Good writing group tonight. Lois is waiting for the galley proofs for her novel, and that has to be exciting. I'm not even close to writing a novel--short stories and poems are more my thing. But listening to Cheryl, Tommy and Lois' adventures with submissions, rejections, and now Lois' success, I share their excitement.
I think the progress of our group's members is astonishing--Max has been published in two anthologies and a few literary magazines, Lois' book is at the publisher, Cheryl has a children's book out for consideration by editors, Phyllis won a first place in a literary magazine's annual contest, Tommy is sending query letters out, and I've had a few things published here and there. For a small group, we've come a long way in the past three years.
Meeting weekly is the key. We tend to feel that we need to bring something to the group so we write. When members aren't in writing mode, they share websites, contest information, their adventures with in the publishing chase, or conference notes. Just being there to talk about writing is enough to keep us inspired.
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