Greater Fort Worth Writers Group to host critique contest

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The Greater Fort Worth Writers Critique Group is sponsoring a critique contest to offer constructive, supportive criticism to all walks of writers. Photo: Time to take pen to paper - or a computer

FORT WORTH, March 19, 2012 — Calling all writers: The Greater Fort Worth Writers Critique Group is pleased to announce it is sponsoring a critique contest.

We are writers from all walks of life and various experiences in the field of writing. Our group consists of published authors as well as beginning writers and everyone in between.

We are offering you the chance to have up to fifteen pages of your work critiqued by our writers absolutely free.

Don’t wait; Shakespeare wasn’t published until after he died.

 

If you’ve never been in a critique group or had your work looked at, this is a great opportunity to get feedback and ideas on how to improve your writing skills. We are enthusiastic, friendly and enjoy helping people to reach their full potential in this field. For those of you who have ever had a critique experience that made you feel bad about your pieces this is a great opportunity to see a supportive group at work.

We will accept manuscripts of all genres except erotic romance or erotica. We do not accept manuscripts containing scenes with necrophilia, pedophilia, or rape as a sport.

To enter:;go to our blog at http://kfwwriters.blogspot.com for rules, post a comment on any of our group entries and/or become a follower of any of our blogs. We will enter your name in the drawing each time you comment on one of our blogs or “follow” them. Tweet something about our monthly critiques and get another entry in the drawing. The deadline for submissions will be April 5.

The winner will be picked from a random drawing of all entries and will be announced on April 15th on our blog. A written critique will be emailed to the winner by April 30th.

Fort Worth, Texas skyline courtesy/Tim Cummins

If you live in Texas, you’re welcome to join us in person for one of our critique sessions. We promise the critique will be worth your time.

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Claire Hickey

Claire has loved to write since she was a child but found herself doing everything but; earned a Texas Cosmetology License in 1982, decorated cakes professionally, and graduated from Tarrant County Junior College in 1996 with a Certification in Surgical Technology. 

After several years of internal repair and reformation Claire realized that the above three occupations didn't work for her life anymore. Writing stirs both the passion and creativity within her. Once decided she spent over a year seriously immersed in this non-verbal form of communication and loved every second of it. She was also pleasantly surprised to find that it fit perfectly into her life.

To write stories has always been this lady's dream but she had never entertained the idea of actually making a living at it.  Then in November of ‘09, Claire took part in the national writing challenge - National Novel Writing Month - or, NaNoWriMo. The goal of this is to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and November 30 -a major feat. She's happy to report that she completed the task and now plans to get said novel published this year.

It takes a leap of faith to decide to follow the path that is right for you. And that takes courage and faith in oneself that Claire didn't have for many years. But through constant effort, perseverance, and the ever present Hope, she is excited about what tomorrow brings and is grateful to be able to share the lessons she learned here.

Claire lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband, and two children. In addition to writing Claire can be found spending time with family, keeping in touch with friends,  listening to music, or any one of a number of activities that involve creativity and fun.

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