The Scary Truth about Critique Groups

Kathleen General, Writers, Writing Challenges 0

Attention Writers: Did you know, for good or bad, your critique group will exert one of the strongest influences on your career? Yet, yet very few writers learn how to conduct a critique group for optimum success. Don’t make this mistake. For years, I studied and surveyed critique groups and critique methods. I learned what […]

January 25, 2011

Six Things Charles Dickens & Jane Austen Never Did

Kathleen Regency World, Writers, Writing Challenges 17 Charles Dickens, How to cope with demands beyond writing, Jane Austen, Writers

How would two of our favorite authors, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen, fare as writers in today’s world? I have confidence they’d cope surprisingly well with technology and the added demands of promotion in today’s marketplace? Let’s pretend Charles and Jane are contemporaries and very close friends. Observe as they wrestle with the challenges of […]