If you’ve been hesitant to join in a writer’s group because you feel like your writing isn’t as good as everyone else’s, or you don’t want to be embarrassed by criticism, read these amazing pieces of prose and poetry by K. P. McGee about her experiences at the Women’s Daily Post Writing Salon, with Susan Weis-Bohlen. The Salon is a nurturing place for women to feel creatively supportive and for you to finally start putting the words in your head onto paper.
Women’s Daily Post writer’s group Women’s Daily Post has several groups of women who meet monthly: the Writer’s Group, Transitions Group and the Women Business Owners Group. We get questions about what the groups are like, what their purpose is, and how the meetings are run, so we are using this morning’s Writer’s Group to give you a better idea. The Writer’s Group has such a dedicated core of members, it has earned the nickname the O. G. (Original Gangsta!) Writer’s Group. It meets monthly on a Friday morning at Taylor Royall, 6247 Falls Road. The group is limited to 10 participants, so everyone has a chance to share and learn. As always, today’s group was a blend – published and not-yet published fiction and non-fiction book authors, and a screenwriter. The meeting began with 5-minute updates from everyone about where their projects stand – hopefully sharing some great news,…
It is fun to find a book that is different from everything you’ve ever read. One where it’s so hard to find the best words to describe it to others – you end up saying, “you just have to read it.”
Last year, when we asked what summer plans everyone had, we found that there are few things our Women’s Daily Post ladies enjoy more than heading for the beach with a bag of books to read. We live for summer sun, sand, something cold with a cute little umbrella in it, and a great novel. For reading suggestions, I love Anne Bogel’s blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy. She always finds the best new books and reminds me of classics that I never read or would read again with a new perspective. The Summer of 2019 is a great year for books. Anne literally read 100s of new books to come up with her list of 25 favorites. There were so many good ones, she couldn’t pare the list down to 25 and recommends 30 instead. Take a look and pick out a few for lazy lake and beach days, and long…