The new year is here and I am already officially overwhelmed. A lot has happened over the past few weeks – a lot of work amidst a lot of relaxation! But I have to tell you that if you are anything like me, then taking time off when you work for yourself is most often more stressful than working your backside off. And if your life a home is consumed by 2 little ones, then don’t even bother taking time off 
Jokes apart, here are a few updates for you. Community is the biggest thing for Memetales and collaboration is the key idea behind it. I have made some BIG leaps in that respect.
1. Memetales is now live.
It does not have a lot but it does have a space for people to sign up for beta and the Memetales Newsletter. This is big since I do not have to point people to any other space when I talk about Memetales. I simply send them over to http://www.memetales.com. This blog is great to document my journey, but from a brand perspective it was way too confusing for a new comer (as I learnt from my home grown branding exercise that I will talk about in an upcoming post).
2. We now have a Memetales newsletter!
Go sign up for the newsletter HERE. Again, it will be one piece of communication that will help me keep the community together. This is where I plan to introduce people, share our accomplishments and share the details regarding the growth of Memetales. I think of it as my special weekly coffee time with the Memetales community – where I can share special moments of my life and the life of Memetales.
3. We have a group on Facebook.
I am thrilled about this for this is a set of REAL people that believe in and support Memetales. THEY are Memetales and I HEART them. And yes, I am grateful to each of them.
4. I have a Collaboration Template for authors/illustrators
Authors and illusrators will now start to collaborate using this template. Since traditionally, publishers choose a story and use their own illustrators, I am not really aware of an existing collaboration template that we can re-use. My present plan is to use this template now and modify it as we see appropriate down the road. The first few collaborations will also give me the sense for the “business-process” so as help me validate the software design aspect of Memetales. I am excited for the real work to start!
So what do you think? Any feedback for me?
photo credit: Jason Pratt
If you are a parent/author/writer/book-lover or illustrator and would like to participate in the beta for Memetales, send me an email at maya@memetales.com or fill the signup form