West Virginia Writers Inc.

Find Your Tribe

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I’ve heard it said that it’s important to find your people — that place you belong where your talents are celebrated, and your quirks embraced.  Where you can unapologetically be yourself.  Where being a misnomer – finding the who.  The place doesn’t matter, it’s the people there that make up the tribe.

It took me so long time 0to find my tribe.  To find my purpose.  To find my calling.

I am a writer.  My brother and sister writers are my people.  For once, I feel like I don’t have to explain myself.  I can just be. 

I can breathe easy.

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West Virginia Writers Annual Summer Conference 2022

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Literary Citizenship and Feats of Derring-Do

If you had told me when I attended my first conference in 2018 that I would be presenting at the conference four years later, I would have scoffed.

But here I am.

It was heaps of fun. Really. More fun than a box of puppies. I love this conference and it was so rewarding to contribute to it. I am grateful to the organizers for allowing me to participate. I cannot wait for next year. If you want more information on the organization and the conference you can find it here.