About “the Herscher Project”
Originally conceived by James K. Bowers, “The Project” brought together writers and artists from the community of Elfwood, home to the world’s largest collection of Fantasy/Sci-Fi art and literature. After a short lapse in 2003, “The Project” was revitalized in 2004 with a surge in membership.
In early 2005, with the creation of a Yahoo! group, the name was officially changed to “The Herscher Project” after the town in Illinois where Jim lived at the time. By the following summer “tHP” had outgrown the group site on Yahoo! and began searching for a new web host. Member Chuck Gregory came to the rescue and provided “The Herscher Project” with a new home.
By 2016, most of the group’s activity was taking place on Facebook rather than the official website which was suffering from aging technology which required constant attention from the admin staff. But Facebook is not the proper venue for uploading project submissions, so once again Chuck has created a new home and “The Herscher Project” is preparing for it’s second major reboot.