Guest Post: Salima Alikhan on Private Writing Study with an Author-Teacher-Mentor

Salima at Bethany Hegedus's Writing BarnBy Salima Alikhan
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

We’re a lucky community here in Austin to have fantastic, established local authors offering private mentorships.

When it first dawned on me that my unwieldy story was beyond the help of the wonderful critique group I’d had for years, I talked to others who had mentored with local author Bethany Hegedus. I heard glowing reviews.

One of these authors had been in my critique group, had worked with Betha...