My fellow workshoppers

Met up with members of the UKOWW mailing list this weekend.

Considering these are people that I've only ever spoken to online it actually went quite well. They came across like a decent enough group, and we all got along well enough.

Six of us turned up for the crit-session -- myself, David, Joe, John, Ursula, and Vicky. David did a stellar job of ogranising the event, with a meeting room booked, food organised for the afternoon, and a table booked at Pizza Express in the evening. Only three of us actually had any pieces to be critted (with David, Vicky, and myself being either lazy, ill-prepared, or scared), so the critting side was quite short, but it was good to be able to meet and get to know everyone.

I was very much the baby of the group, being five years younger than the next youngest writer. Kind of funny when I realised I've probably been at the workshop longer than any of them (albeit, much of the time has been spent lurking).

There's talk of organising more crit and social events, and expanding our activities online, so we'll have to see how that goes.