Setting Up a Multi-Author Website (the Pros and Cons)

If ANYONE wants a purely perfect place just for creative writing TCE is the best one that I have ever joined ! I have belonged to a few and they all seem to peter out in one way or another however TCE is filled with good management and sharing souls.

Join Now ! It is what Hub pages perhaps used to be like , at least it was for me .

John our book "The Creative Exiles an anthology of poems: Let The Words Speak", is going to be a great success. I am thrilled with it and know all our authors are. I hope we get a lot more members to encourage them to write their best so they can be in our next book. This is so exciting. Thanks to you and Tony for doing this for us.

John , without you , This would never have been !

It was only right that one of the finest writers out there began this endeavor ! John , I can only image the patience and good will that inspired your journey , A heartfelt Than You ! The glory is yours to own ! And More than anything , Thank You !

PS: I forgot to mention that most of our posts that were rated OK before the latest version of Yoast are now rated GOOD. And there are two parts now to the scoring. Reading and SEO are rated separately, which is good. For instance if there is a poem with no punctuation it can be rated "needs improvement", but if the SEO is GOOD the entire score is green. If punctuation is added to the poem by the author it will improve the reading score.

Actually, the latest update from Yoast is rating our creative writing better than before. They took out the Fleishman (sp?) reading scale and most poems/stories are rated OK or GOOD. And the SEO part

is scoring better, making it easier for editors - we usually only have to add a meta description and alt text and that greens up the posts to GOOD. I like this new version of Yoast - we are getting better scores on our posts.

Great to see someone else has noticed that Yoast is not geared towards creative writing. In fact, I would say it's completely not! The latest upgrades in the past two months seem to have made it worst. The "readability" tab practically aims to wring every drop of colour from your writing. I'm beginning to wonder whether it is a better idea to just ignore everything there.

I saw your affiliation. I did have to go into your site by putting the name in Google's search engine. Yes, both links go to an HP page, not where you want them to go. Don't know if HP did that or not....

Hmmmm. I left a comment and don't see it now. However, I wanted to let you know, I just clicked on the link embedded in your site name and it took me to an HP page. You may want to double check.

I'm glad you wrote this post, John. I've been meaning to check out your site. Now I have the link to take me there.

Congratulations on creating a site where you can set your own constraints and not be at the mercy of those set by others.

Is your site setup to make money for the contributors?

I already took a gander and signed up for the newsletter. I'm excited for you!! AND the Team. Great job. I will be checking in to read! I am in process of finishing up some uncompleted writing and will definitely be coming to your site. Thank you for the opportunity.

Awesome!! Totally!! I need to get over there and check that out. I think I may have even saved a bookmark but got sidetracked. SO glad I came across this Hub! Thank you! essie

Sounds like you and everyone on your team has a quality site. I think someone mentioned this to me several months ago, and I promptly forgot it. I have so much on my plate now, anything new is not possible. In any event, congrats, and you and everyone else has my full support.

This is valuable advice for those who seek this type of set up. SEO is such an important part of any online venture. Thanks for the information.

Sounds an interesting adventure! Thank you for sharing this information.

John, I wish you well. Please allow yourself time to write.

Great overview!

It sounds like you have an interesting project. I wish you best of luck with your efforts and hope all goes well from here on out. I am sure any of this stuff would be way over my head unless I was to take a study course on the subject. I am glad you are giving us advice should we find ourselves in such a jam. I know I need to get busy to ever understand how SEO works. I never get enough traffic here to know if I'm wasting my time posting things or not.

Free is never free.. that much is true.. LOL this is helpful sharing your experience getting your model off the drawing board.. pros and cons here will help any other writer/producer want to be to help get started and see the snarls that might tangle them up a bit.. great hub my friend :)

I have found very useful detailing. Please keep sharing awesome stuff like this...

Cheers

Fantastic and well-written article, John. It is very informative and beneficial for others who are considering a project like this. I am proud to be a member of your team and so very proud of The Creative Exiles. I could not ask for a better manager to work with. Your leadership and people skills are phenomenal. Well done, Jodah!!!

Guess I am the dingbat of the group, I had no idea you had all those problems. I mean I am aware of a few disagreements about writing and SEO and all that, but sure glad I missed the awful stuff! lol

I think it is wonderful being there and I know it is just going to get better and better and I will share this around so all those who were first told will know they can come on in!

Usually kinks and what-not's need to be worked out in the beginning of a new venture. I do know that when a group of creative and intellectual people come together things can become heated. But your site is awesome and I have been very impressed with the poetry and short-stories I have read.

Very informative stuff. Well done, and I daresay that something like this is needed. I wish you continued progress in your endeavours.

Thanks for the valuable information, Jodah. I just looked at your website and it looks very professional. A noble cause. Hand in hand we learn and make the world a creative place. I look forward to join. WordPress seems to be the best suited for the authors. My best wishes!

What a beautiful, professional-looking site. Love the name! Wishing your team of authors the very best.

I wish you the very best, John! Your words of wisdom, born from experience, will surely help someone else considering this. Well done!

Excellent and detailed article here of the ups and downs of starting your own site, John! The firsthand knowledge articles are the best for obvious reasons as you can certainly share your firsthand experiences in such endeavors.

I can imagine all of the personalty conflicts arising for sure and the desire for the control aspect.

Yes, "free" is never truly "free" is it ...

Your site is stellar and I'm sure as time goes on, all the kinks will be worked out. You are a good mediator who has a lot of patience to deal with all that comes up no doubt.

I'll have to pop over again and visit being there are more who have joined by now. I am enjoying this Monday off.

Peace and blessings always

Great work and because of you and all the other people who worked at putting this site together, I have another site to contribute, thank you.

Good for you! I'm happy for you that you are pursuing this. It will provide you another avenue. Sharing the trials and tribulations was beneficial. Not everyone will agree all the time.

Whew! I don't know John, but that sounded so stressful. However, now that it is up and running, it seems it may be smooth sailing for a while. I wish you and the others much luck. I'll try to check it out from time to time.

I attempted my own blog one time, and it was challenging to try to bring people into reading my material and subscribing to my site. I started off good, then fizzled out. I eventually decided that it would be better to try my luck here on HP and gain more experience. I am still up and down on the popularity scale I think. Some people seem to like what I put out and write, some think opposite.

I was invited by my very smart cousin to join his writing site one time. Every year I believe they publish a book. It was an interesting site. The writers would have to write a complete short story within like three lines, and it had to be understood. I was not confident enough to join their site, but I felt honored to be asked.

I hope you have much luck on your site. I hope it doesn't eventually drive you away from coming here. However, I hope it flourishes the way you want it to. ~Missy

I am watching and reading you guys over there. This was really neat to get the inside scoop on things. You have some great writers.

Hi, Jodah. I wasn't aware of some of the issues that arose during the management of the site (though I did notice some heated discussion in the Facebook group), I suppose it is to be expected, as you said, and you handled it well. Most of all, I think it is a positive move for a group of people to get together and make something happen with something that is creative and gives people a space for doing what they want and love.

John, well done you! I stumbled on your site and took a look around. I must say, I was massively impressed. Keep up the good work, I wish you and the team every success in the future.

Anytime you go to a new site, you find it's different. I want to express my appreciation to Phyllis who helped me get started on the site. What I like most about the site is pure poetry, some of the best ever! I have been a follower of Vincent Moore for six years, when I saw that he was writing on that site, it drew me in. I have just begun to read other poets on the site, and I am impressed. I hope the site does well and money will follow. Thank you John for making it possible to write on a site freely without judgement....

Good move, make some money. Write what our mind.

Huge Congratulations and much luck & success to you and everyone involved in this new and creative site. I trust the time & work you have all put forth into your work of love, will reap many good things for you.

This hub is appreciated. It's an ideal explanation with necessary information to individuals interested in going this route.

I look forward to visiting your new and fascinating site. Wishing you all the very best. Peace, Paula