They're everywhere now! Have you seen some of the fan ones? Pretty crazy.

But they're a smart idea compared to clubs. With clubs, you submitted your work, which was then submitted by the club's moderator, so you ended up having your work posted twice. Not bad if you're looking for exposure, but for us writers, where we want to stay hidden, it's a curse. Your work is at the mercy of that club. Plus if you get crits and make changes, those aren't reflected in the club dev.

With the groups, all that hassle is eliminated. Your work is not posted twice. Writers can revise and update to their heart's content, and get crits on new work, not on stuff that's months old. For litters, groups work.

Here's a few worth mentioning...


- Started by =eldestmuse, it focuses on genre fiction, not literary fiction like so many other dA clubs/groups seem to do. Submissions work on the crit for a crit system, like a real crit group, so there will be fair exchange. She's even divided her gallery up into genres to make it easier, thus the name. A perfect place to be if you pen serial works. We need members!!!


- Not a place for novel submissions, but it gets you in touch with other writers. Some of the crits I've gotten over there are amazing. I've met a lot of great people.


- They just converted over to a group. Ran by one of the lit GMs. Not sure how she'll reconfigure it now that it's moved up in the world, but it was a popular club before.


- Because we writers need inspiration. And a good excuse for stalling. This group's like walking into a coffee shop or a candle store. Total. Sensory. Overload.


Give one of these a visit!


Back to watching the snow fall. Whoopee...