How to Make Critique Groups Work for You
Many writers bring a book to social events. After all, why would you strike up a conversation with a stranger when you could be reading...
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The Club.
Every writer needs a writing critique group. One by one, these writing group friends found each other, and after many years of scrambling to submit words, pushing themselves to finish manuscripts before critique night, and generally riding the highs and lows of the writing profession together, they dubbed themselves a hot mess. Hence, the Hot Mess Writers Club.
Fun Fact #1
Several of the Hot Mess Writers have only met in person a few times. They keep in touch over email, Zoom, and Marco Polo.
Fun Fact #2
The Hot Mess Writers are an international group with members located in Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, Utah, and Canada.
Fun Fact #3
The Hot Mess Writers cover a range of genres: contemporary, fantasy, romance, magical realism, paranormal, historical fiction, and creative non-fiction.
Evidence that the Club does occasionally see each other.
Tracy Daley, Patrice Hale, Heidi M. Rogers, and Valerie Doll, June 2021
Tracy, Patrice, Heidi, and Valerie hanging out after the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference, June 2021
Heidi M. Rogers and Patrice Hale
Heidi and Patrice at a Real Salt Lake game, July 2021
Tracy Daley, Patrice Hale, Jordan Wright, Heidi M. Rogers, and Valerie Doll, December 2023
Tracy, Patrice, Jordan, Heidi, and Valerie getting together during holiday travel, December 2023
Tracy Daley, Patrice Hale, Heidi M. Rogers, and Valerie Doll, June 2021
Tracy, Patrice, Heidi, and Valerie hanging out after the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference, June 2021
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