Here are a few helpful links of mutual support: www.lifetimeachievement.org The Lifetime Achievement Foundation, whose goal is to award excellence, mentoring, and service to mankind.  Its most recent award was to Ray Bradbury in a ceremony at the Sheraton Universal in Los Angeles. www.griefandrecovery.com Support for people who have lost a partner.  The book, Loss and Found: Surviving the Loss of a Young Partner, by Gary and Kathy Young, a free newsletter and other helpful links. www.calabashpress.com The publishers of Loss and Found, Gone Now are the Forty Thieves, and other books. www.pitchfest.org The Great American Pitchfest, a yearly opportunity for writers to pitch their ideas to the movers and shakers in Hollywood. www.iwosc.org Independent Writers of Southern California www.pa-la.org Publishers Association of Los Angeles www.laplaywrights.org Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights pma-online.org Publishers Marketing Association