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Wednesday Night Interim Critique Sessions

The guild sponsors weekly Wednesday night critique sessions at Barnes & Noble, Maverick Library, and iHop from 7-9 PM. The critique groups are run in the same fashion as the Thursday night workshops.

Second Wednesday
Barnes & Noble at DeZavala & IH-10 : Map / Directions

The second Wednesday of each month the group gathers from 7-9 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble at IH-10 and DeZavala in the Fiesta Trials Shopping Center. The group forms up in the back of the bookstore at the study tables with five to 15 people usually in attendance. This critique session is included on Barnes & Nobles' calendar of monthly happenings.

All are encouraged to come whether you have something to be read/critiqued or not. There is a Starbucks next door to Barnes & Nobles with easy access from inside the bookstore for those who need their coffee.

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Third & Fourth Wednesdays
Maverick Library at 8700 Mystic Park: Map / Directions

The critique session is held the third and fourth Wednesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at the Maury Maverick Branch Library located at 8700 Mystic Park. The session is usually held in the community room off to the immediate left just as you enter the library. Since the community room is technically not in the library, you can bring a drink, but no food. (There is a Starbucks near the Taco Cabana on Bandera Road.) The library is near the intersection of Guilbeau and Bandera Roads and near the H.E.B. there. From Loop 410 travel north on Bandera Road about 3.9 miles and turn left at the light for Mystic Park. From Loop 1604 travel south on Bandera for about 2 miles and turn right on Mystic Park.

Visit: www.sanantonio.gov/library/branch/maverick.asp for the library's Web site.

Fifth Wednesday
Locations will be announced.

The critique session is held at the Maverick Library on these few times of the year when a fifth Wednesday is in the month that is not followed by the first Thursday of the first month. Check the Web site when this occurs, because it could be held at B&N or the Westfall library. (This branch is located on Rosedale at Vance Jackson @ IH-10).

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First Wednesday
The session is not held the Wednesday of the regular SAWG monthly meeting, which is held the first Thursday. Locations will be announced.

BUT...there is an occasions once every other year or so when the SAWG meeting is held on the second Thursday (when holidays interfere) and thus, we'd have an interim critique session on a first Wednesday. There are also occasions when the second Wednesday is followed by the first Thursday. (It happens in Nov. of 2007). We will have a meeting that first Wednesday. Check the Web site for the location.

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Session Format
The critique session follows the same basic format as the monthly fiction critique workshops, but is much more laid back. Fiction and non-fiction works are welcome: ten pages, double-spaced. We suggest bringing along extra copies so folks can read along.

No need to confirm attendance, just show up. Guests and non-members of SAWG are welcome, and encouraged to attend.

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