I realized there was a need for a group that could provide help to new writers across all genres. I started with offering seminars for writers, inviting speakers in, mailing out the information, building up my mailing list. From observing what was being offered elsewhere and talking to a lot of writers, I decided what services writers needed, and thus FWC was born. It was local at first, then grew. Our website opened in March of 1998 and membership has tripled since then.
Members come from all around the world.
Through FWC I offer members free critiquing, free consultation, free newsletters containing interviews with editors and agents open to working with new writers, and discounts on both our email courses and on Writer's Digest books. Blythe Camenson is a full-time writer of both nonfiction and fiction. Books in Chicago and has 15 more due out in the next two years. She co-authored The Complete Guide to Proposing Your Novel , recently released and available through Writer's Digest Books. Two of her novels have had movie options.