Writer's Groups

I just got back from my monthly writer's group meeting. I wasn't going to go today - I could find a lot of excuses not to go, but I went and, as usual, I'm glad I did. There weren't many there - it's mid-summer, a holiday weekend and people are busy. We had maybe a dozen members. But the energy is the same whether it's two or twelve or twenty. We laugh with each other, commiserate, coax, cajole and complain. And kick each other when needed.

We had an interesting speaker today. An older lady named Mae Graybill who was one of the original Rosie the Riveter's back in the early years of WWII. She worked out of Baltimore riveting the fusilage on B-26 Maurader planes. How fascinating it must have been to be a woman in those times working on building planes and ships - doing jobs that up to that time had been only for the men. She told us some good stories about her times in those days.

All told, I'm glad I went. I've returned with new energy and hopefully will be able to get some actual writing done tonight!

My goal for the month of July is a minimum of 50 pages of new work.
***************

Birthdays: Jan Neruda, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Robert Heinlein, Harriette Arnow, Louise Erdrich, Margaret Walker, Jean Ker

Tips and Teasers: Check your facts. Always. Just because you looked something up on the internet doesn’t mean it’s correct. Check several sources.

Thought for the day: "The easiest way to get good press is to write it yourself." – Margaret Brownley