I know I have written on this subject before, but right now, as I work on my latest draft, I really feel the support of my fellow writers through our online community, both on Facebook and on Twitter. When I am able to look up from my WIP, it is wonderful to see what others are up to in their own work and their own lives, and it is wonderful to make a comment either on Facebook or Twitter, and to have friends in both places offer encouragement as I toil.
Every writer works alone, but there is something very healing about coming back to a community of writers and friends, listening to their own ideas about their work, and feeling a renewed sense of purpose about my own work as I write to meet a deadline. We sit alone with our characters at the computer, but it is wonderful to know that other writers and friends are just a click of a mouse away.
I can do nothing but endorse this wholeheartedly.
I wholeheartedly agree, my friend. You may be on one coast and I’m on the other, but it’s always nice to know we can connect in the Cloud 🙂
Karen, I’m glad my ideas have struck a cord with you. I rely pretty heavily on those long distant connections…they feel quite close via the lovely cloud. A perfect word for it, DeAnna…love those Microsoft people. 🙂 But I love our connection more.
I am a new member in this online community and totally agree. Those tweets and comments are like little showers of writer love that rain down just when you need them!
Amen and amen!
Sandy, you’ve made me smile 🙂 I do love our community