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b'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'