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[gal-texter]

Okay, gimme until Monday to post an update. I've been exhausted handling tax issues all month, so in my weird way, I relax by nagging people to help me in editing our forum skins. Haven't had the energy yet to compose an email for the Anvil peeps or a message for the mods.

[gal-texter]

Okay, gimme until Monday to post an update. I've been exhausted handling tax issues all month, so in my weird way, I relax by nagging people to help me in editing our forum skins. Haven't had the energy yet to compose an email for the Anvil peeps or a message for the mods.

[Poison]

take your time, there is no rush

[Fire]

Oh, Pen! Take a break sweetie *goes into Days Of Our Lives mood* Remember to rest, relax and get a lot of sleep! You've already done SO much for us, Tax? *shudders* Not fun. At all.

*raises hand* I'll do it, if you need someone ... feel free to take someone more experienced If you need help with anything I can do, don't be afraid to bug me

Days Of Our Lives - thread in the Hermione's Bag forum where PK-ers talk about random RL stuff

[gal-texter]

It's a go then. Hana, any help would be welcome.

I'd suggest randomly selecting interviewees: pick any author who's posted a chapter recently, any reviewer whose email address you could see, or any member who's logged in the forums lately, any artist who'd posted something in the gallery or in the fanart help desk; or any PK-er who's been blogging or posting somewhere else.

You guys get the interviews; I can help set up the mechanics of posting them here in PK. Either Bec, Adam or I would make an announcement shortly.

I've heard from myrhlyn (I always have trouble spelling her name ). She gave very good advice, so I'm copying our emails here:


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Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: The Anvil


Hi myrhlyn,

While talking about the HOTM interviews, some of us PK-mates got the idea of making a PK-er of the month. http://talk.portkey.org/index.php?act=find...&pid=410625

Would you mind if we borrow that concept in PK? Or would you be interested in putting up in the Anvil any interviews that we gather? Posting in the forums would be so much easier though.

Everything's tentative at this point, but it does sound like fun. We've recently heard from some of the people you've featured before, hence we could interview them again to ask for updated views.

Please let me know of any question / misgiving / wild objections / counter-suggestions you might have.

- Pen


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Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Subject: RE: The Anvil



Hi Pen!

Sounds like fun. I have no qualms with PK borrowing the idea. I'm sure you guys will turn out some great stuff. It'd probably be best to post everything in the forums, since I don't intend to update The Anvil at all.

My advice would be to use an instant messenger; and to try to avoid round-tables. While they are certainly fascinating, they also wind up quite draining in the editing room. But when you guys get started, please let me know of the first issue. I'd love to read it; and I wouldn't mind spreading a link around (I have a new fandom blog started, called Fandom S!ut.)

Good luck with everything!




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Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: The Anvil


Okay, thanks! Your advice is much appreciated. We'll give you a heads up IF we ever come up with anything. I'll have to look around for others to take charge of this as II have no interviewing skills whatsoever, but I'll be around to offer admin support.

- Pen

[Gillian Halliwell]

That's just fabulous!!! <3

This is a most wonderful idea!

[Fire]

Well, if no one else says yes to the interview, I wouldn't mind interviewing people, I'm not *that* bad at English + it would be interesting! I get off next week so I'll be able to help a lot then *now too* because all the stress and pressure of the exams are finished *cheers* Well ... sort of I have one left but ... Sorry.

Could we could also interview any prominent *such as big posters, theorists and of the sort who are active* members of PK? But I do love the random idea! It's fun

If you need me to do something drop me a PM When would you like interviews to begin ... ? And, should the interviewer send a PM to the interviewee asking if they could interview them (wow that was a lot of "interviews" )

[Poison]

I'm actually excited to read some of these new interviews of members

[Scout]

This sounds really fun. I can't wait to start reading the interviews.

[gal-texter]

Bec will take charge of this guys; she'd do better at interviewing than I ever could. She's just busy with uni but she'll be free in 3 weeks.

--I'd suggest that you guys spend more time gathering interviews than worrying about whom to interview. (That's not a dig at the Anvil staff; they did great.) Pick anybody who's been visiting PK lately or a PK-er who could be contacted outside PK, including those who've been HOTMs before. We have a lot of oldbie lurkers who have fewer than 10 forum posts in all the months or years they've been here. I suppose they come for the fics or the fanart. It'd be nice to hear from them.

--Also, don't worry too much about making pro-level interviews. What's important is that we get to know our PK-mates better and we find out how they're doing now whether they're active in the fandom or not.

--Besides, we can use the forums' interactive nature to our advantage. Once you've posted the interview here, any PK forum member could post reactions and follow up questions, which the interviewee could answer at their convenience.

--We can put up a hidden forum for the interviewers to put up their drafts and talk about this project and a public forum where all PK members and guests could see the final outputs. I suppose when you've got at least 4 interviews ready, we could start showing them.

--Also, we don't have to release them on a monthly basis. "POTM" could mean "PK-er of the moment" depending on how many interviews there are.

[Poison]

lol i like it month because it gives us something to look forward to each month