It’s where many writers meet, all different, from novice writers to experienced, and published writers of all kinds. Here’s a place to actually improve your writing, if they are like the ones in our area do when they critiqueing each others work. BUT, you must be able to let them do same, and not get upset with suggestions about your writings. They mean well and want to help new writers improve. You can even give your opinions on other group members writings too.

Even the experienced writers who have several published books like to hear what others have to say about their work, even before it is published. Some of them use these groups as sounding boards to see if there are any possible flaws in their train of thought, especially when writing stories, both mysteries and love stories, etc. And they accept such suggestions about their own work just as much as the novice and the beginner do.

Been ‘netting since ’95 and have pretty much ignored the rise of the blogosphere believing it would be filled with nothing but the trite, libidinal dribblings of the masses and that the signal to noise ratio would be too low to make it worthwhile.

However, recently stumbling across useful pages like yours and others suggest I had better put on my mucky boots and start trawling otherwise I may be missing out!

Chris – excellent post. not perfect, and that’s the point. Right?