Zooming Critiquers

Celebrating January with a Giveaway

My critique group has been connected for more than twenty years. In that time, we’ve shared a lot of life events—marriage, birth, death, publication, rejection, great stories, not-so-great stories. We’re geographically scattered: France, New Jersey, California, so when Zoom arrived, that became another, more satisfying way to keep in touch and share our writing as well as our personal lives.

In the last online meeting, we talked about how we feel about and approach writing stories. We’re all different, of course. Some loved the editing process but found starting a new book a real challenge. Others got excited about that fresh idea but weren’t so keen on the editing. One thing that came out in our time together was that we all needed the support of other writers, and we all needed obtainable goals. Some of those goals had to be unrelated to the writing itself.

I came away from this Zoom meeting, feeling recharged and grateful to have such a great group of people along with me on my writing journey!

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AMAZON . B&N . SMASHWORDS . KOBO

If you follow me, you know I have a new book just out in December. I’m pleased that it’s getting good reviews and hope that continues.

For January, I’m not going to give away Rattlesnake, but I am giving away 3 Kindle copies of Shattered, my award-winning book that was published in 2021. If you’d like one, email me at cleemckenzieATgmailDOTcom with the subject SHATTERED. I’ll choose three winners by February 15.