Schmoozing

Writer’s groups offer camaraderie and understanding for those of us who often work our craft in solitude. But beyond the fellowship of kindred spirits, many groups offer their own e-mail loops — similar to a discussion board or distribution list — that are devoted to topics such as Scrivener and other technical aspects of writing. If not, maybe you can start one.

There’s a group for just about every type of writer out there. Search the web for writer’s organizations or writer’s associations, ask your librarian about local meetings of writers, or check out one of these groups:

Romance Writers of America: www.rwa.org

International Thriller Writers: http://thrillerwriters.org

Sisters in Crime: www.sistersincrime.org

Mystery Writers of America: www.mysterywriters.org

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: www.sfwa.org

American Christian Fiction Writers: www.acfw.com

Horror Writers Association: www.horror.org

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: www.scbwi.org

American Screenwriters Association: www.americanscreenwriters.com

American Society of Journalists and Authors: www.asja.org

The National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) site offers forums to its participants, including one on writing technology that has a Scrivener thread going, at: http://new.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology .