Anyone Can Be a Member!

Ruben Soto reports that on Saturday, he attended a South Florida Writers meeting at Books and Books where there were about 20 people in attendance and he was the only Hispanic in the group! He introduced himself and told them he was representing the Miami writers' group and the reason behind the creation of their unique group.

At the meeting he met another writer who was there for the first time and she lives in Plantation, Fl. She is in her 30's and is writing a woman's fiction novel. She started in November when she participated in the "Write a Novel in One Month" event. She told Ruben she has a Hispanic friend who is struggling with her writing and would tell her about the Miami group. Ruben also pointed out to her that she would feel very welcome in the Miami group since the majority of their current members are in her age range and writing novels in English. That was an eye-opener for her since she figured the majority were writing in Spanish!

Bringing this home to us, if you know of any writers of any nationality, please invite them to our meetings! As most readers of this blog know, you don't have to have a Hispanic surname, or read and write in Spanish to be a member of this wonderful organization!!!