Member-only story
I’m a first-time author with zero published books. Here’s how I got a meeting with a publishing industry professional.
I’m writing a book, and up until now, the amount of people who have read my book is limited.
I keep going on it despite all that. Because I feel like I’m on to something special. I’m nearly thirty and since I was a little girl, I wanted to write and publish a book. It just took a while for me to figure out what I wanted to write about.
When I was 15 years old, my friend Andy and I met via a writer’s group for teenagers, and we still continue our tradition of helping each other out with our writing. Now, he runs his own writer’s group. When I started writing my book, I craved the supportive, communal energy of a writer’s group. So, I reached out to Andy and asked him for more details.
He was open to new members and happy to include a familiar face in his group. It took a while for the day, time, and place of the group to not be a huge inconvenience.
Once I joined, I quickly went from being a passive participant to someone who hosted meetings and had direct input in the overall structure of the group.
