You can visit our website at http://www.ocwriter.com for more details, where you can RSVP for our meetings in Fountain Valley, California (Orange County) off the 405. The Southern California Writers Association is dedicated to helping writers from all genres hone their skills and advance their careers. Members network and share vital information at meetings on the third Saturday of every month. SCWA presents expert speakers every month, covering a variety of topics. Speakers present lively, info …

"The dreamers of the day are dangerous people. For they dream their dreams with open eyes, and make them come true.” ~D.H. Lawrence Poets and Dreamers We are a multi-faceted circle of professional and creative writers gathering at workshops throughout Southern California. Our vibrant, active circle represents established and aspiring authors of literary fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, non-fiction, memoir, romance, short fiction, screenplays, professional communications, poetry  …

WELCOME TO WCBC! Wine Country and Beach Cities Writers’ Network is the hip, new place to read and workshop your writing and be part of an exciting community of writers and artists. We bring together an eclectic group of new and established writers from across the Riverside and San Diego County areas to read their work and socialize among a wider circle of friends. All levels and genres. From beautiful wine country Temecula and the sparkling North San Diego County beaches, welcome! WHAT WE OFFER …

Originally called the Torrance Children’s Book Writing Group (later on shortened to Torrance Children’s Book Writers), the Children’s Book Writers of Los Angeles (CBW-LA) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization founded in 2010. Our primary and official website www.cbw-la.org. I would like to encourage you to sign up at www.cbw-la.org to avail of our full membership for $30/year or $50/two years. This group is run by volunteers who work for FREE. Your membership fees are meant to fund all the exp …

You submit your writing, novels in progress, any genre, non-fiction, stories, articles, memoirs, blogs, poetry, screenplays. Other writers critique so you can make it better. Organizer has 33 books published with four released in 2011, next in July 2012. He just finished his fourth screenplay. If you are writing, or need motivation to get started, or don't know where to turn with your work, join us. We are a working group who knows all writers need help. Which way should you go, e-book, printed, …

Orange County writers connecting with other Orange County writers. We came together after Nanowrimo 2012 to keep that amazing momentum going and to offer help, support and encouragement to each other as we polished those works-in-progress and began new ones.

"Telling our stories is the only way we can claim ourselves, take control of our identity and re-frame it in a way that's truthful to our experience. That honesty is a gift." ~Elissa Schappell South OC Writers - Poets & Dreamers We are a multi-faceted circle of creative and professional writers gathering at writing workshops throughout Southern California. Our vibrant, active circle represents established and aspiring authors of literary fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, non-fict …

"Telling our stories is the only way we can claim ourselves, take control of our identity and re-frame it in a way that's truthful to our experience. That honesty is a gift." ~Elissa Schappell North OC Writers - Poets & Dreamers We are a multi-faceted circle of creative and professional writers gathering at writing workshops throughout Southern California. Our vibrant, active circle represents established and aspiring authors of literary fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, non-fict …

Small writers group for people working on finishing book-length projects, fiction or non-fiction. Writing sample required.

I tried to get something like this started a few months ago, but a death in the family derailed it. So, here we go again: This is a group for writers struggling with productivity. We meet once a week and more often via social media, phone, lifelines, whatever in order to do one thing: provide accountability so that we can track our progress and meet our goals. Traditional workshop elements are, if we want them, informal - we can read each other's stuff, but that's not the aim; nor is providing e …

A Melting Pot of Thoughts, www.ameltingpotofthougths.com, is home to published and aspiring writers who come together to support one another  honing our craft, to remind us of the joy of writing, to promote feedback on our work, to keep our publishing dreams alive, and to make new friends and bond with the old ones. Through this forum, we will also use the "Discussion" page to seek and find answers to our writing questions and needs. While A Melting Pot of Thoughts family holds and shares the sa …

The Scriptwriters Network (“SWN”), founded in 1986, is an educational, tax-exempt 501(c) (3) non-profit, volunteer-driven organization created by writers for writers and industry professionals. SWN serves its members by providing educational programming, enhancing awareness of the realities of the business, developing access and opportunity through alliances with industry professionals and furthering the cause and quality of writing for the entertainment industry.

Welcome to the Fabulous Divas' Book Club! If you enjoy thought-provoking discussions, love and appreciate the diversity of Black life and culture, and you are a woman who enjoys meeting new people, then this is the group for you.  My hope is to create a platform that promotes and supports Black literature by all writers, with a focus on celebrated Black authors, such as Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Edwidge Danticat, Nora Neale Hurston, Eric Jerome Dickey.  We will be reading fiction and non-fi …

This group was created to bring together individuals who read books for substance and ideas. This group is open to artists, musicians, scientists, engineers, and anyone who likes to examine and exchange ideas, respect others' opinions, and is open to learning something from others. We find we get together to discuss what might otherwise be serious topics, but we end up laughing a lot, because it's such a joy to express ourselves and share our ideas...and go off topic now and then. We currently h …

We are a small group of writers, each with a unique story or series of stories to tell.  Our goal is to meet a couple times a month to inspire, encourage and support one another as we commit to our writing journeys.  Ultimately each of us aspires to get published and to keep on writing as long as the muse calls.  We are purposely keeping this circle of writers small to maintain the intimacy and integrity of the group - similar to a book club.  However, we do have a waiting list for future member …

The Pasadena 3by3 Writing Group is dedicated to writing, finishing and publishing a novel or memoir. This is a support group to help writers to plot, create a daily schedule in order to complete their book and get it published through agents and publishers or self-publishing in paperback or eBook form. The format goes like this: 10 am the library opens. The early arrivals wait outside until the doors open We organize the room for about five minutes. A about 10:05 we start. I give a 10 - 15 min c …

Do you have a taste for the mysterious and macabre? Do you aspire to have your work on the banned books list? Do you admire the works of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, or Lemony Snicket? Or maybe you just prefer to sit on the edge of your seat? The Estelle Dowding Institute of Literary Peculiarities strives for the creation and preservation of strange, dark, and unusual works. The Institute primarily serves as a workshop for writers to showcase and critique each other’s work in a friendly and non-judg …