trAce
is a busy 24-hour community for writers and readers across the world,
and our online interactions are at the heart of it. We write, share
our reading, critique each others' work, discuss our favourite books
and talk all the time. If you have a good idea for a project you'll
always find someone eager to participate. You can join web-based
discussions; submit your writing for others to read and discuss;
and take part in informal chats or scheduled events in the Chatroom
or in a MOO-based virtual meeting room.
Joining
trAce
You
can join trAce by filling in the web
form . After joining, you will be added to the trAce Member
Mailing List, which will keep you up to date via email with news
about trAce. Your homepage will be added to the Member Homepages
section of the site, and your published books (if available on
Amazon) can be added to the Members' Bookshop at your request
(for more details, see http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/shop/member.cfm).
If
you join trAce, you can leave at any time. To cancel your membership,
simply send an email to trace@ntu.ac.uk
with "Leave trAce" in the subject line, and your details will
be removed from the database. Don't forget to quote your current
email address and any previous ones under which you may have registered.
If
you change your email address, please let us know by writing to
trace@ntu.ac.uk.
WebBoard
Forums
Our
discussions mostly take place at the trAce WebBoard conferences.
This system offers an excellent help page plus live chat and instant
messaging. This is the place for general social chatter, to discuss
writing issues and to workshop your writing. We hope you'll join
us.
http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk/~trace
You
are welcome to read the discussions as a guest without registering,
but in order to post messages you must sign up (this is a separate
process from joining trAce). To do this you are required to accept
cookies and to give a name and password. (Privacy Policy ) To cancel your
subscription, simply send an email to trace@ntu.ac.uk
with "Leave WebBoard" and your username in the subject line, and
we will delete your details.
We
recommend you join both trAce and WebBoard to get the most out
of the trAce community, but please note that by joining one you
do not automatically become registered with the other.
Using
WebBoard
The
trAce WebBoard has an excellent Help section (click HELP on the
black menubar). In addition, we have gathered a beginner's introduction
and some frequently asked questions, as well as a sample of the
kind of things we've talked about in the past. If you need any
help with using the WebBoard discussion area or the trAce site,
or for any other queries, you can ask our Volunteer Mentors.
More
helpful information is available by clicking HELP on the WebBoard
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LinguaMOO
The
trAce meeting room is hosted by LinguaMOO. You can connect directly
to LinguaMOO
via enCore Xpress (recent browsers only).
MOO
Activities
It
takes a little time to learn how to interact in a MOO, also called
a text-based virtual community, but it's definitely worth the
effort.
If
you're a beginner to MOOing, try our Beginner's
Tutorial. Or you can view the trAce
meeting room on the Web.
Community
principles
trAce
exists to provide a professional and social online community for
writers, readers and other artists. In support of that purpose,
the trAce community has adopted three general governing principles:
- the
Principle of Tolerance,
- the
Principle of Artistic and Intellectual Freedom, and
-
the Principle of Responsible Behaviour.
Online meetings and chats
Join us online every third Sunday for live discussion about writing
issues, with invited speakers on topics of interest to writers.
These programme meetings are logged, and the transcript is made
available online at Online
Meeting Logs
Meeting time: 21:00 London -- 16:00 New York -- 13:00 L.A. --
06.00 (Mon) Sydney
Meetings take place in LinguaMOO. See our Events
Diary for the latest information.
To help you plan attendance at one of these chats, we recommend
www.timeanddate.com.
A weekly chatspace is available every Sunday (for times see above)
) at the trAce Webboard to provide an opportunity for creative
writers and readers to get together and discuss the art and craft
of writing for all media. If you would like to host a chat one
Sunday on a particular topic, please do get in touch (trace@ntu.ac.uk)
to book a date.
A
beginner's
guide to IRC and Java chat is available. You can also access
the #trace channel with any IRC client. Just point it to
http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk:7000
and join the #trace channel.
Members' Websites
Why not browse trAce members' websites? Or experience the strange
geo-spatial sensations/ x-periences n-countered by members of
the trAce online writing community when interacting with other
members in the land of trAcespeak: trAcespAce
The trAce Web Studio under Simon Mills also builds and hosts official
writers' websites including those for Kate Pullinger and Alison
Brackenbury. If you'd like us to advise on, build and/or host
a website for you please contact Simon Mills at simon.mills@ntu.ac.uk
for an estimate.
Events
See our Events Diary for
a calendar of events online and offline of interest to writers,
including those run by and involving trAce.
Incubation Conference
Our main "real-life" or RL event is the Incubation conference
at Nottingham Trent University, The first one was held July 10-12,
2000, and Incubation2
will be 17-19 July 2002.
Consultancy
We offer project management, consultancy, web development and
bespoke training for writers, individuals and organisations. For
more details and fees please contact Jill Pollicott at trace@ntu.ac.uk.
Writing School
Our online school provides courses for writers, teachers and anyone
interested in using the web for creative writing and self-expression.
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