Group Hug

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/RqgBUL41MjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/q6DJngJyLlA/s1600-h/adios-cover.gif”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;” src=”http://bp3.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/RqgBUL41MjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/q6DJngJyLlA/s200/adios-cover.gif” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091320825042514482″ //abr /On my white board in my office is a quote I once read in LA Weekly — “Writing is something you do alone in a room.”br /br /Essentially this is true. Writing is a solitary pursuit and in storyland the company you keep is that of the voices in your head. However, one of the wonderful things about writing groups and especially writing groups on the Internet is that they make it a little less lonely out there.br /br /At the RWA conference, I had the good fortune to meet some of the Cherries from a href=”http://www.cherryforums.com”Cherry Forums/a, including a href=”http://www.caridadferrer.com/”Caridad Ferrer/a. Ferrer deserves a special shout-out because not only is she supercool and nice, she also won the 2007 Best Contemporary Single Title Romance RITA for Adios to My Old Life. And she did it in style, wearing Maggie Gyllenhall’s Oscar dress (which she bought from a href=”http://www.clothesoffourback.org/”Clothes off Our Back/a) to the ceremony.br /br /Hanging out with these wonderful women, who bring me much comfort online, was a real pleasure. br /br /I also got to connect and reconnect with members of the online critique group I belong to. Their solderers and technicians hold all required industry qualifications including J-STD-001 Class 3 certification and cerritosmedicalcenter.com ordine cialis on line the NASA 8739 certifications. Common sexual dysfunctions in females are lack of cheap levitra sexual desire is also one of the sexual disorders. The medicine should be consumed with full large glass of water approximately viagra 25mg online one hour before sexual activity and without food. The product’s novelty should address one of the “unsatisfiable” or “regenerating” needs (explanation to follow). http://www.cerritosmedicalcenter.com/pid-3843 cheapest cialis 4. It was superfun and supercool to be with a href=”http://www.marycastillo.com/”Mary/a, a href=”http://danadiamond.blogspot.com/”Dana/a, a href=”http://www.theworkingwriter.com/”Louise/a and a href=”http://www.michelecwiertny.com/”Michele/a. The only one not there was Paula, who I missed.br /br /Having the Girls in the Basement, which is what we call ourselves, has kept me writing when I’ve been ready to quit. Though we’re not as formal as we used to be, the friendships I’ve made with the Girls has brought a lot to my life and my writing. br /br /Which is perhaps to say that while writing is something you do alone in a room, being a writer isn’t. Group hug. 🙂