Writers Groups Let Authors Give Support, Find Their ‘Tribe’
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Decatur novelist Joshilyn Jackson continues her “Writer to Reader” series for “City Lights” by discussing how she and fellow authors support one another and their work.
She said this point was emphasized in a graduate writing class that encouraged writers to discover one another through mutual topical interests.
“Find your tribe,” she said.
Jackson, whose novel-in-progress is tentatively titled “Origin Story,” said her writers group includes Lydia Netzer (“Shine Shine Shine”), Sara Gruen (“Water for Elephants”) and Karen Abbott (“Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy”).
Abbott will be giving a lecture at 7 p.m. Friday at the Margaret Mitchell House. “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy” is about four women who engage in acts of espionage during the Civil War.
“We make each other better writers,” Jackson said of her writers group friends. “They’re the people I look forward the most to reading.”
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