Meredith Mansfield, Author

It seems an appropriate time to think about everything I’m grateful for. Since this is mostly a writing blog, I’ll confine myself to things I’m thankful for in my writing.

1. I’m grateful and excited to have recieved an honorable mention for my short story “Infected With Magic” from Writers of the Future.
2. I’m hugely thankful for my great critiquing partners. There are too many to list, but you know who you are. With some I’ve done a single exchange. Others are a continuing relationship. Both are invaluable.
3. I’m thankful to have found two great writers’ forums, Hatrack River Writers Workshop and David Farland’s Writers Groups. Without them, I wouldn’t be half the writer I am now.
4. I’m thankful to have enough ideas and projects that when one of them runs off into a ditch (BLOOD IS THICKER) I can work on another (MAGIC’S FOOL) while I figure out how to get  the first one back on the right track. It’s much better–and less painful–than pounding my head on the keyboard.
5. I’m grateful to all the wonderful professionals out there–writers and agents, mostly–who spend some of their own time to help those of us who’re trying to reach that level, too by sharing their knowledge, expertise, and experiences.
6. I’m thankful that what would otherwise be a very painful situation gives me the time to write and perfect my craft and tell the stories inside me.

I’m sure there’s more, but that’ll do to be going on with.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING