Photo by PostMuse
It's that time again! Let's all get together via the Internet and write some mail with one another, to one another, for one another! The Virtual Social will last the whole day of February 8th with a Live Video happening at 3pm CST. According to my time zone calculations*, this should be an hour when most of the world is awake, so hopefully most of our International members can join us for the video. Either way, you can participate all day long with #LWASocial on Twitter or Instagram.
For our second Live Video Social, we added two awesome things: a special guest and a dedicated event page. Firstly, the awesome Mary Robinette Kowal will be joining us in the studio to write letters with all of us. You may know Mary from the books she has written or from Month of Letters.
Photo by TMC
Secondly: For those of you who joined us for our first Live Video, you know that we had a snafu with the chat feature. Well, I built a page specifically for the Live Video Social that has the video, chat window, AND the Instagram feed for #LWASocial all in one place. No more multiple windows open; just time to write, listen, and chat with your fellow members.
We love how the Virtual Social has evolved and enjoy that it is a great way for all our members to get connected and write together. Also, it's great having a "social" event you can do in your PJs! Check out some of these amazing shots from one of the first Virtual Socials we did:
{From mjtroost, bronwenstead, blueskiesfade, & ohyeahblee on Instagram}
If you can't join us for the Live Video, you can create your own Virtual Social by watching the recording on YouTube. Either way, we hope we can share a day of letter writing with you.
Remember, there are some free commemorative downloads for virtual socials (and other fun stationery too) in our Downloads section. Members have access to even more downloads. Be sure to log-in so you see the full roster of goodies. See you on the Internet!
* Kathy's Time Zone Calcualtions for the Live Video
We chose random cities that some of member's reside in to get a good spread of time differences. Please verify with your own time zone if your city isn't listed.
(NZDT) Aukland, New Zealand: Monday, Feb.9th at 10am
(MSK) Moscow, Russia: Midnight of Feb 8th (going to Monday the 9th)
(GMT) London, England: 9pm
(PST) Portland, OR, USA: 1pm
I can't wait because I will be able to participate this time!!
Posted by: Nicolle | January 30, 2015 at 12:11 PM
So excited! I was out of town last time and was super busy. Also, a month of letters sounds like an awesome challenge! Challenge accepted :]
Posted by: Alyssabeth | January 30, 2015 at 12:26 PM
How long do you go with the live feed? I can join in for the start, but can only play for about an hour. I'll get a head start earlier in the day for my letter writing. :)
Posted by: Bethany Lee | January 30, 2015 at 12:33 PM
It should only be about an hour, but we do record them and put them on our YouTube channel in case you miss anything.
Posted by: Donovan Beeson | January 30, 2015 at 02:41 PM
I think I'll miss this one, unfortunately—I'll be traveling for work and unlikely to get a chance to do much more than my daily InCoWriMo letter—but will try!
Posted by: Reg | February 02, 2015 at 01:31 PM