Meet the Members: Joey Held
J Evan Parks May 24, 2022
“I’d love to chat with any fellow WLT writers to help share your stories!”
“I’d love to chat with any fellow WLT writers to help share your stories!”
“…[T]he only requirement for joining the board is a desire to support other writers, so I was in!“
“…I love writing and being creative and I’m grateful to be able to have time to write and to have a job where I get to work with writers all day”
“There are rumors that I am published under a pen name, but… that is pure fiction.”
“With the pandemic and all the suffering and stress of jobs and school and injustice, I think Jane Austen is a much-needed temporary escape these days.”
“I hope my presence on the board helps the WLT reach out to those writers in their early twenties looking for a place to find advice and encouragement.”
“When we moved to Texas from Mississippi, I searched for ‘my people.’ I found them at the Writer’s League of Texas.”
“[W]hat pleases me most is when people I don’t know write that they loved the characters and can’t wait for the next book.”
“I’ve been practicing gratitude lately so all I say is that I’m grateful for my next step. I know something good is coming.”
“I expect [writing] to take me to cities and towns across the U.S. to meet and greet readers who appreciate good writing, entertaining and (I hope) thought-provoking stories and who enjoy good conversation.“
Do you have personal stories you want to fictionalize? Join us next Saturday for “The Truth Told Slant: Personal Experience Turned into Fiction” with @nacuba1 to learn how to use memory as inspiration for stories. Register here: https://t.co/xpvL15CYA7
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Our class with @LaekanZeaKemp on "The Author's Escape Plan" has been RESCHEDULED for Saturday, June 4 at 2 PM. Join us for this afternoon to class to learn what it takes to write books full-time! Register here: https://t.co/NhSFpHbhQL
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