Testing...1...2...3

Am I on? [hear the shake in my voice--see me gingerly tap the microphone]

This past Tuesday I participated in a group I've always dreamed about.Back in the 1930s and 40s, a group of writers met to discuss what they loved. "The Inklings" were literary enthusiasts who believed what they wrote had merit. Members of the group included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as well as a host of others--some of whom wrote for pleasure and some of whom wrote for pay.

The best part?--they, too, got their start on a Tuesday.

Here we are--5 of us--who met this week for the first time. I anticipate a lot of things: brainstorming, critiquing, laughing, improving--but most of all, I look forward to the same thing our counterparts looked forward to almost 80 years ago:

The quietness of writing that follows the encouragement of friends.