I love my writers group. If you are not a member of a writers group, I highly recommend it. Not only can a group give you wonderful feedback, they can also be your strongest moral supporters and personal advice columnists. I wouldn’t trade them for the world.

We have a very varied group of writers. One member writes children’s nonfiction, three write totally different genres of YA fiction and one writes adult fiction. And then there’s me. I just love research. So I write historical fiction, historical nonfiction and newspaper features.

Here’s an example of one I wrote last year for a SLC music academy that teaches rock and roll lessons. I love interviewing people and finding out what makes them tick. These kids were some of my best interviewees, and I still go to their performances quite often.

Today was my last day at work. It’s kind of unnerving to know I won’t be working for the next three or four months, but that means I’ll be able to concentrate on my studies and writing. This will be a good thing for me, but I’ll really miss the kids at BSTA.