First and foremost this is a writers' critique group. Many talented and published writers rely on some form of outside checks and balances to ensure that their writing is the best it can be. The style, content, and quality of what they write is of paramount importance. This is where a good critique group is invaluable. Critique groups provide a level of overview and feedback that helps a writer prepare their ms. (manuscript) for an editor's sharp scrutiny. In addition to being a critique group, …

Are you a novelist or a novella writer? Are you currently writing a novel or novella? We are (or hope to become) a group of novelists and novella writers with the expressed goal of helping each other to improve their skills and their work. We will meet once a month for the purpose of reviewing each others work and helping each other become better writers. Novelists of any experience and genre are welcome.

We are poets and writers of short prose with a desire to share our work and derive motivation from the creativity of others. We are not a writing work shop or an avenue to publication. Although, in time we may become the basis for a local poetry magazine. For lack of a better description, we are "amateur" poets that are driven by our muse to give birth to the things we write and seek communion with others devoted to the creative process of putting words down on paper. Our mission is to bring loc …