Mentoring for writers

I'll be appearing on a panel in London tomorrow night, a Spread the Word event to launch the new book on mentoring for creative writers, The Write Guide. Sara Maitland and myself interviewed a fair few people for the book. Here's the writer Jill Dawson on one reason mentoring works for her:
“When I started out as a writer I was envious of those with writers in their families, or to be growing up where writing is normal, belonging to a circle, being able to show your work to someone who was published. That’s one reason I feel so passionate about mentoring, providing the thing I never had but always wanted—access to people to whom writing really matters.”