Father’s Day 2025 and Writer’s Groups

My wife spent Father’s Day with my family this year. It is always a good time spending time with family, especially being adults. All of us live busy lives with full-time jobs, and my siblings and their wives have children. I will catch up on things with my brothers whether it be professional wrestling, UFC fights, training in boxing, muay thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and other such topics. It’s also nice just seeing my nieces and nephew, as they are growing fast. Hopefully soon, I will be one of the fathers during Father’s Day, and not just to my dog.

I have been joining different writer’s groups online, mainly on Facebook. It is interesting to see how many authors and potential authors out there, and we are all trying to “make it.” I like reading those who are writing their first books, as they have similar struggles that I had. Making a writing schedule, outlining, note taking, editing and other items to do are not always common with some that are trying to write a book. Not trying to boast, but it is just second-nature for me to write on a daily basis, even when I do not want to, or to outline my stories. I do not get caught up in the minutiae of how a first draft paragraph sounds like, or if certain dialogue sounds good or not, as I now know that a lot of this stuff will be addressed in the editing process, but for these writers who are creating their first book, there is still a lot that they do not know. Granted, I am no expert and still learning a lot myself.

There was a lot to reflect on this week. Father’s Day brings about family, and there is always something going on. With writing, I am getting to know new or established writers that all have their own quirks and their own struggles.