The Joyful Part of Writing: Friends

You gotta have friends

In my last blog post, I asked the question, “Does writing a novel ever get easier?”In it, I shared some of the miseries and craziness that goes on in a writer’s head and/or life.

This time, I want to share one of the joys: Other writers.

On Monday I returned from the 14th annual brainstorming retreat that I have been a part of from the start. I have bloggedbefore about how these brainstorming retreats work. (And please don’t confuse brainstorming with plotting. Althoug...