3.5 The author tribe, a ramble
For a species like ours, community is essential. From finding a place to fit in at work, to finding folk who share your hobby in the same way. You will see and hear a lot of drama as a result of communities insulating and expanding as trends in various industries change and evolve- or fail to evolve in some cases. And that's kind of normal and part and parcel to humans in groups. We're a bit of a weird bunch. Loving new experiences and yet adverse to change. A contradiction? Congratulations, we have a lot of these. When it comes to writing communities, these contradictions are just as common and prevalent as they are in any other groups. If you've spent any amount of time on twitter, you've probably seen mass social media mobbing of folk, just as often as mass rallying of folk. So what is your author tribe and do you need one? First of all, I'm going to tell you the hard truth, no one understands an author like another author. I spent years 'out