"Dream" Lineup In Place To Take On Collaborative Squash Novel Project
by Ted Gross, for DailySquashReport.com
June 10, 2012 - A "Dream Team" of squash writers has been assembled by DailySquashReport to tackle the creation of a nineteen-chapter collaborative squash-themed online novel.
The initial chapter is scheduled to break ground on June 21st, after which weekly installments of 3000-5000 words will follow.
The posting of the nineteenth and concluding chapter is slated to coincide with World Squash Day on October 20th.
The ten participating writers will rotate their efforts, with most of them contributing two non-consecutive chapters to the proceedings.
Each writer will face the challenge of advancing the story, under a bit of time pressure, from the point where it was handed off by the previous writer.
The writers have been given these basic guidelines, as suggested by the Squashist:
"The writers should be told to maintain the general spirit of the story. If you have one writer submitting a serious bit of fiction but another submitting a comic masterpiece, all continuity will be lost. I think we writers will have to be told to stick with the program and not go off on our own personal tangent."
THE DREAM TEAM LINEUP:
Steve Cubbins, Founder and editor of Squashsite
Mick Joint, Head Pro, Detroit Athletic Club and author of The Squash Joint
Will Gens, Consultant, and author of Squash Dashers and Bashers
Tracy J. Gates, Editor, and author of Squeaky Feet
Alan Thatcher, Media director, and author of Squash UK
Rob Dinerman, Sportswriter and author of Chasing The Lion: An Unresolved Journey Through the Phillips Exeter Academy
John Branston, Senior Editor, The Memphis Flyer, and author of Rowdy Memphis: The South Unscripted
The Squashist, Editor, and author of The Squashist
Aubrey Waddy, Author of the novel "Sex and Drugs and Squash 'N Roll"
Peter Heywood, Scientist and author of The Squash Life Blog
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