At Critique Group Interest Meeting Part 1 held Aug 13th, we had a great discussion, decisions were made, and one critique group called SPwrites (St. Pete Writes, pronounced sprites) was filled up! There are also more writers who have mentioned a desire to find a critique group.
SO...
When: Wednesday, August 19th from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: Tyrone Panera (2420 66th St N, St Petersburg, FL 33710)
Who: All writers are welcome to attend
If you were unable to attend Part 1, join us next week on Weds for Part 2. This meeting will be similar to Part 1 in that I'll be explaining how critique groups can be run (there are so many possibilities) and for those interested in forming new groups, we can arrange dates, times, and meeting places so that anyone who'd like to check out the new groups can know where to go.
New Critique Groups Forming
A new non-fiction group in St. Pete:
Nani Freeman has offered to lead a non-fiction group (memoir preferred) in the St. Pete area. She will be attending the Critique Group Interest Meeting Part 2, so if anyone is interested in finding out more, please join us at that meeting.
If you're unable to attend the meeting but are interested in Nani's critique group, contact her at freeman62101@yahoo.com so she can get your information, including times/dates/places that will work for you to meet.
A new group in North Pinellas:
Marylou Hess will be leading a new group in North Pinellas (she lives in Tarpon Springs, but is willing to have the meetings in other areas like Eastlake). Her group will have a format where writers exchange a larger number of pages (25-50) and a month is given for critique. Fiction welcome in these genres: cozy mystery, mainstream fiction, women's fiction, Christian fiction, mysteries, character-driven stories. In her words, this is an ideal group for "55+ writers North of Gulf to Bay who read and write in these genres."
Weekday hours will likely be set for these meetings, but she does have some flexibility.
Interested in joining Marylou's critique group? Contact her at writer@marylouihess.com
Active Critique Groups Currently Accepting New Participants
FWA critique groups:
Tarpon Springs Fiction Writers
Agenda: read and round-table critique
Meets every Wednesday except holidays 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
Tarpon Springs Library, 138 East Lemon Street. Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Contact: David Edmonds, dedmond2@tampabay.rr.
Oldsmar Omnivore Authors
Agenda: critique (with query letter/synopsis training)
Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, 5:30 - 8 PM
Oldsmar Public Library, 400 St. Petersburg Dr. E, Oldsmar, FL 34677
Contact: Molli Nickell, getpublishednow.biz@g
(note: if the group is full, guests are welcome to attend in "audit" mode)
Other local writing groups:
Pinellas Writers
Agenda: round-table critique (all genres welcome, fiction and non)
Meets every Saturday from 9:30 AM - Noon
Largo Community Center, 400 Alt Keene Rd, Largo, FL 33771
Group website with contact page: http://pinawor.info/
St. Petersburg Writers Club
Agenda: critique (all genres welcome, fiction and non)
Meets 1st and 3rd Thurs of the month, 6:30 PM - library closing
West Community Library at St. Pete College (Multipurpose Room), 6700 8th Ave N, St. Pete, FL 33710
Contact: Elenora Sabin, arucadienterprises@erosesabin.
Questions? Interested in starting a critique group in your area? Feel free to contact me at fwastpete@gmail.com
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