How to Find Writing Community
Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates):
(Valerie) decluttering, pitching conferences, starting new projects
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(Erick) client work, reorganizing my life around ghost-writing, new clients and project management coming up, process re-structuring.
What are you reading?
Valerie: In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado) You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult (Lane Moore)
• (Not ready to give up on them, but struggling to finish them:) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) ; The Teller of Small Fortunes Julie Leong
Erick: Mort Terry Pratchett
Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits):
Tidbit #1: comfortable chair for your office
Tidbit #2: Human Design chart; It'll validate so much about yourself!
Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):
Segment 4 (Main Topic):
Writing communities look different from one to another. There's: Writing friends, Critique group, Service Trade Friends, Organizations, Conferences, Writing groups, Colleagues you can chat with at meetings that understand the writing life (don't discount this!).
I'm a writer. We all have something in common.
Stay in contact
Do I want to make this MY community?
Like-mindedness.
Compatibility, flexibility, fits my value system.
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Find Us:
Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan
Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor
Patreons:
https://patreon.com/valerieihsan
https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries
Tools:
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ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)
Resources:
"How to write an eavesdropping scene" on Erick's blog
Reading Critique Group for Writers FB Group (Jennie Komp's group)
3 Bird View FB page (Jennie Komp's business page)
Author XP (marketing for authors) (bi-monthly promotions)
Raven Publicity (publicity for authors)
The Shades of Orange (Rachel, Book Blogger on YouTube) for book recommendations SF/Fantasy/Horror
Contact Erick for business-starting advice or building a website.
Contact Valerie for author coaching.
Thomas Umstattd Jr, at Novel Marketing Podcast. Ep255: How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign
Russell P. Nohelty and Monica Leonelle's book, Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter.
Balance meditation app.
Book Recs for writing/creativity/business:
Fast-Draft Your Memoir (Rachael Herron)
Thinking in Pictures (John Sayles)
Poemcrazy (Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge)
The Art of Dramatic Writing (Lajos Egri)
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (George Saunders)
Save the Cat! (Blake Snyder)
Writing in Restaurants (David Mamet)
Notable Mention: Story Engineering (Larry Brooks), Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles (Tim Grahl); Story Hypothesis (J.P. Rindfleisch IX); Three Story Method (J.Thorn and Zach Bohannon); The Anatomy of a Best Seller (Sacha Black)