[Critique Group 2] Five is a good number

[Alice Massa]

Hello, fellow writers of Group 2:


     While I realize that losing a member for whatever reason or reasons 
makes us pause for a moment and take stock of the situation, I believe 
that five is actually a better number of participants.  I would suggest 
that a critique group not solicit new members or a member until the 
group size is three.  I think four could work if the participants are 
very dedicated to attending each meeting; if attendance is not as good, 
a group may need to seek a new member when the group numbers four.  For 
this type of critique group, smaller is better.  Perhaps, eventually, 
some of the newer members of BOE can form a critique group.  I think 
that the five of us now in this group have enough in common to work 
successfully as a group.


     Eventually, I will transfer my hard-copy braille notes about your 
pieces from our first meeting to a Word file and then to e-mails to all 
of you.  Next time, I will place my notes on a computer first and then 
in hard-copy braille.  Each time I plan to work on my belated notes to 
you, something arises here.  My apologies!


Have an especially good writing week--Alice