Some of the people at the emerging writers workshop today at Friends Center, Azusa Pacific University, wondered why three people from Barclay Press in Oregon would travel to Southern California to do a writers workshop. They were observant enough to note a lack of immediate payoff for Barclay Press.

Well, the event was not completely void of self interest. It seems obvious that it’s a good idea for a publisher to display their dependence on writers and to show an active interest in the development and nurture of writers. The workshop was the right thing to do.