# October in Alexandria

By [Alexandria Labs](https://paragraph.com/@amelielasker) · 2022-10-07

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Autumn’s greetings! Melpomene here, messenger-CEO bringing you the news from Alexandria.

**First, an invitation**

Next week, Alexandria’s shared journal will open up on Plexus. You are all humbly invited to join us there!

What is a shared journal? It’s a playground and a town bulletin board, where participants can write thoughts or share excerpts from things they’re reading and see related thoughts others have posted.

We’re going to experiment in it with friends who resonate with the Alexandria dream. We encourage you to use it to upload quotes or excerpts and find serendipitous connections with other members, or just share what you’re thinking about today.

If you’d like to be notified when the journal opens, join [our Discord](https://discord.gg/fznDhD6PPD) if you’re not there already or just reply to this email. To learn more about Plexus and why we Muses are excited about it, check out [this lovely article](https://plexus.substack.com/p/scaling-intimacy) by its founder.

**Other upcoming offerings**

We’re hosting [**Story Summit**](http://story.alexandrialabs.xyz) **November 5**, where founders, builders, artists, and scientists will come together for writing and conversations facilitated by Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Ken Liu. The idea is to create a record of this moment, a collective myth of our visions for the future. We’ll help founders and researchers tell the stories of the world they want to create, a skill that is as vital as the technology we build.

If you’re interested in participating or you know anyone who might be, apply [here](http://story.alexandrialabs.xyz)!

We’ll also have an online workshop on writing **branching narratives** on **November 12** with [Charlene Putney](https://alphachar.com), an award-winning video games writer and creative writing lecturer.

**Alexandria lore**

*   Our first book minted on testnet was _Moby Dick_.
    

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e4f13ff4352b66f9184ef84d1dde3b1da33d71b20ff67b91c92c36c308eb45f7.png)

*   Thanks to the Merge, all of our books minted on Ethereum Mainnet will be powered by proof of stake from the very beginning.
    

**For authors**

Our waitlist is now open! If you haven’t submitted work before, now is a great time to learn more about our publishing platform. You can learn more and fill out a form to get access [here](https://alexandrialabs.xyz/for-authors).

**Recommended reading**

*   Science: [“How we remember last weekend”](https://nautil.us/how-we-remember-last-weekend-240328/?_sp=bf62a430-e20f-4b3d-8923-6d10e35e0e14.1664827785780) on the neuroscience of memory.
    
*   History: [The radical history of book clubs](https://www.theeditingco.com/blog/10469/the-radical-history-of-book-clubs-connecting-us-through-literature).
    
*   Fiction: _Lumen_ by Camille Flammarion. Calliope, our Muse of Epic Poetry, discovered it on her excursion to Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco. This might be the best bookstore name I’ve ever heard.
    

Until next time (unless I see you sooner in the shared journal),

Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy

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*Originally published on [Alexandria Labs](https://paragraph.com/@amelielasker/october-in-alexandria)*