I appreciate all of the foregoing comments. I also wonder if the extended conference for Inkshedders could do something different to enhance our writing lives. What format would an experience be made worth the effort of one day? I'm just thinking out loud here - in a random string . . . Anti - conference? Anti-Congress? What could that be? It makes me wonder about the forward motion of Congress and conferences in general. They lead you with ideas, papers in progress, and airing of papers that go into print. What would be the anti to that idea? An anti-congress could take the shape of a writers workshop where speakers from journals guide groups toward publications. Or instead of talking heads, we could have writing heads. Perhaps a lot of unfinished projects could be written during this time through collaborative power. //A brief intense workshop on our favourite personal writing project that got lost along the way. It could be a type of Dropped Threads writers workshop. Alternatively, we// might have a type of //cinema verité <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinema%20verite> in the form of writing - //é//crit // verité. //// For now, Karen //// -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-