A writer's group at last!

I thought I would never find a free writer's group to go to that was nearby where I live, but at last I was successful.  This post is actually a little late because I found the writer's group several hours ago.  Anyways, I just felt like blogging about this because as you can imagine I'm excited!


In the writer's group everyone comes with copies of their novels, poems, short stories, articles, or etc. and then everyone shares and critiques.  I will not be going to the group until a month from now, but I think that I obviously have to take the first two chapters of The Magic of Light with me for critique.  (But I can tell you right now that I need to polish that book up some more).  So perhaps I will try to edit some or edit a lot before the September is here.

Anyways, I am thrilled about that and I'm glad to hear you guys liked the interview with Julie Musil.  Another interview is soon to come with Lala from Lala Land.  Hope you'll come to read that one as well.
And now it's back to work on Cursed with Power, though I might be back because I keep checking in with the wonderful things they are doing at WriteOnCon.  If you are a writer and you are not at that conference --PLEASE go there.  It is really fun and really helpful.
I'll be posting my query letter soon. Please consider critiquing it, won't you?  Pretty please?

Don't care too much what others may think

Such a tip on writing came from the famous writer Stephen King, who you probably know best for his work on such books as It and Storm of the Century.  You can read Stephen King's seven tips on becoming a better writer online here.  I found what he said to be very truthful and to the point.  I discovered his advise rather long ago, but I wanted to bring up his #5 today because I think we can all relate to it.
Don't care too much what others may think.
No matter how hard you work and how much effort you put into your writing there is no way you can escape the people who just won't like your work at all.  You know as well as I do, we writers cannot please everyone.  There are going to be people who tell you that they absolutely love your book, and then, just as Mr. King has realized over the years, there will be people who have no respect for what you do at all.
But you will continue to write because you are a dedicated person.  It is hard for all of us when we see critique that is so harsh on our story, but is it really any different from the stack of rejections you have?  I have faith in all of us that we can keep going.  Accept now that not everyone will adore your work, but continue to write what you are.  There is always somebody out there who is willing to read.  If you're ever feeling like your writing is just going nowhere at all, go to your friends or someone else very close and ask them to look at your work.  We all know our friends can be very bias about our writing, but in times when you feel yours is not good enough that does not matter.
All the writers who are published now went through just as much as we are now.
Keep writing, my fellow writers, because for as long as we are those stories are slowly making their way to the public.  The longer you work at it, the more people will take note of how serious you are about what you want to do.
So I wish you all the very best of luck in your writing, and know that I am in the very same position as you.

After another critique...

I just received another comment on Cursed with Power and while I am always grateful for comments and the fact that people will read my work, there was something in this comment that surprised me.
Perhaps it was because it was so unexpected...
While I cannot disagree with the grammar mistakes --because I know there are probably several and they do need to eventually be fixed at some point or another--I could not help but disagree with the statement that the first chapter of the story seems to go nowhere.  Actually, I was told in exact words that, "The plot seems to be going nowhere at the moment."
I do not wish to rant on about why I don't necessarily agree with that, but it's just that I can't believe I'm hearing this about the first chapter.  However, it's only one person who has told me this, so perhaps I really should not be worrying about it.  I mean, let's face it... We cannot always please everyone.
A part of me feels bad because everyone is saying this and that which can be fixed and yet I'm working towards the future of the book.  I guess I'm really just trying to get the whole story down before I completely lose it, which I would absolutely hate to have happen.
In case you did not see, Cursed with Power went up to 967 ranking points today.  (That's not good).  However, the book is not finished so really it's probably good that it is not flying through the rankings like there is no tomorrow.  Besides, I'm not anybody like Stephen King or J.K. Rowling. My writing is not to that amazing point yet, and none of us will ever really be like another writer.  I think in all truth we writers are all very different and that is what makes our stories unique.

But anyhow... That's pretty much it.  Hopefully those of you who are also reading Cursed with Power aren't bored with the book already.  (I mean, if the author is not yet then surely she can keep her readers there with her, right)?
However, I cannot let some comment that pretty much shows that someone does not like my work phase me.  So, nonetheless, I'll keep writing the story and working on it.