Those who follow the blog will note that I haven't enjoyed writing groups (see here or details), but I'm at it again.
A friend of mine from National Novel Writing Month and a woman I know from BookBlogs both formed the group with a third and then subsequent asked me to join. It's the first time my "fame" as a writer has lead to a perk. I'll take it!
So far it's been a raging and rousing success. We have a deadline tomorrow. All writers in the group have till tomorrow to upload their sample then we all have till July 22 to read each other's works and edit/critique them. Can you see why I'm so excited? One of the aspects I hated about my former writing groups was that we edited on the spot. Who wants such quick and one dimensional critiques? Secondly, all of us are in similar genres, not exactly the same mind you, but similar. I don't think there are any children's book writers or YA writers and the fantasy is not far fetched. Finally, we all come from recommendations of others, meaning that we've been vetted to some degree. This is the biggest plus. I've read a sample of Lindsay's work and I've read all of Kristi's last novel (here).
If I'm writing pissed on July 23rd you will know why, but on July 9th I'm stoked.
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