So it's insecure writers' support group day (actually it's the end of insecure writer's support group day and I almost missed it because I'm scatterbrained). Anyway, I just came back from writer's group. If you're a writer, and you don't have a writer's group, get one. Every three weeks I meet with five supportive, skilled and talented people. Our meetings are an equal mix of socializing, constructive critique, and patting each other on the back. All three are important for writers (and mothers).
I go to the group feeling like my work sucks, and leave feeling like a real author. No, they don't sugar coat their critiques, but no one's as bad as my inner voice. In the end, I know that I must be good to belong in the company of such wonderfully brilliant people.
Two of my writer's group friends have books that you may purchase (and I encourage you to do so).
Linda Cassidy's poetry book
Inland Waterways can be purchased
here (just scroll down a bit on their page).
Siobhan Minty's ebook
A Gay in the Life of Melinda Finch can be purchased
here or
here.
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