Today I am blogging from the local Nano reunion, surreptitiously of course. That is the amazing, wonderful people I did NaNoWriMo with a couple months ago. And no, that's not sarcasm. I may not always agree with everyone but the simple fact everyone writes something and keeps writing is a good thing. So they are amazing, wonderful people. And Mom's in charge which is always entertaining. I get to be the antagonistic child. *grin* We may have our own group website eventually... isn't that cool?

This writing group thing is pretty new to me. I am so used to being the only person I know doing this stuff. Occasionally squiggs me out a little bit sometimes. I hate to compare myself to others but it's a little hard not to when everyone around me is doing the same thing. Thus I lurk as I am doing now.

Part of this group's events today is a writing assignment. With a name, occupation, item, color, and word count we are to write a short story including all of this before the next meeting. Last meeting we had a similar assignment. Which I failed to complete. *shrug* I lost it... if you saw my place you'd understand. Chaos reigns there. BTW, everything on the card to be written about was chosen by someone else. My card has Simon, waste disposer, screw, mauve, and 432. We shall see if in the next three weeks I can do this. In with the rest of my to do list. Or I see if Asrion will do it... heeheehee. The WebYeti can tell the newest brother how I hassle them.

So what do the rest of you think about writing groups? How have they worked for you? And not just writing groups, actually. I feel like this is as much a support group as anything else. What other support groups do you like?

I'm going to sign off for now. Have a good week, everyone.

SK

Since I was hassled this morning about not posting all week... see, I'm here!!!!! :-)

I really did intend to update but it turned into a topsy turvy week. As much as I wish I could be Signy The Writer full time such is not my life. I have a day job, dogs, family, friends and even a bio-family that occasionally pop up as they did this week with a new member. Two families, you ask? Well yeah... don't we all have the family we're born into (biological) then the family we choose (emotional)?

I must also regrettably inform you that I have done no work on my own writing this week. I've actually done little in the writing arena, actually. But that's why I'm here now. To get myself into the writing mindset. Because I have two stories from my family here that I need to get read and commented on. And my own current WIP.

Hmm, my brain finally latched onto a blog post topic to discuss with that comment. The writing mindset. It's something I've heard other writers talk about too. For my day job, I have a routine of dragging myself and the dogs out of bed and getting ready to leave the house for the day. Well, I have a routine for getting into the writing as well. That is when I become Signy. And it is something I got away from but am trying to get back to. The desk is set up. I have my very important hot beverage (preferably caffeinated as this one is). I have my jar of nuts... yeah, I consume things as I write. But I'm still missing the music and the candle. The music varies by mood and what I'm writing. The current work was first drafted during NaNoWriMo and has no set soundtrack. Which means I'll fall back on the symphony or jazz music which is my default mode. The candle burned out during NaNo and still needs to be replaced. I need my fire. :-D

So that's my agenda for the next little bit of time... music and fire so I can complete my transition to Signy. Then it's much reading and editing for me. Then tomorrow it's a reunion of the NaNo group, some of whom are the family of which I speak. That I am very much looking forward to even if Mom is going to hassle me. (Heh, another in the cast of characters for my life now has a name... Sorry, Mom, no changing it now.) Perhaps I shall create my next post as a live report?

Coffee is empty... off for a refill and to hunt down that fire. Everyone have a good weekend and for those in my area stay warm & dry.

SK

Hello and welcome to the first post to the new website. How exciting is this? *grin*

We are in the process of building right now so please don't get discouraged by the large amounts of vast emptiness. The WebYeti and I shall continue the quest to bring my mental meanderings to you as we can.

Thank you and hope to see you again soon.

SK