The link only works if you're already registered at Liberty Hall.
thanks
mikemunsil
[This message has been edited by mikemunsil (edited July 22, 2005).]
"Rules? Rules. We don't need no steenking rules!"
To buy? Hmmm. Not me, I'm already bought and an old fat white boy doesn't go for much nowadays
The "Liberty Hall Flasher" t-shirt appliques? No. You can win those just by writing well, why pay for them?
Good question. I'd pay a lot for a picture of Beth doing the blue paint/incense/Maori warcry thing, but she says she'll never do that again.
Any other ideas?
Otherwise...Hmmm...I really don't have a clue. My brain hasn't turned on yet today. I'll have to mull it over. I'm sure someone else will have an opinion. Where is everyone?
Fool me once . . .
Ya, know whoever it is it's got to be poster size. They'll be the pin-up for LH. He-he-he. So, I'm afraid one of the moderators will have to volenteer.
What does this have to do with writing?
Although, I admit, Maori warcries are a stretch .
*sigh*
that's probably not going to work either.
ok. this is all research for a creative nonfiction article on the internal dynamics of writing groups.
there.
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this is all research for a creative nonfiction article on the internal dynamics of writing groups
The one you and HSO are writing for the SF and Fantasy Workshop newsletter, I hope?
I'm also not clear on why poker would be involved, but I'm not a poker player so maybe that's it.
Kathleen, Invisible poker is a lost art that Mike is tring to revive in the writing sence. Like, writing is a gamble--we'll bet our money on our writing. Or something like that anyway...I'll shut up now.
Certainly, if a person is committed to improving their writing, then the weekly rush of the challenge and the comments and critiques that are received should be enough to keep them at it. But there is a bit of a depressing effect also, when you flash week after week and never receive enough votes to win a category.
Our moderators spend up to 12 hours or so of their time on a weekend, making things work. They do this week after week and, because they're moderators, they do not get to flash as often, or their flashes are disqualified from the votes (the infamous DQ). This also wears on a person.
Thus the poker. Firstly, in line with my most basic philosophy for the site, you must write to be eligible to play poker. The hands you are dealt depend upon how well you do in the votes, and how short you story. So, you must still write, you must still write well, and you must aim for brevity.
However, there is more opportunity for cameraderie and wins, if you are a good bluffer. That is where the real essence of poker comes into play.
So, it comes down to this:
Poker is being tested at Liberty Hall in order to increase the potential for fun, for the writers who might not otherwise be having much fun. The method still requires good, concise writing. Play is open to all who will write, even those who are not motivated by the challenges, or are intimidated by them.
Poker at Liberty Hall is intended to:
-promote writing
-include everyone who will write
-increase the fun and cameraderie for those who need it
That's how poker ties into writing. It addresses the whole person, as a person with feelings and the occasional depression.
It isn't for everyone, true. It may be a bust, also true. But I am going to make the effort anyway in the event that it does work.
That's how I started the challenges in the first place, with no guarantee that it was more than another of Mike's foibles and an expression of his weird and at times foolish personality.
I can live with being thought foolish or bizarre. I cannot live without trying.
And now I will step down from my soapbox with apologies to Kathleen for not being 'writerly' enough in this thread.
mike
[This message has been edited by mikemunsil (edited July 24, 2005).]
Thank you for explaining how you are tying poker to writing. Your explanation works for me.
So if you need me to, I will quote Picard and say, "Make it so."
Since I do the card counting, you're in trouble.