I've created a database for the New Jersey affiliate of FindAWritingGroup.com on Yahoo so folks looking to connect with other writers can find each other.


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My dance card for November's pretty full. Here's a list of some interesting writerly-type events I have lined up over the next few weeks.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th (11:30pm - 3:00pm)
Jackson Library's BOOK FAIR, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson, NJ 08527
Lots of authors, lots of books. What more could you ask for?

NJAN members attending: Danielle Ackley-McPhail ( Read more... )

On Monday, I blogged about one of my 16-year-old autistic daughters having a (thankfully rare these days) tantrum, in which all reason went out of the window.

By an uncanny coincidence, the very next day, a couple of writer friends of mine got involved in what I would describe as the non-autistic equivalent.

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'My monthly column.'  I do like the sound of that.


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Much as I’m looking forward to Saturday’s GSHW meeting with John Joseph Adams, I’m a little nervous about the get together with my critique group, which takes place on the same day, after the after-meeting nosh at the local diner.

I’ll be receiving feedback on Waking up Jack Thunder from my beta readers. I’ve seen enough critiques over the last ( Read more... )

I've listed everyone's contributions for the Wall of Wisdom page on the FindAWritingGroup.com website, they're in alpabetical by first name order.  The format will change when I revamp the site (see below), but I didn't want to delay posting them any longer.

If you contributed, please check your quote and link, then let me know if I need to make any ( Read more... )

The other week, I posted something about why I thought a good writing group was a boon for any writer. Some of the folks who commented mentioned how hard it is to find one, which in turn led to comments from people like my friend, mtlawson, who went on to post his own entry about how it would be great to have some sort of searchable database.

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If you’re anything like me, some of the simple things about writing, which seem obvious now, were once an enigma. For example; I didn’t have a clue about basic formatting when I started. Several years back, I spent many, unhappy, hours editing two, novel-length, manuscripts after I learned about double-spacing ( Read more... )

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Depending on who you talk to, a writing group can be a great place to learn more about writing, or a complete waste of time.

Depending on who you talk to, at the meetings you’ll find like-minded people who’ll encourage and support you, or a bunch of pretentious Noddy-Knowalls, who use what little they know about the craft to tear other people’s ( Read more... )