This is an interactive writing group designed to provide a source of information , motivation, and opportunity for writers to sharpen their writing skills. Member-driven workshops and contests at bi-weekly meetings are designed to give you that edge and motivate you to meet schedules, share writing problems, find solutions, and get encouragement and support from like-minded individuals. Once you have sat down and written your project, and it has been corrected and edited, the real work begins. T …

(Once we have a few members, we will decide where/when to meet.) This is a new workshop group of Gulf Coast poetry and fiction writers. We will get together once-a-month to critique each others work. Essentially, we will discuss what we like about a piece, and what we think can be improved. The emphasis is on nurture: how one writer can help another via thoughtful comments and suggestions. Everyone's manuscripts (2,500 words max) are traded via email one week prior to the meeting, then printe …

It is a brave, new world! The playing field has kind of been leveled in the publishing industry. There are wild success stories and stories of mild successes. The trick is to not be one of the countless failures. This group can focus on both the works... critiquing each other's work, etc. and on the business of e-publishing. Having a group to brainstorm marketing ideas, book descriptions, SEO, etc. can be in invaluable asset. Those in the area, can meet in person, while those to far away to atte …