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In GBA 84 we get better acquainted with my writing group. It's a 7 way conversation focused on our shared interest of writing. Half the group are making their second appearance. For the other half this is a teaser for upcoming episodes focuses on them. \n\nWe sit down for tea and cake in the dining room of a Camber Sands holiday house during our first trip away together. We tell the story of how the group formed, discuss the way the group works, consider writing as a craft, a passion and a form of work, tackle writing "block", the future of the novel, whether writing can be taught and other aspects of this thing we do.\n\n\nThe group are:\n\nJen:\n\nhttp://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-61\n\nhttp://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/ \n\nhttp://twitter.com/jadamthwaite\n\nNathalie:\n\nhttp://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-20-nathalie\n\nhttp://twitter.com/NathalieLeonora\n\nhttp://countingzeros.wordpress.com/what-is-counting-zeros/\n\nJoss:\n\nhttp://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-27-joss\n\nhttp://www.stormboy.net/\n\nhttp://soundcloud.com/jossarmitage\n\nAngela:\n\nhttp://twitter.com/angelashoosmith\n\nSofia:\n\nhttp://twitter.com/jslundberg\n\nEmily:\n\nhttp://emilycleaver.net/\n\nhttp://twitter.com/EmilyCleaver\n\nMe:\n\nhttp://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dave-episodes/\n\nhttp://goosefat101.blogspot.co.uk/\n\n\nBlogs about that Writing Retreat:\n\nhttp://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/i-love-my-friends-but-1/\n\nhttp://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/i-love-my-friends-but-2/\n\nhttp://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2011/10/22/seven-writers-and-a-cottage.html\n\nhttp://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2011/10/30/seven-writers-writing.html\n\n\nAnd blogs on our 2nd Writing Retreat:\n\nhttp://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2012/8/19/headspace.html\n\nhttp://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2012/8/26/the-retreat-and-beyond.html\n\n\n\nNathalie's blog about our first "intervention" session:\n\nhttp://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/help-for-blocked-writers/\n\n\n\nInstead of asking for plugs I asked for people to recommend books on writing:\n\nJoss:\n\nTeach Us How To Sit Still by Tim Parks: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Us-Sit-Still-Sceptics/dp/0099548887\n\nAngela:\n\nThat Crafty Feeling by Zadie Smith: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/?p=73547\n\nHow I Write in Time Out: eg http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/2100/Neil_Gaiman-how_I_write.html\n\nJen:\n\nThis Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley: http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Year-Write-Your-Novel/dp/0316065412\n\nDave:\n\nSteering the Craft by Ursula Le Guin: http://www.amazon.com/Steering-Craft-Exercises-Discussions-Navigator/dp/0933377460\n\nHow to Write a Damn Good Novel II by James N. Frey: http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Write-Damn-Good-Novel/dp/0312104782\n\nThe Carrier Bag Theory Of Fiction by Ursula Le Guin: http://www.trabal.org/texts/pdf/LeGuin.pdf\n\nUnderstanding Comics and Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud\n\nhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X\n\nhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Reinventing-Comics-Scott-McCloud/dp/0060953500\n\nEmily:\n\nOn Writing by Stephen King: http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Writing-A-Memoir-Craft/dp/1444723251\n\nRhyme's Reason by John Hollander: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhymes-Reason-Guide-English-Verse/dp/0300088329\n\nSofia:\n\nOn Writing by Stephen King\n\nStory by Robert McKee: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060856181\n\nThe Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler/dp/0330375911\n\n\nYou can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.\n\nOn-demand and on the go!\n\nDon\u2019t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at http://www.sti