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pure fustration

autumnxair — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:31:27 GMT

since the journal swap has ended over a month ago i still have not received some addresses and its quite annoying. i have attempted to email /harass the people who have not given me with addresses. so please comment here if you have send a journal already and if you have received a journal already. i have receive most addresses and may need to swap around a few people because some flakes have messed the swap up.

hopefully we can have this mess fixed by the end of the week.

MISSING ADDRESSES!!!

autumnxair — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:22:56 GMT

so guys i'm still missing some adderesses. if your name is on the list below please send your address to me as soon as possible so i can send it to your partner.

MISSING!:
sailorrise
evertwlight
thanxalotjerk
itsthebookworm
cristyissues
desdreamer

Hello Everyone

autumnxair — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:25:49 GMT

so the time has come and the swap has ended. now its time to send everyones addresses to my email so i can send them out to the proper people. please send your full address to happykidhannah@gmail.com i hope everyone enjoyed their journal experience and has lost of (mis)adventures.

loves
xoxo

sailorrise — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:53:01 GMT

Hello Members

I hope all is well with you. There has been a lack of updates due to both myself and Maddison going through some personal things. There hasn't been much time for either of us to run this community the way it should be run and for that we apologize.

This will be a short update for everyone that is still with us.

How are your journals going?

For myself personally, I haven not been writing due to being very busy but my journal is still around and I will more than likely be writing a very long update tonight.

How many pages are you currently at? How is your progress coming along?

I understand the lack of updates has probably been a drag but we have been around and we still are devoted to this community.

This is just a simple check in to get a feel for where you are all in your journals. There will be a more in-depth update coming by Thursday March 17th.

How do YOU count pages?

fragilephoenix — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:29:55 GMT

Ok this is driving me a bit batty- do you all consider "a page" the front and back of a sheet of paper or is "a page" one side of the sheet? Whenever people post their page # update, I'm always curious as to which way they are counting.

(I always took "a page" to equal the front and back of a sheet of paper when it comes to letters.)

Random line

savannahjan — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:32:05 GMT

Hey there!

Just for kicks, let's all post a random line from our journals.

Turn to the TENTH page and count down TWELVE lines and type whatever is on that line. If you aren't to page ten yet, go to your last page.

It doesn't have to make sense, we don't need to "get" what it's about. And it doesn't have to be genius or prolific.

I'm not doing the swap this time around, but I am keeping a journal, so I'll participate as well. :)

Help please

xoroxstarbunni — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:12:09 GMT

So, I am having a brain fart here and need some advice please from anyone or everyone. I bought a composition book because it has 200 pages and I am a writer. LOL. But my problem is, even though the cover is a pretty speckled black and red, I want to decorate the cover. Anyone have any ides as to what to do? I was thinking of some random magazine cutouts of celebs or pics that were pretty but have no idea is that is worthy enough or might look tacky. I already started to write on the inside of it but the outside I want it to be nice and something my partner will go " hey, wow, she did a great job, I want to open this right away and start reading it." Thank you in advance for any tips.

my journal

fragilephoenix — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:55:23 GMT

:) I love seeing everyone's journal choice, so I figured I'd post mine too.

My journal for this swap

lyssies — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:58:16 GMT

Cupcakes!

Only two days.

itsthebookworm — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:14:57 GMT

Well, I'm new here, and this will be my first journal exchange/swap ever. I've always wanted to do this, but most times you must already have a completed journal to do this, and this is the first community I've seen where you get advanced notice and time to do it. I will say that I am an all text journaler, I have made attempts at more creative journaling, and it didn't go bad, but I don't have my colored pencils anymore, I gave them to my little sister. I'm sort of strapped for cash right now, like everyone. (I need a wisdom tooth pulled :() I promise I'll make it as creative and entertaining as possible. And because of the cash, I just bought a simple checkered composition notebook, though I may decorate it.

If I'm able to know who my partner is, I was thinking of doing a letter-journal. Basically a collection of letters to a new friend, that I barley know. But I'm not sure yet. We'll I look forward to starting in two days :) I'll make my introduction entry in the journal sometime before Monday.

We'll, take care, and I look forward to this journal swap with you guys :)

Mods, I Must Apologize...

inkedpaperwings — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:55:19 GMT

Due to recent events I must withdraw from the journal swapping. I don't want to, but I must, and I figured that I should at least let the community know. I hope to join next time, but I can't for now.

-Susana

OFFICIAL SIGN UP POST

sailorrise — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:29:36 GMT

Hello Members and NEW Members

How are we all feeling today?

I am calling this the Official Sign-Up Post for the WINTER/SPRING Journal Exchange. For our Journaling Veterans, you know the drill - Fill out the little Survey located our Community Profile and E-MAIL then to either myself to Maddie. For our New Members who would like to participate in this next trade, please fill out the Survey and E-Mail it to one of us. These surveys will be used to for Informational purposes and will also be used to match you with a partner.

Sailor.Rise@GMail.com OR HappyKidHannah@GMAIL.COM

We have decided to re-instate the ‘Member System’.. As long as we have enough members in this trade who are going to participate. As some of you know, during the last trade we relied on the ‘Chain System’ which I don’t think very many people liked. Myself and Maddie would like to have Partners in this trade.. So you can get to know each other and as Lyssies has said, you are sharing personal things with another person and it would be nice to make a new friend through this experience, right?

We are asking everyone who is going to participate to PLEASE GET YOUR JOURNAL READY. Go out and buy your journal/create your journal.. And for our new members.. I have included the little ‘How To’ right below. For our Veteran Members, you already know what to do :)

HOW IT WORKS:
-You will be writing in a journal daily (or however you wish to do it)
-The journal must be NO LESS THAN 100 PAGES. You can buy a Compbook (I favor this technique. Tons of space and writing/drawing room) or you can make one yourself.
-The times pan for this project is 4 months. You will have 4 months to complete your journal.. in which case it will then be sent off to your partner. They will do the same.
If you have any other questions, please check out the INFO in the Communities Profile ;)

OK GUYS!
You know what to do. Get those Surveys filled out and let's get this shindig going..
In the meantime, get your supplies, journals, notebooks..

PLEASE COMMENT AND LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING, ALONG WITH SENDING THOSE SURVERYS IN! The sooner we know how many of you are in on this Trade, we will know if we can use the Partner System

THE OFFICIAL START DATE IS: NOVEMBER 22. (writing in your journals, etc)

THE JOURNAL SIGN UP DATE WILL BE CLOSED ON: NOVEMBER 20TH AT MIDNIGHT (We will no longer be accepting applicants for this trade)

MOD NOTE: PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS TRADE AS WELL AS SENDING IN THE SURVEY

xoroxstarbunni — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:17:54 GMT

I would like to take a part in this. Can I get a partner, or Theresa since we exchange letters, maybe our journals will be interesting.. Let me know whos interested:P

Good Evening gentle ladies

autumnxair — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:19:24 GMT

HAI!
I'm Maddie your shiney new mod.

I'm helping theresa out as she is quite busy right now and i appearently have no life. lol
this post is just a check up on who sent their journals so far and who have recieved journals so far. please comment with if you have sent yours and if you have recieved one.

we will be starting a new journal project hopefully in the beginning of december so we can journal about our christmas.
the next round will include more promotion to get more people, more suggestions for you guys and more orginzation from us.

we promise to do it better. if you have any questions or suggestions we'd love to hear them.

so please make a comment saying if you have sent it and recieved one.

we understand if you haven't send one yet (stupid recession / lack of money)
life can get in the way sometimes.

p.s- i already bought my journal for the next round. i'm so excited.

E-MAILS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT

sailorrise — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:28:23 GMT

Alrighty guys...

E-MAILS have been sent out! I made one small error in your E-MAILS.. 'You will be trading with'.. should have been 'You will send your journal to'... Ugh.. the joys of having little sleep for the past week does wonders! :)

We are missing ONE person xxLorelaixx PLEASE COMMENT WITH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.

Otherwise, Like I have said before, we are working on the 'Chain System'...
Person #1 sends to Person #2-sends to Person #3-sends to Person#4
etc..etc...

But now, please E-MAIL the person you have been matched with so you can work on sending those lovely journals away. There will be another post coming shortly sometime this week for Check-Ins

If there are any Questions, please E-MAIL me at Sailor.Rise@gmail.com

UPDATE

sailorrise — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:43:40 GMT

First off, I am very sorry I have NOT E-Mailed anyone yet due to working this past week and half. The other girl I work with has been hospitalized so I have been filling her shifts AND mine. So please bare with me people.

I RECIEVED 4 PEOPLES E-MAIL WITHIN THE COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT COMMENTED WITH YOUR E-MAIL YOU WILL NOT HAVE SOMEONE TO TRADE WITH. This is for the people who have NOT replied with their E-Mails. I will try my best to send everyone an E-Mail by Sunday night OR Monday and hopefully this time there will be no interruptions/Emergencies.

SO...PLEASE COMMENT WITH YOUR E-MAIL IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

sailorrise — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:21:14 GMT

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry for the lack of Updates. It's been a few weeks.

Well, the deadline to finish writing was SEPTEMBER 23.
I hope everyone has said what they have to say in their entries :)

Now, for the Partners, It's tricky but not really.
We are working on the 'Chain System' this trade as I made a post earlier on about.
Person #1 sends to Person #2
Person # 3 sends to Person #4... and so on

I wouLd like everyone to Comment their E-Mails who are still participating in this Trade.. I know we lost a few people :(

I will be E-Mailing Partners on Monday by 4PM so please check your E-Mails.

Until then.. let's get those E-Mails in .. the sooner I have everyone together, hopefully, the sooner I will be sending out those E-Mails!

I hope everyone is doing well

14th Entry Status Report

sailorrise — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:14:29 GMT

Hey guys

Hope everything is going well with the rest of you.

The PLAN has arrived. I know everyone has been wondering about the DEADLINE. Well, Would it sound fair for everyone to have the DEADLINE be : September 23rd

This would mean we have stopped writing in our Journals and would then send them off by the following week? I understand that most of us are not finished with our Journals and that also they may not be complete when we send them off to each other. That is not a problem. No one ever made it a rule to have them completed before the trade took place. Of course, it would be nice to recieve a Completed Journal but I understand that things come up and can keep a person from writing. This has also happened with me.

So.. if anyone has any qualms with the Deadline, please let us know and we can figure out a new Deadline for the trades to take place.

NOW.. As for the next Trade, the Mods feel that it would be better for the return of Partners :) The reason we did not have partners during this trade was because there wasn't enough people participating and we ended up with an un-even number so someone would have either been left out or would have had to write in two journals which can be a big task. So, after this trade takes place and is all finished, we will have to recruite some new members to keep this place going. Also, don't feel pressured to join every trade that goes on. I understand that everyone has a phase they go through when they just don't feel like writing.. it happened to me during this trade as well as others who I have heard from. So, no pressure guys. We just want you to have fun with this community.

There will be only 2 more ENTRY STATUS REPORTS left, not including this one. The DEADLINE is: September 23rd. That gives us a full 20 days to add whatever you wish to your journals. I will be mailing each of you the address to the person you will be sending your journals away to by: September 15th. If you have any problems with the person you will be trading with (if you have traded with them before, etc) please E-Mail me at : Sailor.Rise@gmail.com

SO... PLEASE POST YOUR ENTRY STATUS REPORTS and let's see your Progress :) Also, feel free to tell us any suggestions, questions, and thoughts you have!

SailorRise... 78 pages written both front and back.

13th ENTRY STATUS REPORT

sailorrise — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:00:56 GMT

Hey guys

This is your 13th ENTRY STATUS REPORT!

SailorRise...75 pages written both front and back :)

This is going to be a quick report.. I am heading out the door to go on a small Family Outing for this weekend. I am still in the process of finding out what to do for our journal Dead-line! I will hopefully have a new posting for that on Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

Also, I will begin posting some more Writer's Block Suggestions as well on Monday along with the Dead-line.

Please post your progress no matter how small or big!

12th ENTRY STATUS REPORT

sailorrise — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:50:23 GMT

Another Friday was here and I let it pass me by and didn't update. My mind hasn't been in the right place this past month or so. Sorry guys. But I am updating now so let's see where this takes us, eh?

Alrighty. As of now Sailorrise has ... 70 pages written both front and back...only 30 pages to go!

I am going to be contacting the two other lovely Mods and see what we can all come up with to solve some of the issues I mentioned in last weeks post. I will hopefully be making another post before the next Entry Status Report with what we need to do or what will be done to make sure everyone has their time to finish their journals as well as begin thinking about the future of our next Journal Trades :) There may be a Poll coming up here shortly.

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions please let me or one of the other Mods know. Your in-put matters here :)

PLEASE POST YOUR ENTRY STATUS REPORTS and let us see how you're all doing!

11th ENTRY STATUS REPORTS

sailorrise — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:08:35 GMT

I have been very absent for the past few weeks due to some very heavy things I am going through which I am not up to discussing at the moment. I apologize for the lacking on the Writer's Block Suggestions and more avid updates.

I have not written in my own Trading Journal since the last time I, myself, updated this community. Tonite I will write and.. and break the vicious cycle of life.

I am here of course to see everyone's PROGRESS in my absense. I understand that this community may have lost some members due to the Weekly Check-Ins as well as the time limits on this community. This was to be expected sadly but these things do happen and hopefully this will give us some insight on how to make this community a better place.

-ALSO-

* When would people like to begin trading their journals away?
The original Trading Date would have been sometime in this month. But I have noticed the majority of us are not finished and will need more time. I am thinking of post-poning our trade-off until the middle of next month, Say Semptember 15th? Ideas?

* What would you all like to do for the next trade?
I have discussed this with Savannahjan and we feel that shortening the duration of the writing process and possibly have us keeping our journals for only a 2 month's time span will be easier for people to fill their journals. Ideas?

PLEASE POST YOUR 11TH ENTRY STATUS REPORTS!
And please comment with the above statements with your opinions, and suggesstions.

Hope everyone is doing well.

10th Status Report!!

savannahjan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:19 GMT

Hello everyone!

This is your ~~nazi~~ friendly live_writing mod asking you to come check in with us. Let us know how things are going!

This is the TENTH status report!

I have been keeping track of everyone who is check in and tracking down the stragglers. This is an incredible project. I don't want anyone to get left out because someone dropped out!

So, let's hear how things are going! How far along are you? What are you enjoying about it? I want to hear all about it!

Post those status updates!

9th ENTRY STATUS REPORT

sailorrise — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:00:00 GMT

PLEASE POST YOUR PROGRESS IN THE 9TH ENTRY STATUS REPORT!

SailorRise... 66 pages written both front and back...

How it everyone doing? Please post any SUGGESTIONS or COMMENTS and let us know how we can make this community a better place!

***

Please post your Progress no matter how big or little :)

8th Entry Status Report

sailorrise — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:52:58 GMT

PLEASE POST YOUR 8TH ENTRY STATUS REPORTS!

SailorRise : 58 pages written both front and back. I have hit my half-book marker! Yay!
Just to be noted, the finishing line is in site. Journals will hopefully be traded by August OR September when everyone is ready.

PLEASE POST YOUR PROGRESS NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL!

Mod Comments: Sorry for the Delay, I will be making an effort to Update this Community every Friday or Monday due to my working schedule. I now work Fridays from 11AM-10 PM.. Of course there is a break in between shifts but I don't have Internet on my phone... well, not 'high-tech' enough to be able to make a post on any site.

I feel our small community may be getting a bit boring for some people? If so, would anyone like to share some ideas to make this community a bit more lively? Comment with your Status Report and let us know!

1...2...3......GO!

Writer's Block # 4

sailorrise — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:38 GMT

........................4th Writer's Block Suggestion.........................

CHANGING THE WORLD: WRITE ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD, WHAT THINGS HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS?
DESCRIBE IN GREAT DETAIL WHAT YOU WOULD DO / WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE TO CHANGE THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

"You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke." ~Arthur Polotnik