Thanks for the response Ray. I thought that would pretty much be the answer.
Sounds like pretty much any other profession. Which isn't a bad thing. :) Cassie ———Http://www.flyingdrunkenmonkey.com On 13/04/2012, at 3:26 PM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Cassie Barlow wrote: > >> Hi Ray, >> >> Just a random question: is there much of a writing community? With the sort >> of big league writers? Do you know many other best selling writers >> personally or do you not have much do with each other? >> >> Anything like in the TV show Castle where writers get together for poker >> games and discuss issues with their characters? (tongue planted firmly in >> cheek, I know real life is not much like the TV shows.) >> >> Just something I was thinking about today. >> > > > There's a bit of a virtual one if you're speaking specific genres. There are > several genre organizations: Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America, > Romance Writers of America, Novelists Inc, Wester Writers of America, Mystery > Writers of America, and some others I'm missing. There are writers boards > and mailing lists and the like. > > Back when the computer age was dawning and we used 300 baud modems, there > were places like CompuServe which had it's SF Forum, and GEnie with the > Science Fiction Round Table, and today there's SFf.net, which have a variety > of membership. > > And there are writers conferences, SF/F conventions, and the like, so over > the years you meet people. > > We don't have a secret handshake, or a clubhouse, or a cool retreat only a > few heard of, but we do bump into each other from time to time. Over the > years I've met people like Ted Sturgeon, Terry Carr, Poul Anderson, Larry > Niven, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, C.J. Cherryh, etc. > > And no poker game. And we NEVER talk writing as craft. We're almost always > talking writing as business, or anything else of interest. After 30 years I > sure do not need to discuss anything with anyone who isn't paying me (i.e. my > editors) and the same is true of all other pros. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > >
