Juneau County I&E Writers Circle     writers@yyGrams.com
The Writers Circle is a private lounge where people working to communicate in written, graphic or mixed form can put forward their efforts, in various stages of incompletion, for criticism from their fellow strugglers. No restriction on content. Marketing copy, brochure, poetry, song lyrics, short story, chapter of a novel, ... if it's serious work, we're serious about helping each other through it.
Open Notes         BACK ROOM   (password needed; user is writer)

Madison Writers Group   (outlink)
Scribophile.com -- another place to do and get reviews.
Do some to get some!   (outlink)


Meetings

Live discussion in a small group of trusted colleagues, however, can be very helpful. Bring a section to read aloud. If you prefer, someone at the meeting will read it aloud for you.
If you want regular meetings in Juneau County, email us (address at top) with a note telling your preference:
1. Every two weeks/other
2. "First and third ___day"
3. "Second and fourth ___day"
4. A public library? Which one? Hatch (Mauston) and Elroy are possibilities: Hatch needs weeks of lead time; Elroy is available at shorter notice but only till 7 PM.
5. Burr Oak Winery (between Mauston and New Lisbon on 12)?
If there's an interest, I'll ask the Kennedy's.

Postings

The Circle combines online posting and live meetings. Posting works like this: when you want your peers to see your work, email it to     writers@yyGrams.com         I post it to our private BACK ROOM (clik above). This is accessible by a password you can learn at I&E Club meetings. Others who have the password can then read your work and give you a review.

You control your contact information by also attaching a text file with filename beginning with @, giving any combination of email, phone, post-office address, cosmic telepathy channel, whatever. Everyone's @contact file sits in the drafts folder along with posted writings.

I'll make that @contact file for you if you prefer. Just say in your email what information you want to disclose.

As you see, it does not necessarily become a discussion wider than the author and a particular reviewer.
You may have arrived here through yyGrams.com; however, if you're tired of dodging Grabmonsters on the way in, here's a faster way:
http://writers.yyGrams.com/

Capt.Sharky


updated May 1, 2009
David Zethmayr