I found this site using the google search engine.
• I have been actively searching the Internet to find a crit group to suit my needs and it's difficult.
• I found you through J Lankford, who mentioned the Novel-L site in a posting.
• Internet search
• I did a search on Yahoo.com.
• Found you via the web.
• A writer's link from Writer's Digest 101 best web sites.
• I found you by doing a Google search for online writing groups.
• I found this list on a Ozarks Regional Writers Loop; list moderator Lois Kleinsasser.
• I found this list while looking online for any writing groups.
• I found you all through Writer's Digest.
• I followed a link from http://www.crayne.com
• I found the site on an internet search.
• I was looking for a group which would give me and the members of my yahoo group some good feedback on our writing and came across an article titled: "Find the Right ONLINE CRITIQUE GROUP For You!" by Kate Reynolds"
• I found you through Max Barry, speaking at the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Ann Hite announces new ezine~

Internet Writing Workshop member Ann Hite is starting a new online magazine called The Painted Door.

The Painted Door is an online magazine dedicated to the art of short story writing, and is accepting submissions now. Please place stories of any length--but I prefer under 5,000 words--in the email body, along with a short bio, four or five lines and send to thepainteddoor@bellsouth.net. Deadline for first issue submissions is September 20th.

The Painted Door is dedicated solely to the art of short stories of any length, but under 5000 words would be best," Ann said. Being a writer, Ann is sensitive to the difficulties writers face in getting work published. "I'm beginning this endeavor to give writers a showcase for their best work," she said.

She plans to publish The Painted Door monthly, and print both new and previously published pieces. The first issue is planned for October 15th. She welcomes submissions.

In addition to this project Ann is also busy with a series of novels and stories set in the fictional community of Black Mountain. She brings the Black Mountain characters to life by including mountain lore, ghost stories, voodoo, and superstition.

Ann is a contributor to Marlo Thomas' The Right Words at the Right Time, Vol.2, Your Turn. Find out more about Ann at The Painted Door: The Painted Door

Ann Hite announces her new ezine~

Internet Writing Workshop member Ann Hite is starting a new online magazine called The Painted Door.

The Painted Door is an online magazine dedicated to the art of short story writing, and is accepting submissions now. Please place stories of any length--but I prefer under 5,000 words--in the email body, along with a short bio, four or five lines and send to thepainteddoor@bellsouth.net. Deadline for first issue submissions is September 20th.

The Painted Door is dedicated solely to the art of short stories of any length, but under 5000 words would be best," Ann said. Being a writer, Ann is sensitive to the difficulties writers face in getting work published. "I'm beginning this endeavor to give writers a showcase for their best work," she said.

She plans to publish The Painted Door monthly, and print both new and previously published pieces. The first issue is planned for October 15th. She welcomes submissions.

In addition to this project Ann is also busy with a series of novels and stories set in the fictional community of Black Mountain. She brings the Black Mountain characters to life by including mountain lore, ghost stories, voodoo, and superstition.

Ann is a contributor to Marlo Thomas' The Right Words at the Right Time, Vol.2, Your Turn. Find out more about Ann at The Painted Door: The Painted Door