This is so great. What I know of you (all good, btw) is second hand from your lovin' dad. Now I (it's all about me, right?) get to know a little bit first hand. Just like they say at McDonald's, I'm lovin' it.
As we grow here this site will become far less Chuck-centric and more writer-centric, a place to nurture all writers. A place to write regardless of genre or gender. It's already happening. I would have started out that way but I didn't know how. I didn't really give it that much thought until I started worrying that people wouldn't participate if they thought this site was about me. It isn't, of course. What I want is the feeling that it's about you. That way - if I'm guessing right - you'll feel safe to write about whatever is important to you. That's what I want, anyway, even if I stumble getting there.
Thank you for joining us here. It's takes a touch of courage to join, I think. After all, writers are vulnerable, at least it feels that way. But where there is risk there is also reward. The rewards aren't easy to quantify but they're there, from just getting it off your chest to entertaining and enlightening your readers.
I hope you'll spend some time here and write with us. I've got a lot to learn from you.
Chuck Stromme
This is so great. What I know of you (all good, btw) is second hand from your lovin' dad. Now I (it's all about me, right?) get to know a little bit first hand. Just like they say at McDonald's, I'm lovin' it.
As we grow here this site will become far less Chuck-centric and more writer-centric, a place to nurture all writers. A place to write regardless of genre or gender. It's already happening. I would have started out that way but I didn't know how. I didn't really give it that much thought until I started worrying that people wouldn't participate if they thought this site was about me. It isn't, of course. What I want is the feeling that it's about you. That way - if I'm guessing right - you'll feel safe to write about whatever is important to you. That's what I want, anyway, even if I stumble getting there.
Thank you for joining us here. It's takes a touch of courage to join, I think. After all, writers are vulnerable, at least it feels that way. But where there is risk there is also reward. The rewards aren't easy to quantify but they're there, from just getting it off your chest to entertaining and enlightening your readers.
I hope you'll spend some time here and write with us. I've got a lot to learn from you.
Chuck
Jan 3, 2009
Rose Wolfe
Jan 3, 2009