Or is this just one more of those experiences that other people have that--for some combination of reasons--never happened for me?
I would not be surprised if that were the case. (Or if it's a complicated answer that includes that.) There were plenty of authors I admired, and various peers I engaged with in writing groups, but I never had what I would call a mentor in the field until I went to Viable Paradise. And a week-long writing workshop on location is not something that's available to a lot of people; I was very lucky to be able to do it at the time. So I don't know how I would have acquired one, or if I would have acquired any such thing, if I hadn't happened to be able to do that kind of thing.
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Date: 2015-10-08 03:42 pm (UTC)I would not be surprised if that were the case. (Or if it's a complicated answer that includes that.) There were plenty of authors I admired, and various peers I engaged with in writing groups, but I never had what I would call a mentor in the field until I went to Viable Paradise. And a week-long writing workshop on location is not something that's available to a lot of people; I was very lucky to be able to do it at the time. So I don't know how I would have acquired one, or if I would have acquired any such thing, if I hadn't happened to be able to do that kind of thing.