Pens tapping, fingers typing, and women speaking 100 miles a minute. A little laugh here or there. But these women with pens were all burning brain cells for one purpose — how to use the Internet to globalize Writegirl.
Chocolate covered pretzels, imac computers, and the chocolate lab Wasabi all prepared us to answer the substantial questions that laid ahead of us. What type of Youtube account shall we create? What about our MySpace page? What kind of account should we have on Facebook? What should go on our blog that would be different than our website content? Which format gives the most features and limits confusion? What should be the voice and tone of our Internet pages? What content is appropriate?
We decided that we wanted the blog to have three columns. Why? To better display our various content areas, such as our books, our authors and our comment, as well as minimize confusion for our soon to be sponsors, volunteers, and future Writegirls! Then, as the clock ticked away so did our mental power, and we began to think about getting home. For some it’s a relaxing ritual never to be broken. For others the relaxing takes place in the car, since getting home just means more work that needs doing. (This blog entry, for example.) But whatever our takes on that one, the women with pens all committed to meet once more before the March workshop to further our plans to reach the world, one step at a time.
–Fahiya R.
