Onward and Upward!

Fiorella is invigorated.  She attended Far North, the critique group she moderates, and came home high as the proverbial kite.  There's nothing like palling around with other romance writers to get the old juices flowing.

The group started with just three people, but now there are twelve on the roll, with attendance bouncing between three and six.  It's all women, of course, but we'd welcome any male romance writers who want to join our merry crew. We read each other's pages, offer what we hope are helpful comments, tell funny stories on ourselves, and laugh a lot.

As moderator, Fio spends a lot of her time soliciting and sending out pages, planning topics for discussion, reminding current members of the meeting date, and talking to potential members, but it's worth it.  Every meeting, she comes away empowered.  Yes, she can shape this book up!  Yes, it will sell!  Yes, she is the queen of the world!

Single-minded

Fiorella spends most of her time typing away on her laptop.  She is a member of four different writing groups--Romance Writers of America, San Gabriel Writers' League, Endor, and Far North.  All the friends with whom she lunches are either writers or beta readers.  When she meets new people, she tells them about her soon-to-be-published book.

Is there a pattern here?