Writers groups cater to Long Island authors
2009 January 25
Without any exaggeration, one of the best things I got out of my expensive Columbia education, was my writing group, five ladies (including me) who meet once a month to drink wine and discuss what we’re working on, occasionally in the other order. More than a year in, I still find it helpful to know that no matter what’s going on in my life, once a month I have to come up with a story idea or career quandary to discuss. I always leave the meetings with both a good buzz and a renewed sense of purpose.
So when a few Long Island women wrote in that their New Year’s Resolution was to finish their first novels, I thought, a local writers group might be just the thing to help them get it done. Luckily I was able to find a varied list of writing groups in the area.
Photo | Ed Betz for Newsday
