I went to a wonderful meeting yesterday. I attended the first open meeting of the Phoenix chapter of Wizards of Words [WOW http://www.wizardsofwords.org/] held at the Octagon Cafe in Fountain Hills AZ. We were a small but dynamic group and our speaker was fantastic. Jerry Simmons from WritersReaders.com and Nothing Binding.com [http://www.writersreaders.com/about.php] talked for almost 1.5 hours about the publishing industry today. If we had had the time we would have kept him there longer. It's obvious that things are changing rapidly and any writer today worth his/her salt must know how to play the game.
Still being with other writers and talking about our various projects left me with a feeling that, all the more, I know I want to be a part of this crazy writing business. When writing is in your blood, you just have to write. That's all there is to it. It's write or wither and only half-live.