Creative History of the Critique Ladies
The Ladies had no idea how walking into Elizabeth Parker's class on romance wririntg in early 2005 would change their lives forever.
After the 6 week course was complete they took Parker's challenge of starting a critique group on. They started meeting every week and began their friendship that continues to this day...
Group Timeline
Early 2005: Original members attend Elizabeth Parker's Writing & Selling the Romance Novel.
April 2005: Started meeting as a critique group.
Early 2006: Mari Nansel & Jiri Turdile quit the group.
Spring 2006: Brenda Sanchez invites Yvonne Weers to join. Yvonne joins.
August 2006: "Write-a-book-in-a-week" contest. Katie Cloran wins with 87 total pages. Brenda moved to Kansas and quits group.
September 2006: Yvonne quits group.
Early 2007: Terri, Katie & Maralee continue to meet twice a month. Group opens a YahooGroup! homepage.
May 2007: Katie hangs flyers for member sign-up. Jennifer Vermeer joins group.
August 2007: Group opens website.
November 2007: Maralee Mitzner invites Rita McClure to group. Rita joins.
December 2007: Kim Richard Smith joins the group, becoming the only male in group history.
February 2008: Rita & Kim leaves the group. Yvonne re-joins group.
March 2008: Jen Johnston from Hickman visits group.
June 2008: Rita rejoins group. Katie invites Karla Decker to group. Karla joins. Monthly writing challenges begin.
July 2008: Katie Houdek joins group. Yvonne leaves group again. Group relocates website to current location.
August 2008: Allison Hunter-Frederick visits group.
January 2009: Lisa Heacock visits group. Lisa joins.
February 2009: Jenny Bates visits group. Jenny joins.
March 2009: Jennifer Vermeer, Rita McClure, Karla Decker and Katie Houdek were removed from 'member roaster.'
May 2009: Critique Ladies Writers Group blog is open for comment! Visit at: www.critiqueladies.blogspot.com
November 2009: Bev visits group. Bev joins.
Member Roster
Current members: Katie Cloran, Terri Butler, Maralee Mitzner, Lisa Heacock, Jenny Bates, Bev
Past members: Mari Nansel, Jiri Turdile, Brenda Sanches, Kim Richard Smith, Yvonne Weers, Jennifer Vermeer, Rita McClure, Karla Decker, Katie Houdek,
Original members: Katie Cloran, Terri Butler, Maralee Mitzner, Mari Nansel, Jiri Turdile, Brenda Sanches
Group visitors: Jen Johnston, Allison Hunter-Frederick
Above (right-left): Yvonne, Terri, Elizabeth, Mari, Maralee (Katie took photo)