Find Where You Belong
In elementary school, I was friends with girls who would later become the “popular clique” in high school. I had different friends by then, but I never believed them to be snobby the way others sometimes criticized. I knew they were genuine, kind people who had simply found their people. And I’d found mine.
When we’re not yet established in the writing world, we often feel like we’re on the outside looking in. Those authors, publishers and agents are in the clique, and they won’t let us in. Why is our writing not good enough to join?
But the writing world isn’t an exclusive club whose membership is restricted and elite. The authors, publishers and agents may form one part of the writing world, but that doesn’t make them any more or less important than you or me. They’ve simply found their people.
Now you find yours.
It’s true that your people may be their people, or maybe not. And that’s okay. Because there are other writers whose needs and interests support yours.
How do you find them? Online writing communities or in-person writer groups may be one answer.
I’m another answer. Writers—new, established, young, old—who want to keep building their craft and their confidence, they’re my people. Which means I’m your people.
Feel free to reach out or keep in touch even if you’re not using my services. Send me an email anyway! You don’t have to do this alone. In this writing world, you’ve got people.