I would not be where I am today as a writer if it weren't for my incredible relationship with Pam Mantovani. She's more than a critique partner, she's a friend dear to my heart. I've got other amazing writing friends and readers, but Pam is my primary partner in writing crime.
We met through the Georgia Romance Writers of America Moonlight & Magnolias Maggie Contest, which she chaired in 2009. I called to ask for help with their first ever online form and the rest is history. One Maggie final and five years later and we're sharing an incredible writing partnership.
Pam arrives today for one of our super charged critique partner weekends. We'll write, brainstorm, muddle our way through understanding technology together, and do it all over again. Three days to work together and encourage each other is a gift of time that I cherish. I only wish we could meet more often.
The key to a great critique partnership isn't just ability or talent, it's TRUST. I trust Pam Mantovani with my stories, the heart that I pour into them, and with ME. All of my vulnerabilities, highs and lows as a writer are entrusted to her.
This is where being a writer has been such a blessing to me. The friendships I've made with other like-minded souls. And Pam is one in a million.
Best of all, we get to share the "we sold" dream together. Pam Mantovani's debut novel COWBOY ON HER DOORSTEP releases from Belle Books in July 2014. If you love cowboys and romance, you'll love her story. Trust me. I've read it.
Are you in a critique partnership? If you're not a writer, who would you consider your best partner in fun and crime?
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2 comments:
Have an awesome weekend together!!! I just spent three days on the beach doing the same with Maria Geraci. AWESOME productive weekend, and I'm so excited about the story she's working on. :-)
Thanks Jamie! Isn't amazing how much more you accomplish when you're in a room with another writer for an intensive amount of time. It's like the ideas just bounce and generate like crazy :)
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