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gementThe mind is not always sensible. All true fear is, at its heart, the fear of death. May I show you something? -- Aldo, which is to say, me.[1]
Clarification: The following is not intended as a slight to my wonderful current readers. If anything, I am attempting to take an undue and unreciprocated burden off them so they can just enjoy reading it and talk to me about themes.
I need to find a critique group. I am not sure what that will look like. It might be a fan-based group that specializes in naughty slash. It might be a romance writer's group. The basic requirements are:
1) Has members who have experience with fixing and smoothing dumb persistent writing problems and can suggest fixes. (Specifically, won't just give me a thumbs up, but won't just tell me "it's wrong. Fix it somehow.")
2) Will not lynch me for writing the kink and the gay sex.
3) Will not lynch me for writing something that is not commercially publishable or doesn't necessarily fit into a tidy genre box or isn't perfectly historically accurate.
4) Will not lynch me for not having previous experience with critiquing the work of others.
5) Will not lynch me.
I'd prefer a group that meets at least occasionally in person in the Seattle area, and I'd very much like a group with at least one biomale in it who can call me on girls-writing-boys problems, but those are negotiable points.
Does anyone have any suggestions on either specific groups or places to look for groups? I've had a suggestion for Hugo House and for the No Safewords group, and I wondered if anyone had experience with either to tell me if I will get what I need in either place.
[1] For those of you who have read the relevant passage, I would pay a great deal for that kind of life coaching. A very great deal.
Clarification: The following is not intended as a slight to my wonderful current readers. If anything, I am attempting to take an undue and unreciprocated burden off them so they can just enjoy reading it and talk to me about themes.
I need to find a critique group. I am not sure what that will look like. It might be a fan-based group that specializes in naughty slash. It might be a romance writer's group. The basic requirements are:
1) Has members who have experience with fixing and smoothing dumb persistent writing problems and can suggest fixes. (Specifically, won't just give me a thumbs up, but won't just tell me "it's wrong. Fix it somehow.")
2) Will not lynch me for writing the kink and the gay sex.
3) Will not lynch me for writing something that is not commercially publishable or doesn't necessarily fit into a tidy genre box or isn't perfectly historically accurate.
4) Will not lynch me for not having previous experience with critiquing the work of others.
5) Will not lynch me.
I'd prefer a group that meets at least occasionally in person in the Seattle area, and I'd very much like a group with at least one biomale in it who can call me on girls-writing-boys problems, but those are negotiable points.
Does anyone have any suggestions on either specific groups or places to look for groups? I've had a suggestion for Hugo House and for the No Safewords group, and I wondered if anyone had experience with either to tell me if I will get what I need in either place.
[1] For those of you who have read the relevant passage, I would pay a great deal for that kind of life coaching. A very great deal.
