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As I have had several questions via email regarding The Letters Project, the joint fiction serial that Tater and I are writing together, I thought I would take this opportunity to explain how specifically the project is being posted, both here and at Tater's site, and why.

As Tater and I have indicated already, The Letters Project is a co authored, ongoing fiction series, that is using a dual site format. In other words, one week the entry will be at my site, the next week the entry will be at Tater's site.  The reasons for this are several. 

One, it is a way of writing and publishing fiction that in the blog world, has not been done before. We both liked the idea of a common story being posted at our respective sites, taking advantage of the individual authors site's tone and characteristics, thus helping to mold the piece which that author has written.

Another reason for the posting at different venues is in the idea of future publication. It is important to us both that in the event we decide to publish the work elsewhere, that it not be considered to have been a fully published piece. By keeping the parts separate and individually archived on completely different sites, the publication options with respect to first rights of publication remain ours to dictate, should we decide to publish the work, in whole or in part, elsewhere. 

Since Tater and I both use the same blogging software, one thing we did with regard to site structure, was to write and archive this project in a separate journal than the main page of our blog.  Once again, the reasons were numerous.  Easier for archiving, for access, and it has the benefit of keeping the entries separate and distinct from that of our regular online journal.  We understand this was not explained well from the outset, and we apologize for any confusion in accessing any of the entries thus far.  We have realigned the site structure of both of our sites to make access easier.  From today onward, the following format will be utilized at both our sites.

In the sidebar of each of our sites you will find a link entitled The Letters Project. Clicking that link will bring you to The Letters Project journal where all the entries that either Tate or I have written, are archived and stored.  The first contribution to the project will be the entry that is displayed.  The next page will hold the next entry posted and so on, until the last entry displayed will be the current entry.  A reverse chronology if you will, than is used on most blogs.  We are going from oldest to newest, not the other way around.

How to find previous entries? By clicking The Letters Project link in the sidebar that I mention above, a drop down folder will open in the sidebar, and all previous entries, part one to the current installment, will have corresponding links to that entry, whether it is on my or Tater's site. Those links are now active in the sidebar of both our sites.

One thing that we do ask, is that if you are going to make comments on the entries, please use the comment field for that specific entry. If you have any further questions regarding structure and how to access the individual entries, please leave a comment on this entry and we will address it immediately. Thanks for your patience and once again, we apologize for any confusion regarding how to find and access the entries for the fiction series, The Letters Project.