To put it in another context: I tend to be a pretty "laissez-faire" mom, allowing KFP, in our unstructured moments, to play and explore the way he wants (provided he's not doing anything unsafe). But when I'm tired, all my patience goes out the window. I find myself snapping at him for doing the same thing -- such as banging his wooden hammer on different surfaces to check out the sounds -- that I found perfectly acceptable earlier in the week.
Keeping this in mind, I don't know what your plans are, but I would recommend a break of at least a couple months before beginning Season 9. Maybe you could kick it off in January, after the winter holidays are over, when people are feeling energized and renewed? In the meantime, I would love to see the Green Rooms remain active on at least a weekly basis, addressing writing topics and/or proposing topics for people to write for fun.
As always, I'd be happy to brainstorm with you or anyone else via e-mail (shantipoet at gmail).
I tend to be a pretty enthusiastic ambassador for LJI, since so much of the essays and fiction I've written in the last few years that I'm currently either publishing or sharing came from the contest.
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To put it in another context: I tend to be a pretty "laissez-faire" mom, allowing KFP, in our unstructured moments, to play and explore the way he wants (provided he's not doing anything unsafe). But when I'm tired, all my patience goes out the window. I find myself snapping at him for doing the same thing -- such as banging his wooden hammer on different surfaces to check out the sounds -- that I found perfectly acceptable earlier in the week.
Keeping this in mind, I don't know what your plans are, but I would recommend a break of at least a couple months before beginning Season 9. Maybe you could kick it off in January, after the winter holidays are over, when people are feeling energized and renewed? In the meantime, I would love to see the Green Rooms remain active on at least a weekly basis, addressing writing topics and/or proposing topics for people to write for fun.
As always, I'd be happy to brainstorm with you or anyone else via e-mail (shantipoet at gmail).
I tend to be a pretty enthusiastic ambassador for LJI, since so much of the essays and fiction I've written in the last few years that I'm currently either publishing or sharing came from the contest.