First, open mics seem to be multiplying in my part of the world. In addition to my monthly WritersMic, there are a slew of others, catering to various genres and writers, from poetry to fiction, to published and unpublished writers. Here are a few happening in Connecticut soon. On Friday, March 20, from 6-8pm at…
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,…
Events for authors seem to be winding down for a while, probably because here in the US, Thanksgiving is kicking off what we call the Holiday season, which includes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year. Maybe because of that, we had more members than usual at the Rendezvous yesterday – perhaps hoping to get a…
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…
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…
Zoom. That’s the way I’ve been getting together with my friends, my writing groups, French conversation groups and, of course, The Writers’ Rendezvous people. And the great advantage of Zoom, is that it’s allowed me to host people who usually can’t make it to the actual meeting. I held two meetings on Wednesday, to accommodate…
