tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81934538282466762.post3106311245059743839..comments2023-09-13T05:01:42.451-07:00Comments on Smarty Pantalons: Comrades in the ArenaCherri Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109595206075746565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81934538282466762.post-17359730372562576342012-10-14T10:13:12.229-07:002012-10-14T10:13:12.229-07:00Starting a "Writer's Group" was one ...Starting a "Writer's Group" was one of the best things I ever did at Beloit College. Usually it boiled down to me and one other colleague, getting a coffee at the coffee shop, grunting a greeting at one another, and then hunching over our laptops without talking for an hour. But people were disproportionately impressed with the weekly announcements that went out over the faculty-staff mailing list. It sounded like I was masterfully conducting a weekly Algonquin Roundtable, and everybody wishes they were writing more and wished that they were there. ;)<br /><br />And it did help me work on those overwhelming writing projects that I just couldn't carve out time for otherwise.Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423314905629150881noreply@blogger.com