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The Huddle Huddle November 16th - 5.00pm UK time (GMT)

Information about our weekly Writers' Huddle

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Saturday sees our weekly Writers' Huddle, and at the bottom of this post, you will find a link to the Huddle Hangout Forum. If you wish to be included in this week's session, then simply post your name below (in this thread) with an optional message along the lines of (Yes please. Count me in... You betcha... etc.)

When you add your name, I will include you in the Private Group in the Huddle Hangout. Then, when you click the link below, to take you to the Hangout, you just select the post with the relevant date, wherein the Zoom Meeting Link will found in the first post of that group thread. :) Please note, when added to the group you should also receive a notification. So you now have two ways of getting to the session on the day.

This sign up thread will be posted here every week.

To avoid any doubt, you can be sure @AgentPete 's intention is to hold a Huddle
every week. The only exceptions to this might be unforeseen circumstances. Should that ever be the case a post informing The Colony will appear in Cafe Life.

If you've not attended one before - what happens in Huddles?


Put simply, every week when the Private Group thread goes live (normally Thursday AM - UK time) you can post work for @AgentPete and fellow Huddlers to offer critique and suggestions on. These submissions can be anything - from the opening pages of your work in progress, to a blurb, synopsis or query letter. Nothing is out of bounds. General questions on the publishing industry are encouraged and if you spot something you feel is worth sharing with the group, then that's also welcomed.

So don't be shy, there's no pressure and you don't need to submit work. You can simply attend just to watch and listen or help with the critique. The atmosphere is completely relaxed and there is anyways lots of fun.

Please note the UK has now switched back to Greenwich Mean Time until late March 2025

Huddle Hangout LINK
 
I would love to attend. I am not sure I will be able to, depends on the drugs, but if sober and released (should be) post surgery, count me in
Are you ever sober at Huddle? Uh I mean it in the Ha Ha sense, of course.

All the best for surgery and that you come out of it with the arm of a quarterback. (They're the ones that throw the ball, right?)
 
I'm away this weekend, so won't be attending. Going to GMT shifts the Huddle an hour later for me, which puts it into the middle of the night. I may drop in for the first hour from time to time, but I'm unlikely to be a regular attendee for a while.

Anyway, all the best. Looking forward to the next Huddle South...
 
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