The Ciren Writers Group

The problem: the tendency for so many writers groups to produce nothing but self-indulgent ramblings.

The solution: to bring together a motley crue of fiction writers united by one ambition….to become successful, commercial novelists.

And so was formed Cirencester Writers.

The original group met at the 2010 Cheltenham Literature Festival’s writing workshops, after I asked if anyone who was serious about commercial fiction wanted to join me. Ever since then, we have met in Cirencester once a month to share work, discuss writing challenges and, now, to write this communal blog to detail our efforts towards success.  

Progress has been good. We moved to wine rather than tea about six months ago, and we haven’t looked back. Chocolate and biscuit consumption remain steady.

We’ve even had one of our number secure an agent, spurring the rest of us on to write and network more (and think about some counselling for those jealousy problems).  

So here we are. Please follow us and share your thoughts on any and all of our postings.


Floss (aka Felicia Willow)