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Poets & Writers: Post your original work to get feedback and gain recognition.

General Public: "DO" Blog about whatever issue moves you. "Don't" Post status type messages. There are sites where that type of "writing" is acceptable & (even) expected. This Blog/Group is definitely not one of those sites. We love our members, readers, and anyone who takes interest in our blog - yes. However, we do try to keep the blog moving in the most intelligent, thought provoking, and creative direction as is humanly possible. Social Network sites are better suited for the un-intelligable words of "Share something new."

Readers: Post your feelings/thoughts about anything you've read. If the original post was a piece of "work" (poetry/writing) then let the writer know what you think about their work. If the original post is "opinion" or any other "topic-oriented" blog then, by all means, add your thoughts to whatever issue was posted.

No Matter who you are or what your motives are for being here so long as you have an IQ to back up whatever thoughts or opinions you put up on the board and, as long as you are not an ego, pride-driven superstar without any other fans besides you and your mom, everyone should enjoy being here and have fun with whatever the plot is that they are thickening to taste.

Now, buckle up (I have a tendancy to blow up the joint once in a while). I am looking for many other like-minded (twisted) individuals to help this place find a location on the map. Any map...

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Combining all forums of "Are You Serious?"

After having "Are You Serious?" set up on several different hosts it appears that one host has established more membership than all the others. The host is webs.com and here's the link to "Are You Serious?" on that host. I encourage all my members on this Yuku hosted site to go to the link I provided and join that hosts version of our group. I would like to eliminate all the unnecessary forums and have only one "Are You Serious?" which was determined to be the best version according to which forum the members chose to join. In other words, the forum decided upon was decided by our members. Members viewed all forums and joined the forum which they liked best.

Thank you for being a part of this group. Every single member is an important piece to the whole. I value all of your membership and, especially, your participation in the group. Please join us at webs.com.

Thank you for your help with maintaining high membership and quality members. I appreciate all of you more than you know. Also, I encourage all of you who follow us over to webs.com to actively participate in the group either by reading other's work and providing feedback or by posting your own work. All activity is necessary for the group to thrive and recruit new members. The more members we have participating the more membership will grow and flourish.

A group with thriving membership offers so much to each member in so many ways. If a member is promoting his or her work or published books it offers a high volume of exposure for that writer. If a member is trying to better their skill as a writer it offers multiply members providing them with valuable feedback. If a member enjoys reading new work it allows that member to read various styles and subject matter that they would otherwise miss. It, also, allows the reading members a chance to help a writer improve their writing ability by that member providing feedback/critique to the writer. This is what a writing group is all about and I've been privileged in the past by being a part of so many thriving writing groups prior to MSN's removal of their groups in 2008. I have learned so much as a writer of prose, opinion, and poetry by being a part of several writing groups who had a thriving membership coupled with a high volume of activity from a diverse crowd of people.

Thanks, again, for all that you do to make "Are You Serious?" grow and prosper. We do not make money by running a writing group but we do help each other, as well as ourselves, grow as writers.

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