community building

Stacy over at jurgen nation just gave birth. Have you heard about it? She gave birth to a vibrant 10 pound baby called indiebloggers; a new site created wholly to allow for community building for writers who don't easily fit into mommybloggers, SAHMs, SAHDs, or one of many other terrific communities that already exist.

And the really cool thing is that we moms who blog are most welcome to the party.

Her brainchild is simple - if you are part of a niche you are able to enter into community fairly easily - but if you aren't, where do you go? Who rallies behind you in support, in mirth, for better and for worse? It's cold out there, and everyone can use a warm place to go. And while we moms are lucky - our kids bind us to each other and allow for instant commonality, writers without kids need a place to go too.

Stacy is working to create just that - a place where anyone can contribute, where we moms who blog can go and kick it around with non-moms, and allow all of us to get perspectives from others outside our comfort zone. And hey, if you don't have kids, and have felt the same lack of niche feeling, well, heck, this place may be for you as well.

I like it already. Bravo, sister. Community building is a very, very good thing.