some quick red flags to watch for in writing groups

Fresh off of the Women In Publishing 2026 Summit , I’m spending two weeks working at The Museum at Bethel Woods , home of the 1969 Woodstock music festival. Both events had the power of community at their heart—something I want to encourage writers to embrace in all steps of their journey. The stereotypical image of a writer is someone alone in a little room, maybe a cottage somewhere, cutting themselves off from everyone in order to focus on their writing. And certainly, som

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