AJ Super's Bloggy Blog

Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Indeed. But a writer's best friend? Is actually a friend. A good Critique Partner. And it's a feat finding someone that you can be honest, open, and friendly with for the duration of creating a novel, which sometimes takes years. So CPs must be compatible with so many aspects to a writer's life and personality. But what is a CP? What do they do? It's a question I get asked frequently... And it's actually not an easy one to answer, because in

Writing is a very solitary job. You sit alone at a computer, with your notebooks, at a typewriter, however you choose to put down words and you write. Alone. Many people don't bounce their ideas off of others, they just jot their stories down as they come, or they outline them thoroughly and then follow their plan without consulting a single other person. Writing is lonely. Writing shouldn't be lonely. There comes a point, after you've finished writing that first draft. After

My writers' group is the most amazing thing that has happened to my writing. Actually, I'm should pluralize. I'm in two. One is for critiquing long-form pieces and the other short form and publicity bits. The first group is a small group, there's just four of us. It's easier to write if you aren't constantly critiquing... So a small group is good. The second group, there's seven of us. Makes for an interesting chat when we're all available, but direct messages are generally e