What's Happening TODAY on Gather! Tuesday, September 25, 2007

What’s Happening TODAY on Gather! Tuesday, September 25, 2007

We have a chance for you to catch up with a First Chapters Finalist, a video contest, and two members from other sides of the world who collaborated because of their love for poetry.

LIVE CHAT WITH A FIRST CHAPTERS' WINNER

Today from 5-6 p.m.ET is your chance to ask First Chapters Finalist Geoffrey Edwards about what it was like to compete in the First Chapters competition and how his experience as a published author has been thus far.  Geoffrey wrote “Fire Bell In The Night,” a novel about circumstances stemming from incidents that happened in Charleston, S.C. circa summer 1850.  I read the book in almost one sitting and it is a page turner, let me tell you.

GATHER MEMBERS COLLABORATE ACROSS THE SITE AND THE WORLD

 I always love it when I see members collaborate.  The latest? Minnie W. from India and Kathryn Esplin Oleski from Boston, MA have teamed up in a unique collaboration to create two poems about autumn: Autumn Has Tip Toed In.  Check out how these seasons are seen from two different member’s perspectives.  Maybe it will inspire you to seek a Gather member in your network or on the site to team up with and create something the whole community can appreciate.

GATHER GUIDES HOST A VIDEO CONTEST

 The Gather Guides are “celebrating our love for Gather and the release of video by sponsoring a contest, and YOU get the prizes!”

 Six prizes total will be awarded with a combined value of over $200.00! All you need to do is grab your video camera and create a video that shows the Gather “g” in a creative and unique way.  Or another way you can win is to comment on a video entered in the competition.  All community members are eligible.  Check out the details at  Announcing the “Gather makes it mark on your world” video contest.

 
Have fun!  I can’t wait to see what this creative community comes up with!