The primary motivation for maing this site is simple: I write fiction and I seem to produce more words when I am interacting with other writers of fiction. (Note I said more words, not necessarily better words.) For years, I relied on organizing various types of in-person groups, but circumstances have pretty much put an end to them, so I first looked to find an online group of writers.
It hasn’t gone well.
Mind you, there are plenty of wonderful and helpful and useful websites for writers of all types. They all have good and bad points (so will this site), but that’s to be expected. However, the biggest problem for me was that I just didn’t click with any of them; none of them felt right.
I probably should have seen that coming, being someone who has always adhered to the Groucho Marx maxim of refusing to belong to any group that would allow someone like me to be a member. So once again, rather than joining a sordid group, I decided to create one.
Like everyone else, I am completely unique, which means there are probably other completely unique writers out there who find themselves in the same situation—unable to find exactly what they want or need from any online group or organization.
I make no promises and I have no idea where any of this will go, if anywhere at all. I can say that I have had hundreds of people in my various groups over the years and the people who came back and became regulars outnumbered the ones who came once and never returned. Perhaps all this means is that a bunch of lonely writers exist who will congregate given the opportunity. I won’t even claim that anything I did helped anyone become a better writer, since I sincerely believe the best way to become a better writer is to write more often.
And now I have circled back to the beginning: my hope to write more often through interacting with other writers.
In addition to things related to writing fiction, you will also find items and details concerning the various areas of interest I have. What you will not find is anything for sale, or any appeals for money, donations, sponsorships, and the like.
If you have any questions about anything you find, there should be a link to a contact form in the footer of most pages.