August Program

Mary Jones & Rebecca Inch-Partridge Mentoring and Critique Groups

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon

The program on August 19 is not “critiquing” but about our critiquing spin-off groups. Chery Anderson interviewed Mary and Rebecca last Wednesday, and here is what they expect to cover in their half of the meeting: Mary Jones, Mentor Director – discuss writing, editing, publishing, and writers’ platforms. She will ask for members who have “been there” to step up and be a mentor and will ask for new members to tell what their goals are and what help they need to achieve them. Rebecca Inch-Partridge, Spin-off Group Director, will introduce the chairs of the different groups and hear where they meet and how their group works (5 pages or 15 pages sent before the meeting), and what is needed to meet with that group. Also, what new groups need to be organized. She wants to announce and offer information about a new group to meet in Grass Valley.