What JRW Means to Me
In honor of the 10th anniversary of James River Writers, we’ve asked our members, “What does JRW mean to you?”
Stuart Goldman, author of Nomohan, 1939, shares what belonging to our organization has meant to his writing career.
When I joined JRW five years ago, I was a “wannabe” writer. I had the academic credentials and had written scores of analytical reports in my career with the Congressional Research Service, as well as several scholarly pieces. But I wanted to reach a wider audience and I had a book in me that I was desparate to get published.
With the help, advice, and encouragement of my new-found friends and colleagues at JRW, I’ve had two long articles published in a mass-circulation (and well-paying) magazine, with a third just accepted and a fourth under contract. More importantly, my book has just been published by the Naval Institute Press and is getting terrific reviews. (http://www.usni.org/store/books/catalog-spring-2012/nomonhan-1939)
I doubt that I would be where I am now without JRW.
Thank you all!
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