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etrangere's recent post about families and reading made me think about my family and writing. While none of us are widely published (yet!!), we can get together a good-sized writing colony on a good holiday weekend at the beach. Me, my nephew, his girlfriend, my other nephew--all of us write speculative fiction of some variety. My brother-in-law can write nice fiction, but spent his life as a nature journalist, editing but also writing for outdoor magazines, and my husband still does academic writing (political theory). And many a day will find us off in separate corners with laptops, occasionally getting something to the point of showing it off. It makes me wonder if my sister and/or my sons are also actually secret writers who will surprise us all one day with a masterpiece.

What's especially good about it is that everyone is able to give and take feedback appropriately, usually sticking with supportive praise until specifically asked for critiques (good strategy in a family!) and always genuinely delighted at each other's success (like my nephew's girlfriend getting an agent for her first novel!). The closest and best part is the online site run by my two nephews, The Story Game. I wonder if all this will change if some become really successful--hope not, because it's fun for the ones who do it at least. And the others haven't complained, so far...they just valiantly read on.

So I was wondering if other people have writing families, or share other creative stuff with the people you're related to ?