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3 Tips for Joining an Online Writing Group

If you don’t have a writing group – but want the support and accountability of other writers – check out these three tips for joining an online writing group from guest blogger Aimee Cirucci. She’s a writer and teacher; here, she also shares how her writing group helps her sell her writing. 
Before her tips, a quip:
“I think [...]

8 Tips on Starting a Book Club for Writers

My two book clubs are very different from one other – and I love them both! Here’s what I’ve learned – my tips for starting and running a book club for writers. Thanks to Tumblemoose for prompting me to write this article!
Before the book club tips, a quip:
“The proper study of mankind is books.” – Aldous Huxley
Fellow scribes, [...]

5 Ways a Book Club Improves Your Writing Skills

How can belonging to a book club improve your writing skills? O, let me list the ways…
But first, a quip from Canadian icon, poet, and novelist Margaret Atwood:
“They [the book club members] are ready to reveal…their own reactions, their own biases and doubts and convictions, and above all their own tastes,” said Atwood. “The beauty [...]

7 Tips for Starting a Writer’s Group

Starting your own writer’s group will be a breeze with these tips from my own experience! Whether you’re a freelance writer, aspiring novelist, or published poet – a writer’s group can keep you motivated, disciplined, productive…and published!
I mentioned my writing group on Twitter, and received several “I wish I belonged to a writer’s group, but [...]

Interview With the Author of Query Letters

In this interview, Wendy Burt-Thomas, author of The Writer’s Digest Guide to Query Letters, shares her tips for writers groups, writer’s block, and what it takes to be a successful freelancer. Her perspective will help you become a better writer - whether you’re a seasoned pro or a newbie…
Before her tips, here’s one of her favorite writing quips:
“I [...]

How to Find the Right Writing Mentor

Improving your writing skills and discipline is much easier when you find mentors with whom you resonate. That can be a matter of luck – which is totally influenced by your efforts.
First, a quip:
“The harder you work, the luckier you get” (unknown)
Finding writing mentors can be hard work…but it’ll help you get “luckier” and published! [...]

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