Checking in

Welcome back, you say?  Thank you.  Thank you.

Today, we’re a day closer to whenever we’re able to launch SoulPancake.  There have been so many set backs and mandatory adjustments made to our scheduled layout it’s difficult for me to update our progress without sounding like a tease.  It’s all right, however; because, this will all be over soon.

We’re seeing a drastic increase in the building of content lately as each contributor posts, edits, and prepares their Features, Challenges, and Life’s Questions.  As I’m the czar of the Challenges department, it’s been my job to amass, first, a feel for what kinds of challenges we desire and their tone, and, second, pump ‘em out.  Currently, I have a good 4, maybe 5 ready for the launch and another 20 sitting around, gestating in their amneotic fluids suspended state of thought and creativity.  It’s been an incredible experience creating for this site.  Being part of something so broad in scope yet uniform in idea that it really touches me to have been considered to work on it.  This thing is going to be big, and I really hope you all get the chance to sink your teeth in and chew what we’re serving for days and days.

Work week:
I’ll try to update you all on what I’m doing more often this week, so this is not to suggest that you’re getting one post to explain what’s going on this work week.
The sheer mass of class work begun in earnest as we approach our Spring Break, so there will be much studying and much exam and paper writing.  Hooray?  Sure, I guess.
Continued development of SoulPancake means creating new content types and having between 10 and 20 challenges ready to go by our launch (which we’re told will be this month, and hopefully still coincide with Oprah’s Soul Series interview of Rainn) and in the hopes that once things get going we’ll have enough to feed you all without falling behind.  Reallly the site’s about it’s users, so we want to make sure we have a lot for you up there.
I’ll be meeting with our Editor-in-Chief later tonight to get a feel for each other and create some kind of plan and uniform voice for the Challenges section; which is super exciting.
Work on the graphic novel has been kicked into a new gear as I spend a lot more time solidifying the ideas and outlining everything that will happen now that I’ve spend a great deal editing and adjusting it.  The current direction is much different from where I originally thought I’d be going, but think it’ll be much more cohesive and interesting a story now that things have been established.
Last, but most importantly for me, the Baha’i Fast has begun today and I’m really hoping the extra time in the day can be dedicated to work in whatever form.

Well, I guess that’s that for now.  I probably missed something and will attempt to remedy that tonight or tomorrow or whenever I get the chance.  Anyway, I’m still pretty tired and need to get ready for the day…also, to reread this and make sure I don’t sound like a rambling idiot.  …Oh, yep, I do.

Take care, folks!