tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post2730356312138290025..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Is Face to Face Out of Style?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-73677386376489731722014-03-10T15:15:01.960-07:002014-03-10T15:15:01.960-07:00I read a book once called "Group Portrait&quo...I read a book once called "Group Portrait" by Nick Delblanco. He talked about how clusters of writers can lift each other up--by reading each others work and by supporting and connecting each other to different aspects of the business. I think it's really true. <br />So I say, get out and find yourself a group! Check with your local library or junior college, maybe? I found my first group that way. Synchronicity will bring the people you need into your circle....J Wachowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184091482307217132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-64604474882587566342014-03-10T14:25:12.850-07:002014-03-10T14:25:12.850-07:00I've never really pursued writers' groups....I've never really pursued writers' groups. I should do. It's a shame you can't find someone closer, Pat. Have you searched for other writers in your genre who might live in your area? Maybe you could approach them and see if they know of any groups?Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-33777129443325995722014-03-10T13:01:19.898-07:002014-03-10T13:01:19.898-07:00Pat this is something that eats at me constantly. ...Pat this is something that eats at me constantly. When I first started, having those meetings was heaven to me. But, I found the chapter was geared to a certain genre and publisher and I didn’t fit the mold. Plus the drive was an hour and twenty minutes each way. I gave it up in favor of online groups and private writer’s loops. I occasionally speak with a peep on the phone. I’ve visited a couple of critique groups but I need to be challenged and pushed and these groups would not do that. My last book, no one read the whole thing but my agent and editor. I think about before we had the internet and writers organizations writers got along but it was a bitch. Sigh. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-77172390966220957452014-03-10T09:21:40.909-07:002014-03-10T09:21:40.909-07:00I hadn't thought of checking Craigslist. :)
I...I hadn't thought of checking Craigslist. :)<br /><br />I meet with a fellow writer a couple times a week, just to write, but we don't usually read each others' stuff. It's more for the energy boost. However, our local RWA chapter has one meeting a year where people can submit a few pages for a critique during the meeting, and that's always a very popular workshop.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com