Sunday 22 January 2017

The benefits of being in a writing group


There are many benefits of being part of  a writing group. If it works well and is the right group, it can provide support in a sometimes solitary pastime, a sounding board for our ideas, a friendly critique and the momentum to keep going, chasing that elusive publishing dream. I've been so fortunate to have all of these features in my writing group. I've been even more fortunate that as our writing group has developed we have also become a group of good friends. Yesterday we celebrated a big birthday with our friend and writing mentor, Maddie. Without her, our writing group just wouldn't be the same. Here's to many more years of happy writing!

Saturday 7 January 2017

New Year, New Writing.....

It was good being back down at Coney Island today - just Rhonda, Fionnuala, Maddie and I.  It was good to think about an exciting year ahead - New Year's writing resolutions, parties and lots of writing opportunities.