In my desire to find organisations that don’t want to have me as a member, I have joined the Society of Authors (and thereby fell at the first hurdle on this occasion).
Last week I went to a local meetup of the East Midlands branch. There were 9 of us which was a good number of people for me to forget the names of. I succeeded.
What was really interesting was the diverse nature of the writers. I was especially taken by a couple of the subjects even though they’re ‘not my bag’ as the kids of yesteryear would have said.
I felt a got a lot from the meeting; it was good to find new people and hear about their writing work. I am looking forward to the next session.