When I was pregnant with my third child, I read that each time a new child enters a family, a number of new relationships are formed, that number being relative to the number of people already in the family. In … Continue reading
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Writers Groups- Adding Members
Writers Group Guidelines
Last time, I wrote about the challenges of maintaining a committed writers group. I promised that in the next post I would list the guidelines that have proven effective in my writers groups. Here they are: We agree … Continue reading
I Love My Writers Group
I can’t say enough good things about my writers group. They are kind but astute critics. They are dependable both in putting writing first in their lives and in making our group meetings a priority. We celebrate one another’s successes, … Continue reading
Writers Conferences & Festivals: Why Go?
Yesterday, I put together a registration form for the 2009 Medocino Coast Writers Conference. This morning I read an article in Poets & Writers (May/June 2009) entitled “Conferences, Festivals Taking a Hit.” The juxtaposition helped me answer a question I’d … Continue reading
Reading in the Castro
Tonight I’ll be reading with fellow writer Kate Evans at Books Inc in the Castro. I met Kate at a writer’s conference several years ago, and coincidentally our books were published in the same month last year. To learn more … Continue reading
The Wonders of Write-Ins
Last year when I did NaNoWriMo, I experimented with writing in public places. I didn’t think I would do well writing away from the privacy and comforts of home, but I was wrong. I started off with baby steps. First, … Continue reading
The Power of Point of View
I’m getting tired of receiving political email, usually messages that have been forwarded hundreds of times. I’m sick of reading blog posts that slander or at least underline the foibles of McCain and Palin. But yesterday I got an email … Continue reading
Artist Dates
Recently, I mentioned Julia Cameron’s idea about Artist Dates, and it seems the mere mention of this idea manifested one big fat date for me. According to Cameorn’s description, the Artist’s Date is a block of time especially set aside … Continue reading
Kate Evans-Out & About
Poet Kate Evans has responded to my blog about publishing gay and lesbian memoir on her blog Being and Writing. I met Kate at the East of Eden Conference where she was promoting her book of poetry Like All We … Continue reading