Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Writers' Forum

I'm writing a novelette (or is it a novella I always get them two mixed up) for a competition on my writers' forum. Now normally I'd be complaining about that. How hard it is for me to write 20K. But seeing as how many of you are doing nanowrimo, and I know that a couple of you are writing 2 books in a month, I don't think I'll get away with it. So I shall just get on with it.

However, it has reminded me to talk about writers' forums. I belong to Codex, which is a group for speculative neo-pro's. To join, you need to have sold a story at professional level (SFWA accredited plus a few others) or to have attended an interview based workshop like Clairon or Odyssey.


It really is a fine group. The membership requirements means that we're all working at the same level. Sorry if you don't qualify-- yet. You can do it. Keep on subbing.

Codex  holds competitions (groan) just for the glory, we chat about the craft, about the submissions opportunities, about the business of writing. There's also a fast critiquing facility.

What writers groups do you belong to? Any that you'd recommend?
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13 comments:

  1. Margo Kelly2 November 2011 at 05:56

    I've not heard of this. Thanks for the recommendation! :)

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  2. Anonymous2 November 2011 at 07:51

    I recommend Write1Sub1, but you probably already knew that. =] Codex sounds cool. Think my DSF sale would count?

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  3. Deborah Walker2 November 2011 at 09:15

    You're welcome, Margo.

    Milo, it most certainly is. You should check it out.

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  4. Liz2 November 2011 at 14:42

    What is up with people writing 2 books this month? I am both impressed and intimidated!

    Thanks for the info! :)

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  5. Lydia Gray3 November 2011 at 05:24

    I haven't heard of Codex, but it looks interesting.

    I don't qualify, yet, but when I do I'll remember you mentioned it.

    I belong to W1S1, and that's all. But it's great there. I recommend it to everyone. It really gets you writing and subbing.

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  6. Deborah Walker3 November 2011 at 07:03

    W1S1 seems to be working great for you, Lydia. Congratulations on a great story in Eshchatology.

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  7. Deborah Walker3 November 2011 at 07:06

    I know, Liz. I am in awe of them. Trisha, I'm looking at you.

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  8. Simon Kewin3 November 2011 at 14:03

    I'm utterly useless at writing groups. Sounds like I would qualify for Codex and it sounds fab - but I know I'd just fail to keep up with everything and then feel guilty about failing to keep up ...

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  9. Deborah Walker4 November 2011 at 04:54

    *nods* that can happen, Simon. There's so much to keep up with, I can barely manage the blogs.

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  10. Fermanl4 November 2011 at 06:25

    Helo, Deborah! I read your Ovoids and I kept it, just in case. Well, that link is for another Ovoid, my Eggy. It is well protected - don't hack my site! Just in case.
    (Flairy, this place...)

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  11. Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader4 November 2011 at 08:59

    I don't belong to a writer's forum, but the one that you belong to sounds awesome.

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  12. Deborah Walker4 November 2011 at 11:52

    Hello, Fermanl. I hope you liked my story. Thanks for swinging by.

    Hey Michael, it is a cool group. Lots of support and procrastination opportunities.

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  13. Rusty Carl8 November 2011 at 07:35

    I can't recall the exact differences, but the Hugo awards prizes in both novelette and novella and has a definition for both. Off the top of my head it's 7500 - 17,500 words for novelette and 17,501 - 40,000 for a novella.

    Anyhow, good luck.

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