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  • What a lovely, motivational article! I've also been on the hunt for a good writing group for some time now, and seeing all the work this writing group has been able to accomplish is truly inspirational.
  • I LOVE your recommendations! I think I will try the chocolate idea when I have my n...launch (for Things Unsaid), I had it at a winetasting room, where I was a wine club member. Had a great turnout...
  • Love this! I think it's time for me to find a book club.
  • Yes, and our California Writers Club with over 100 members loves to support each other, so when we can tell someone a member's book is special because it won an award, it does help!
  • I can understand the problems of the the "not-up-to-speed-reader." I read a lot - ma...to read a particular book. Right now I'm rereading a book to present for a book club, and that has taken up most o...
  • This is great, Brooke. Question: if a book has a dual storyline with alternating cha...women's fiction/commercial fiction), how would you label that book? And is book club fiction an actual genre now w...
  • Oh, Miriam, how I feel your pain. I was stuck in a small town that couldn't even vot...ites, or drive hours to take a class as I sometimes did. Or start a lonely arts club in your town, some speed-dati...
  • I joined a critique club while writing the last few chapters of my book.  They started critiquing 10 pages of the first chapters (every two weeks) while I'm still writing the la...
  • Wow, Garine. Thank you for being willing to tell your blurb hunt story. I'm right in the middle of that now and your experience and advice are priceless to me. I've been deeply, kind...
  • Thanks, Tracy! If anyone would like my booklet on 10 Tips to a Killer Logline, you can pick it up for free at http...commendation for Publishers Marketplace - I subscribed because I'm on the agent hunt...