By
All The Ladies At LTWF
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So, for a while now, the ladies of LTWF have wanted to find a way to take this site to the next level. Since LTWF started in fall 2009, we’ve grown and grown and grown, both in terms of our wonderful community and in terms of our own personal development. It has been exciting and exhilarating and one of the greatest experiences of our lives.
But a few months ago, we asked each other: what if we changed things up a bit? What would we have to do to take LTWF as it stands and make it into something bigger—something even more awesome?
So we talked. And talked. And talked. Many skype chats, google documents, and email chains later, we all agreed:
In order to grow, we had to undergo a major transformation. We’d have to take the best parts of LTWF and shape them into something new.
And to do that, we’d have to leave LTWF behind.
Not the community, not our contributors, not the openness of the site, but two things:
Our name, and our “Fictionpress authors only” background. Both of those things are closely tied—our LTWF name CAME from the FP website. And now that we’re no longer keeping our ranks closed to the FP community, it made little sense to hold onto the name.
So, today is the last day of Let The Words Flow.
Or, LTWF as LTWF. After today, we’ll be closing down the site until January 9th, so we can have time to organize, to recharge, and to make sure our new site is in order.
And on January 9th, we’ll be launching…
We’ll have our own domain name, a brand new look, and some new, amazing members. We’ll have a new structure, new content, and a new focus. All of us in LTWF will be there—and even though our wordpress site will no longer be active, we promise that none of the closeness and intimacy will be lost in the transition.
We are so, so phenomenally excited for the change to Pub Crawl. We’ll be spending our launch week introducing our new members, who are all fabulous, warm, and talented people. And we’ll be doing a MONTH of giveaways (from ARCs to critiques to agent pitches) when we launch in January.
So, this is our last post on this site. And, in honor of that, we thought we’d do one final Question of the Week—one that we hope you guys will participate in as well.
But before we get to that…
Thank you all so much for your support, for your enthusiasm, for embracing us—for making this into a community that we’re proud to be a part of. For making LTWF into a home for aspiring and published writers. For celebrating with us, commiserating with us, for laughing and crying with us. Thank you for two years of memories—two years that have changed all of us in every possible way.
Thank you—thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It has truly been an honor.
And to quickly announce Wednesday’s GIVEAWAY winner:
Kulsuma!
Email us at letthewordsflowblog (at) gmail (dot) com!
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What has Let The Words Flow meant to you?
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10 Comments on BIG NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT!, last added: 12/2/2011
oh.. I’m so sad LTWF is closing
HOWEVER, I can’t wait until Pub Crawl is launched! It’s such a good idea and such a good change.
Keep it up ladies! I’ll follow you all to the new site!
Oh wow, not the announcement I was expecting but thrilling nonetheless. I’m torn between depression that this means no new posts for another month and excitement at seeing what this new site will bring us (love the name, by the way).
When this site started up, I (like everyone else) was a giant flailing noob and assumed that there were two concrete stages of being an author: the time spent alone angst-ing at the genius of your own misunderstood work and the golden years of being published and making your rounds at sophisticated cocktail parties telling everyone (with immense amounts of subtlety of course) “I AM AN AUTHOR WITH WORDS ON REAL PAPER MADE OF TREES AND EVERYTHING.” That was it. I wish I was kidding.
You guys smacked me on the head with the Good Sense Stick and showed me how to hone whatever ability I had been given and to, above all, NEVER give up. That this business is a tricky one, but the people you find here make it worth it.
Many false starts later, I’m working on something I truly love, and it’s all thanks to you girls and your advice and your heart and the obvious love you have for all of this.
Thank you thank you thank you, can’t wait to see the new site!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, Leslie!! <3 It's a bittersweet change, but we think it'll be a really GREAT one.
Oh, Adeeti. You made me teary-eyed with your comment. Wow…I know exactly how you feel because I was the EXACT SAME when I first discovered LTWF (loooong before I became a contributor). Clueless, naive, overly-hopeful…but I learned so much, and I’m still learning. And I think that Pub Crawl will have even more to offer–a rounder education, so to speak (more emphasis on the reader and industry side of writing).
And hey, if you need other blogs to read, you can always read our private ones.
Oh, also, this: “I AM AN AUTHOR WITH WORDS ON REAL PAPER MADE OF TREES AND EVERYTHING” made me LOL through my sniffles. <3
Thank you, leslie!! We’re so glad you’ll still be with us
Thank YOU Adeeti for being with us all this time. We appreciate it so much <3 I'm so glad you like the new name
Ladies, this is AWESOME! I’m so excited to follow the new blog, and so relieved that even though LTWF has run its course, you’ll still be here in another form…I’d really miss all of you if you weren’t! I actually think this whole endeavor is pretty inspirational/motivational! It’s so easy to fall into a writing rut/get stuck on the same project. As writers, we shouldn’t be afraid to reinvent ourselves. In any case, I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be amazing! See you again on January 9!
Thank you so much for the enthusiasm, Laura! YAAAY! You’re so right about falling into a rut–for any facet of life, and I’m glad you find our new endeavor inspirational. SEE YOU IN JANUARY!! <3
Yay! I’m so glad you’re excited for Pub Crawl. I know we all are!!
See you in Jan!
This is AMAZING. I really can’t wait for the opening of Pub Crawl!