October 16, 2025

I’m excited to tell you that the book launch for my debut novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over, is coming up this Sunday, April 23, at 4pm, at Byrd’s Books in Bethel, CT. I couldn’t have come this far without the support of my readers and writer friends, so thank you! If you can,…

April 17, 2023

I’m excited to tell you that the book launch for my debut novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over, is coming up this Sunday, April 23, at 4pm, at Byrd’s Books in Bethel, CT. I couldn’t have come this far without the support of my readers and writer friends, so thank you! If you can,…

November 19, 2021

We had another wonderful Rendezvous on Wednesday, with a number of questions raised, and hopefully answered, about critique groups, self-publishing, and more. And I was able to tell people about several upcoming writing events that are worth a writer’s time – some free and some relatively inexpensive. Check them out below. Have you been wanting…

June 21, 2021

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…

April 22, 2021

I love seeing my writing friends at the Writers’ Rendezvous meeting. Yesterday’s was no exception. It’s good to hear how people are doing, whether they’ve started writing again, sent out their first or hundredth submission, or are looking for suggestions for solving a writing or publishing problem. I always feel energized afterward. Here are some…

July 16, 2020

I’ve always thought that living here in Connecticut, we’re blessed with almost unlimited resources for writers. Nowadays, with so many meetings and events held on Zoom and similar platforms, distance is no bar to attending whatever you want. I’ve been making the most of this, joining write-in meetings with writers in California, Texas, The Carolinas,…

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