I'm with everyone else here - pick "literary value" or published and get moving. Yes, these people will be criticizing, but they're beta readers. Only in person. Sometimes their ideas will have merit, sometimes not.

Ultimately, I want to read books by YOU, not them, so I want to hear YOUR voice in teh writing, even if it's not the perfect story.

And, um, I spent my bike ride this morning thinking about my story for the month. I felt doubly virtuous.

*HUGS*

I'd love to hear tomorrow how the crit group goes!

Stasia