R.I.P. WWG

For three years, I met about twice a month with 4 other writers. Last year, one of those writers departed for other creative ventures, and over the course of this year, the rest of us have gotten increasingly involved in other activities and projects, so we haven't met as often. This week, we finally decided it was time to put the group to sleep. We drank wine, ate cake and thanked each other for all the support.

As you can see at this news page, the last four years have been productive for all of us. Between us we reviewed and edited three novels, several reams of poetry, a bushel of short stories, a screenplay and a whack of applications for grants and programs. We helped each other stay on target with writing goals, and bucked each other up when the unavoidable rejection letters came in. We shared our words, and ideas about writing, schedules, books we were reading on The Craft.

We created a chapbook, and had a couple of readings, which was definitely a great step in feeling like a Real Writer.

I'll definitely miss the camaraderie and the deadlines, but I've gotten pretty dang good at setting and fulfilling my own deadlines for projects. The group served its purpose, and I will certainly thank them in the acknowledgment section of my first novel, when it's finally published...

One of the other members, Ariel, has also written a tribute in her blog.