February 17th Meeting Reminder

This is a reminder that the WhipCity Wordsmiths will be gathering together on Saturday, February 17th at 3PM at Blue Umbrella Books, 2 Main Street, Westfield, MA.

The WhipCity Wordsmiths is a group for writers/authors and those with a passion for the written word. It is not your typical you gather around a table and write to prompts and then read aloud and lightly critique one another's work. The group is a dynamic mix of authors and writers whose meetings are different each time we're together because of who's available to attend and what each member brings to contribute to the meeting (gathering would be a better word!)

We meet to talk about our works in progress, our recently published works, ideas we have, goals we have set for ourselves, to celebrate our triumphs and commiserate about our failures among those who understand the deep disappointment of receiving a rejection letter or the somewhat less harsh "I'm sorry but we cannot use your material at this time (unspoken but not stated-or ever) but will keep it on file (unspoken- in the circular file, ie trash can)," the agony of writing something you think is amazing then having to trash it because it just is not what you thought you were writing, and having to start over...all the ups and down on the rollercoaster called Writing. The Wordsmiths are also a writer's support group, advice group, and a group where beta readers can be found, feedback given, and friendships established among ones peers. Occasionally we may have a fun prompt but it's not mandatory to write or read. We hold our meetings in a book shop, so if you want to get up and stretch there's always books to search among, to discover a hidden treasure on the shelves.

Drop-in visitors and new members are always warmly welcomed.

This month we will take abut How We Create, about the upcoming Articulture2018 event in Westfield, what we're writing/working on/or have recently published, and other things...it's always different.

See you there!