Paneranormal Society

I attended my first meeting of a writing group last night. The group consists of local Northern Virginia writers who've been published in the Star Trek universe. I decided to join this group because of all the positive reinforcement I got when I hung out with these folks at the Shore-Leave convention last summer. There's something about being around other writers, talking about writing, and talking about the struggles of staying motivated, that I find inspiring. Any writers out there will know what I'm talking about when I say that setting goals for yourself and actually meeting those goals is one of the hardest aspects of this business. Last night, I spent 2 hours with Jim Johnson (SNW VII) and Kim Sheard (SNW II, SNW III, Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores) talking about my novel, Kim's Distant Shores story, Jim's submissions to SNW 9, and both of their progress on the NaNoWriMo challenge. After all that, I'll feel like a complete asshole if I don't go home tonight and meet my writing goal. So, I'm approaching this group with cautious optimism. And I'm going to keep doing what I know I should be doing, sitting my butt in front of the PowerBook and knocking out my 1000 words!