Wind River Territory Grand Opening in Second Life

Kicking off tomorrow morning, and going for a full week, Kat Klaybourne and I are having the Grand Opening of Wind River Territory in Second Life. After two years of learning how Second Life can be made to work for creative folks, we bit the bullet and purchased our own island in the virtual world. Kat built it out with a wonderful Wild West theme.

This really is the culmination of two years of very hard work—Kat does the heavy lifting—in creating a place and atmosphere where readers and writers and podcasters and fans can all come together to share the things they love. Anyone who has been to a convention will immediately understand the vibe: it’s a fun community where folks can be a little bit outrageous, a great deal of entertaining, and where creativity and cleverness are highly lauded. Kat and I both realized that the ease of communication afforded by a program like Second Life means that a writer or artist can literally appear in everyone’s living room—performing, teaching, conversing. This level of interaction is one of the most powerful tools we have to reach out to others.

Our Grand Opening celebration, as I noted before, will last a week. We have contests, concerts, classes, readings and more scheduled for the entire week. (Saturday and Sunday are especially loaded.)

Getting into Second Life is easy, and doesn’t cost a cent. Set up an account, download the software, and then you can click here. That will take you to the heart of our new home, and you can join right in the festivities.

I look forward to seeing you all there.