March 23, 2026

This post includes some writerly events, a couple of writing contests, literary journals to submit to, and a new writing software… Wilton Library (CT) is hosting a  Connecticut Poetry Society Workshop on April 18, from 2-4pm. You need not be a member of the Society to attend, but space is limited to 15 attendees, so…

January 22, 2026

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,…

December 22, 2025

As promised, here’s part two of the December update, with a contest (more if you follow the link), a songwriting workshop, places to submit, and more. And the usual list of member successes! Chris Fielden is a British writer who keeps me updated about writing contests. I like his list because it’s international. Here’s an…

November 20, 2025

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 21, 2025

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,…

June 23, 2025

As I said in my last post, AI is a hot topic for writers these days. Here are a couple of webinars to help you decide what you do and don’t want to do with it. Jane Friedman runs regular, useful, and inexpensive classes for writers, and the next one is Using AI for Writing…

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