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Welcome to the Slow Sand Writers Society site. We're excited to share
our writing with you, as well as tips and suggestions we hope you will
find useful. Many of you may be interested in starting or joining a
writers' group. We highly recommend you do so. Writing is a solitary
task, but refining your work doesn't need to be. We believe it shouldn't
be. It benefits every writer to have a few colleagues to bounce ideas
off of—trusted peers to provide not only encouragement and commiseration
but also honest feedback.
When our group formed in 1994, most of us were making our livings doing
commercial writing and editing. Yet we all yearned to do more creative
work. One of our founding members, Marilyn Colter, was writing a manual
about slow-sand filtration systems. We saw a metaphorical connection
between water filtering through sand and the lengthy process of distilling
one's writing. So we called our group the Slow Sanders.
For
three hours every other Tuesday evening, we gather to share our trials,
celebrate our successes, critique one another's work, trade marketing
suggestions, and sometimes deliver good, swift kicks.
This group
has been a lifeline. We have learned from one another, strengthened
our writing, and persisted in this often difficult profession, knowing
we had the unfailing support of our fellow members. Despite our distinct
writing styles and penchants for either fiction or nonfiction, we find
common ground in our love for the craft of writing.
Since that
first meeting in 1994, scores of our short stories and personal essays
have been published in respected literary journals, leading national
magazines, and literary anthologies. We've won state and national writing
awards, fellowships for both fiction and nonfiction, and have had books
published. And we've accomplished all of this together.
Please feel
free to contact us. Our wish
for you is success and happiness in your writing life and trusted friends
with whom to share your work.
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Slow Sander Teresa Funke Ushers in the Fall with Two New Books, a Workshop, and New Website
 
Teresa R. Funke is the author of Remember Wake, an award-winning novel based on a true story from WWII. She is also the author of Dancing in Combat Boots: Stories of American Women in WWII and Doing My Part, the first book in the Home-Front Heroes series for middle grade readers.
Teresa has worked as a researcher for PBS and several museums and written dozens of articles. Her essays and short stories have appeared in numerous commercial and literary magazines and anthologies including Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, 2003 Fish Short Story Prize Anthology, Tampa Review, In Posse Review's Ethnic Anthology on Web del Sol, Under the Sun, U.S. Catholic, Adoption Today and several others. Two of her essays have been listed as Notable Essays of 2002 and 2004 by the prestigious Best American Essays series.
A popular speaker, presenter and writers coach, Teresa is also the host of the writers' videos The Write Series. Her antcipated six-part workshop, That Book Inside You: How to Write It, Publish It, Sell It launches in Fall, 2007.
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