If you read my blog, you’ll know that Alison McBain is a friend of mine – but that’s not the reason I asked her to tell me where she writes. She’s an incredibly hardworking author, publisher, editor, illustrator, artist, and more. She’s won awards in all those capacities, and does it all with aplomb –…
Rendezvous member Alison McBain wrote this post about the value of finding a writing group and how to go about finding one. I know this is something people ask me about all the time, so I hope this will give you some ideas for how to go about it. Writers’ groups can be a touchy…
I attended the Connecticut Literary Festival on Saturday, and met the professor from Southern Connecticut State University who’s in charge of their MFA program. He told me that according to Connecticut state statute, senior citizens (62 and over) can take college classes and earn a degree tuition-free. I mention this because it’s a way to…
I love the fact that there are so many opportunities for writers, which is why I try to include as much as I can in these posts. Here’s the second part of the August update. Feel free to add any information of your own in the comments. The Westport Library continues to offer its popular…
In addition to the events and resources I mentioned last week, members of the Writers Rendezvous had a number of useful things to share. Janet Luongo (Rebellion 1967) mentioned The Bay Area Book Festival, based in San Francisco, whose last featured event is an interesting talk on memoir on June 24, from 7-8pm. Entitled What…
We had another great meeting on Wednesday, where we discussed, for the first time in ages, some live events for writers. There are still plenty of virtual events, and I suspect many will remain so, because they enable people to access events far from where they live, without the time and expense involved in travel….
Hello again! There are plenty of things going on for writers right now. One of them is that WordPress did something to my site, and spoiled the look of it. 😕 I’ll get it fixed, but didn’t want to delay this post. So, apologies if it looks odd. The content should be fine 🙂 The…
