Here’s the second part of my writers’ update for July, featuring afree talk on how to get the right feedback on your manuscript, get-togethers for writers in Connecticut, and small traditional publishers where you can submit without an agent. Authors Publish doesn’t only provide lists of places to submit your long and short fiction, but…
I listed a bunch of open mics in my last post on Thursday, and was soon told about other events in the area. One weekly open mic takes place at Brass & Bone, a restaurant in South Norwalk, CT, every Tuesday at 8pm. Music, storytelling, and readings welcome. More details here (along with their other…
As you may know, I run a weekly Zoom write-in for the Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut, and another on Sunday mornings for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. They’re both on Zoom – one reason why I have people attending from Scotland, Iceland, Canada, and California. If you think you’d like to join a write-in,…
The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition open to writers worldwide. When the competition begins on October 31, writers are placed in groups where they will be judged against other writers within their same group. Each group will receive three prompts: a scare, a character, and an action. The writers then have 48…
Here’s part two of the writers’ updates for September. This one includes a couple of book festivals (we have a lot of them here in Connecticut), where to buy tickets for BookCon (New York) and a lot of places to submit. BookCon is officially returning to the Javits Center in New York City on April 18-19,…
Here is part 2 of my monthly writers’ updates, with some fascinating information about using A.I. As a developmental editor, and a survey of the self-publishing market in 2024, among other tidbits. With my second novel almost done, I’m going to try out the AI to see if it works for me. Scrivener, one of…
