Here's the latest in a series of thanks--to everyone for the deluge of emails and awesome input. Here's what we've learned in the last 12 hours.
- Several folks asked: "What the hell does 'office' mean?" Wow, that's a good one. Please take a look at our new survey and help us figure it out.
- Souk and CubeSpace here in Portland are renting office spaces. I've heard great things about them and I can't wait to meet folks in both places. But I think these are different from a writers' room. Writers need an awesome creative space, that old Victorian house style, with books to the ceiling, people reading on couches, and literary rock stars sipping java over their dog eared manuscripts.
- Location was high on the comment list. People might be interested depending on the location. We're investigating places. It will be something close to downtown, in a funky nook of Belmont, Hawthorn, N. Mississippi... with parking and public transportation nearby.
3 comments:
Just wanted to shout out from CubeSpace (where I am employed, not a customer). Your idea is awesome!
Eva (founder & CEO of CubeSpace) modeled our business on the NYC writer's space concept, only applying it to freelancers (like herself & her husband). She would likely be interested in talking to you about what you're doing -- you should shoot her an e-mail at eva at cubespacepdx.com.
Good luck. Again, this looks like a great idea.
I've been using CubeSpace for my writing group on Monday mornings since early this year. Upside: Eva and David are generous and fun people, and Cube rental is relatively inexpensive ($10/hour and several purchase plans are available). Downside: Not dedicated to writers only, and it's a horrible drive (40 minutes most days) from my home.
Thanks for the notes, CubeSpace folk. I'm becoming a fast fan of Eva and David. I'm sure overtime we can connect.
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