Are you related to? she asked
naming names.
Not those.
These, I reply.
Ah! Her!
Yes! So, you’re the writer!
I am.
and she’s a?
Yes.
She said that…
It was actually like this…
Oh!
I am a writer, too
but I’m not published yet.
I can help.
Small town networking.
Shawn L. Bird 
It is a community.
Small towns alright but your audience is all over the world – you aren’t the box you live in and you can extend far beyond the walls of a small town.
Indeed. Beyond the blog, my books sell everywhere, but the stylist is still just dreaming about releasing her words to the world. She wants to take one of my workshops for new writers.
I hope she does – I love seeing people begin on the path where they most want to go