July 21, 2025

Here’s the follow-up to Wednesday’s post for writers. Let’s start with more events coming up. The CTRWA (CT Romance Writers of America has a wonderful president who finds and books all kinds of opportunities to sell your books. Although I’m not a romance writer (my books don’t follow the traditional romance pattern), they’ve been gracious…

September 18, 2024

We had a small group today, which led to some invigorating conversation around various topics to do with writing. Best-selling author Kate Moore is hosting a free Ask Me Anything Q&A for any and all writers next Wednesday, September 25 at 1 pm ET via Zoom. This is a great chance to ask a New York…

March 21, 2024

First—my regular readers know that I’m always encouraging them to submit their writing to publications and contests. And voila! The Connecticut Press Club Awards were announced last week and featured several of our members. Libby Waterford came third in the novel section for her book, Take it All. Richard Seltzer got an honorable mention for…

February 22, 2024

We had a great meeting yesterday, with attendees from Canada and Germany (via Zoom). I love that we’re so international! We covered a lot of topics, including book launch timetables, voice-to-text software, writing webinars, and more. The  5th Annual Get Published Summit takes place from February 19-23, and offers you presentations from industry experts discussing…

April 26, 2021

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…

January 24, 2021

Welcome to part two of January’s update. This includes some free writing workshops, suggestions for finding more reader reviews for your upcoming book, and more. On Tuesday, February 9, at 3pm, member Barbara Anne King (The California Immigrant) will be appearing at the Norwalk Library in a discussion on Zoom of her new novel, The…

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