Silver
Strutter is now published, so I was looking around for something interesting to
do and found a brand new writer’s group being organized. The first meeting was in Dahlonega, which is
not in a high traffic area even though it met at 3:00 Friday afternoon.
I met some
unusually interesting people who are considering writing books, or have already
started their writing avocations.
One person
is a sleep disorder person who monitors people as they sleep under a controlled
environment. I have a lot of questions
for her in the future. I can see her
coming up with a good plot involving her career field.
Another
person has almost her second doctorate in the science field and writes in that
genre. I wonder if she’s going to let us
read her work, or if we would even understand it. I feel a little intimidated with my ability
to focus on such detail. But you never
know. Some people could write about soap
flakes and make it interesting.
Then there
are three people who are interested in the romance/sci-fi genre, fantasy, etc. I haven’t read much of that in the past, but
I guess I’ll learn how to appreciate it.
Romance will be a push for me because it seems like the plot never
changes. Obviously I haven’t been paying
enough attention. These three people
vary in careers and want to work toward the same goal. How can that not be
interesting?
Another pair, one of whom just graduated from North Georgia College and State University, and the other teaches philosophy and one whose career field I missed. They want to co-op on a book together in the sci-fi
field. That ought to be interesting—a
sci-fi philosophy teacher. Hmmm.
Sadly,
nobody else writes mystery, which of course is where my mind stays. But I can’t help think that any suggestions
would be appreciated. Not necessarily
used, but always appreciated just in case.
We will all need beta readers, in case anybody out there would be
interested in giving his opinion about unfinished, unpublished books. Feedback is crucial to writers. Let me know if you are interested.
