September 17, 2026

The Connecticut writing world has started its back-to-school season with a ton of activities, contests, and open mics. I’ve listed everything in date order, so you can figure out the urgency of each thing, and I’ve included a couple of event newsletters you might want to subscribe to keep abreast of what’s going on, because…

October 15, 2025

We had a Zoom snafu today, since apparently my link had expired and they didn’t think to tell me. Oh well, my apologies to those of you who couldn’t make it in person and tried to attend on Zoom – I’m sorry, and hope this update will help. Starting October 16, for six weeks, The…

September 18, 2025

September’s rush of writing and bookish events continues unabated. We had a small meeting on Wednesday (I messed up the Zoom link). So, I hope this update will help the people who couldn’t join us feel better… The Mark Twain House in Hartford is running an event of interest to writers this Friday. Join  in-person…

July 16, 2025

We had a lively meeting today, and covered a number of subjects – too many to fit into one post! So there’s more to come on Monday. But check out the events and contests happening before the end of July… On Thursday, July 24, at 6:30pm, one of our members, Chris Myers, will be at…

June 19, 2025

Another great get-together on Wednesday. The advantage of holding a hybrid meeting (in-person and on Zoom) is that we have participants who come from across the country and sometimes even from abroad, like Alison McBain in Canada. This week we covered a number of author events, a couple of open mics, and some writing workshops…

March 20, 2025

Our meeting yesterday included an interesting mix of writers, from beginners to those with several books published. One of the most interesting discussions we had was about AI—but there’s almost too much to write about that, so I may summarize it in the Monday post. In the meantime, this one includes information about various activities…

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