https://storyswell.net/home daily 1.0 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e42de730b49341606c7f0df/d32d9831-135c-480a-a84d-9d54aa8ec5e9/Mea_Smith_Rectangle_Author_Logo.png Story Swell Home https://storyswell.net/author-mea-smith daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e42de730b49341606c7f0df/02072088-66a3-4d8c-838f-6a6d2d17a3f2/Finders+Keepers+Cover.jpg About Mea Smith - Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner Joy E. Rancatore & Meagan Smith, 2019 (nonfiction, Logos and Mythos Press) The writer’s life is solitary … only if you want it to be. Writing critique partnerships could solve creative isolation, but confusion on the topic abounds. Where do you find one? How do they work? How do you move past a bad experience? We are are critique partners who, over the years, cultivated a process, redeemed our mistakes and maintained our friendship. Finders Keepers is our conversation analyzing six aspects of critique partnerships. Defining Critique Partnerships Evaluating Yourself for Your New Role Choosing a Critique Partner Preparing for a Critique Giving a Critique Receiving a Critique We’re more than just talk, though. Each topic has hands-on challenges to encourage introspection and strategic action, strengthening your relationship into an unstoppable team. With this dynamic, you can confidently launch more powerful, polished words that reflect your purpose. We find our critique partnership personally fulfilling and professionally accelerating, and we desire the same for you. Are you in it for keeps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e42de730b49341606c7f0df/1626708174589-BAP2RF8UJHXRFRGZHYAZ/Grief-Like-a-River-Mea-Smith-ebookcover.jpg About Mea Smith - Grief Like a River Mea Smith, 2021 (poetry, Story Swell Books) Even if the river dries to only morning dew and dust, the scar of it remains in the earth. 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