Coming to America - The 1st Writers' Block Meetup!

Wow, I am so excited! Ever since Hive account@thewritersblock was created last September we have spoken about meeting up. On my way to Steemfest last year I met my first Blockhead - Hive account@tinypaleokitchen in Belgium. Although we have members from all corners of the globe - yes, I realize globes don't have corners - a sizable percentage are US based, as is my co-admin the lovely Hive account@rhondak.

Rhonda and Hive account@anarcho-andrei recently attended a Steem meetup in Tennessee and made some valuable connections. I am not currently at liberty to divulge too much at this time, but we believe it will take Hive account@thewritersblock to the next level. All of our hard work during the past eight or so months looks to be paying off. Full of excitement about the future of our community, Rhonda was fit to bursting and couldn't wait to voice chat with me as she returned home from the get-together.

"We need to meet up" I was told. I agreed, so plans were quickly drawn together to arrange for as many of The Writers' Block members to meet up in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In attendance will be one of the valuable contacts Rhonda made last week, who will present further details of a certain project we are sure will be of great benefit to our community. Naturally, this will also be a great chance to meet and cement friendships with some of our awesome members I have spoken with during the past 8 months.

Rhonda has gone ahead and looked at cabins for us to rent and found one for a reasonable $760 or so. This will accommodate 8 people easily, more if we don't mind getting squashed =D.

My flights from the UK will cost around $1,200 and entails flying first to Dublin, then onto Washington, before landing in Knoxville. Travel time is around 15hrs 40 mins in economy, but by hook or by crook I will get there. I don't have that long to get my tickets though, as the date of this meetup is June 21-24, just over 4 weeks time! Eek! Better get earning more on Steem.

We may be looking to start up a fundraiser so we can help more Block members with the costs of traveling and attending.

I am beyond excited, not just for the future of The Writers' Block, but for the chance to finally get face to face with some of the awesome characters I speak with daily. It's gonna be a blast!