Me too! I think the SubStack Office Hours might be a good reference for how to get the most out of the SubStack platform. There is also a substack called Fictionistas that is already underway with Zoom meetup events, prompts, etc.
I would be interested in a group for longform writers who are currently working on projects–speculative fiction, memoirs, sci-fi, any genre really, etc. that would include Zoom meetings for readings, exchange of writing via email or links to work in clouds, prior to scheduled reading.
There are many Substack writing groups - I'm partial to one called What now? I was thinking more along the line of a critique group outside the hallowed halls of substack? Can halls this young be hallowed? :)
Thanks for the shout out, Lee! For anyone interested "what now?" (which Lee mentioned) is my substack. We've got a lovely community going over there--join us! https://maryg1.substack.com
Deck the halls with holy substacks! Fa la lala la la la la la! Yes, it might be a lot easier to get a critique group going via the old-fashioned way using phone/email contacts and Zoom meetings could make the readings super live. Let's do it!
Hey Rolf, would you happen to be hob-nobbing with any of the likes of "Dangerous Writers" out in Portland? Tom Spanbauer and Co. I used to fly up to Portland about 20 years ago to hang with them, do weekend intensives, and hole up with them in shared rentals for a couple weeks out at Haystack Beach. Those were the days. And I can credit Tom, Tim Redmond and the others who were doing it dangerously for the passion, crazed work ethic and devotion that I developed by hanging with them.
But my later life has routed abductions, if not by aliens, but via compelling calls to family life. So now I'm far from the joys of Portland, really missing the weather there, too.
I did enjoy a short lived stint after Portland, when I lived in San Francisco, and had an art studio across the bay in an industrial building not far from the East Bay bridge. I hosted a hand picked group to meet at my studio where we kept a rigorous schedule of doing critiques and readings. 2K word count per week plus read three other writers before the next meeting, and have critiques prepared for each piece read.
All that was long before Meet-Ups. Now I'm navigating a wide orbit, while hunkered down in Los Angeles. I really do miss the lovely folks who I befriended through Dangerous Writing, my Bay Area"indie" group, and later on, here in LA, through Meet-Ups.
So I think the next thing to do would be to go over what the shape would be of another critique group, that would fit your schedule/needs beyond the groups you already have, and other logistics like how to shape the group's activities, find who would be on board for a long form critique with a reading component, etc.
If you are interested in pursuing another critique format, or would like to know more about the projects I'm up to, feel free to email me at chec.dubya@gmail.com
I know about the "dangerous writers" but other than chatting one night to Lidya Yuknavitch at the Wordstock barhop, I have not hobnobbed with them... I wish! I know about having life abducted, my writing life was by marriage and a business, but now wife gone, and I'm easing myself out of the business, to pursue what I've always wanted to do... to write. And I might be interested in another more long-form critique group. I'll shoot you an email.
Hi Lee, Would you be interested in forming a critique group that includes readings, with a small handful of other long form writers? Sans hallowed halls? Most likely via Zoom for the readings.
A long-form critique group would be good. I'm in a couple of critique groups already, in both the limit is 10,000 words, so novels need to be critiqued in sections over many months, rather than as one continuous read.
I’m all for starting a story club critique group if others are! I think they are invaluable.
Me too! I think the SubStack Office Hours might be a good reference for how to get the most out of the SubStack platform. There is also a substack called Fictionistas that is already underway with Zoom meetup events, prompts, etc.
I would be interested in a group for longform writers who are currently working on projects–speculative fiction, memoirs, sci-fi, any genre really, etc. that would include Zoom meetings for readings, exchange of writing via email or links to work in clouds, prior to scheduled reading.
I didn’t read your post fully enough. Yes a group that meets on zoom and has a protocol for giving and receiving manuscripts and critiques!
There are many Substack writing groups - I'm partial to one called What now? I was thinking more along the line of a critique group outside the hallowed halls of substack? Can halls this young be hallowed? :)
Thanks for the shout out, Lee! For anyone interested "what now?" (which Lee mentioned) is my substack. We've got a lovely community going over there--join us! https://maryg1.substack.com
Deck the halls with holy substacks! Fa la lala la la la la la! Yes, it might be a lot easier to get a critique group going via the old-fashioned way using phone/email contacts and Zoom meetings could make the readings super live. Let's do it!
Meet Up is where I've found a couple of critique groups I'm in. They both do zoom, but the first one I joined met in person before Covid.
Hey Rolf, would you happen to be hob-nobbing with any of the likes of "Dangerous Writers" out in Portland? Tom Spanbauer and Co. I used to fly up to Portland about 20 years ago to hang with them, do weekend intensives, and hole up with them in shared rentals for a couple weeks out at Haystack Beach. Those were the days. And I can credit Tom, Tim Redmond and the others who were doing it dangerously for the passion, crazed work ethic and devotion that I developed by hanging with them.
But my later life has routed abductions, if not by aliens, but via compelling calls to family life. So now I'm far from the joys of Portland, really missing the weather there, too.
I did enjoy a short lived stint after Portland, when I lived in San Francisco, and had an art studio across the bay in an industrial building not far from the East Bay bridge. I hosted a hand picked group to meet at my studio where we kept a rigorous schedule of doing critiques and readings. 2K word count per week plus read three other writers before the next meeting, and have critiques prepared for each piece read.
All that was long before Meet-Ups. Now I'm navigating a wide orbit, while hunkered down in Los Angeles. I really do miss the lovely folks who I befriended through Dangerous Writing, my Bay Area"indie" group, and later on, here in LA, through Meet-Ups.
So I think the next thing to do would be to go over what the shape would be of another critique group, that would fit your schedule/needs beyond the groups you already have, and other logistics like how to shape the group's activities, find who would be on board for a long form critique with a reading component, etc.
If you are interested in pursuing another critique format, or would like to know more about the projects I'm up to, feel free to email me at chec.dubya@gmail.com
I know about the "dangerous writers" but other than chatting one night to Lidya Yuknavitch at the Wordstock barhop, I have not hobnobbed with them... I wish! I know about having life abducted, my writing life was by marriage and a business, but now wife gone, and I'm easing myself out of the business, to pursue what I've always wanted to do... to write. And I might be interested in another more long-form critique group. I'll shoot you an email.
And you should find an email from me now, too.
Hi Lee, Would you be interested in forming a critique group that includes readings, with a small handful of other long form writers? Sans hallowed halls? Most likely via Zoom for the readings.
If you are, feel free to email me – chec.dubya@gmail.com
A long-form critique group would be good. I'm in a couple of critique groups already, in both the limit is 10,000 words, so novels need to be critiqued in sections over many months, rather than as one continuous read.
Lee:=The memoir group is open. To join call John Poignand -7748100610 or The
Eldridge Public Library 508945-5170. . It is casual and the people are wonderful and great writers. come join us. Gloria
In person or virtual as well?
I am interested. Pat