ENTER THE SUNOASIS WRITERS NETWORK!

Welcome to the Network created exclusively for the good people who use Sunoasis.com to find jobs and get career advice! Sunoasis Writers Network has two primary purposes. To get a vigorous community going so writers and editors can help one another as they help themselves. To provide a space where employers and agents can find talent. It belongs to all the members and each member can make it what he or she wants to it be. Here are some guidelines: * * * * * * * * Sign-In It's a simple procedure. Use an email address and get a Ning ID (which can be used on all Ning hosted networks) and join! Profile Page You can answer or leave blank the questions you are asked to fill out. Don't put anything on this or any other place that you want kept private! Only reveal what you are comfortable revealing. You can customize your profile. Play around with it. Come back to it in a day or two and do some more changing until you are satisfied with its look and feel. Upload a photo. You can copy and paste a resume or work samples in your "profile answers" section. Your profile page is a facsimile of the main page and keeps a record of what you've posted to the general Sunoasis Writers Network. You can change the appearance of your own page at any time while you are a member. * * * * * * * * If you have experience with other networks you know how they work. This one will be tightly focused on the writing game(s). If you aren't experienced with these networks my advice is to start small. Start with making your profile on your own personal page. Watch what goes on. I'm trying to stagger the growth of this site rather than opening the floodgates. The early birds will be able to set things up before those gates are opened. Here are some things that can happen in the Community Put up your resume Put up your clips Make a blog if you don't have one Make sub-networks Post videos Post music Start threads in forums to ask questions of the community Pass along job leads Pass along helpful advice about the job market Freelance links, links to the Sunoasis Joblog and other resources will be featured on the site. What you will get from the Sunoasis Writers Network is a unique combination of community and hard-to-find resources for every type of writer and editor. Sunoasis.com has always attracted employers, agents, and editors. Consistent traffic goes through Sunoasis.com. It is linked to many other sites and has a decent reputation so that will certainly enhance the community. "Evolving" is the key word. Any advice, suggestions, inspired visions are welcome! Even though it is a "public forum" you can make your own presence private and communicate only with those who you wish to communicate with. And still you can partake of the collective resources of the other members of the community. Get your writer and/or editor friends on board! * * * * * * * * More ideas Add a video resume or personal sizzle reel to your profile. If you aren't a videographer at heart, you can still use this feature to upload a video from You Tube that shows something about you - hobbies, sense of humor, etc. Let others know what you're doing on Sunoasis Writers Network and give them a link to the site or profile. Or even invite them to join! You can add links from other sites to your Sunoasis Writers profile. If you're a freelance editor, link to your portfolio or create one in your profile. If you have a website with samples of your writing, link to that. If you have a LinkedIn profile, add that too. It's up to you. You are connected as you see fit to be connected. * * * * * * * * RULES There aren't many. Just be a decent person and help, ask, enhance, greet, seek and do those things you've always wanted to do but were never enabled to do. Guards will be posted around the clock to make sure no one swears too much, hates anyone, or throws up one of those amateur porn videos that should embarrass everyone concerned. Keep to the code. * * * * * * * * Things deemed offensive will be removed from the site. If you have any problems make sure you use the "Report an Issue" link at the very bottom menu. Scroll down, click it, make your report and send it off. Sunoasis Writers Network is for you, the writer, editor or copywriter. Whether you are a freelance/contract person, work in corporate communications, a PR firm, on staff at a magazine, newspaper, or website you'll find a place here. We are all writers, we are all editors. We are dedicated to communicating the fascinating array of facts, stories, and opinions bursting out of today's world. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have a question. ENTER THE SUNOASIS WRITERS NETWORK!