Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
MAY 1-31: O.C. Writers’ May The Muse Be With You, a monthlong productivity event, offers daily check-ins to record your writing progress, cheer your colleagues, and focus on your goals. Check out the free online program at https://www.facebook.com/events/913754315736170.
MAY 25: O.C. Writers’ weekly Home But Not Alone Virtual Write-in offers structured writing sprints starting at 9 a.m. and breaks to chat about writing and publishing topics from 11 a.m. to noon with the Patch Coffee/OC Writers’ Writers’ Meet-up on Zoom. Participants are free to come and go any time during the event. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/1160852947600344.
MAY 26*: O.C. Writers’ All-Genre Critique Group is an opportunity for writers to get and give feedback on participants’ work-in-progress. The program will be testing a new format that includes a Zoom discussion from noon to 2 p.m. For instructions, please check the “About” section of the Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/592226584833901. *Rescheduled from original May 25 date.
MAY 28: O.C. Writers’ weekly Roundtable discussion group, featuring writing and publishing business topics, takes place from 10:30 to noon on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. To receive Zoom access information, email Roundtable leader Casey Dorman at info@oc-writers.com.
MAY 28: Foothill Ranch Library Writers Support and Critique Group Zoom meeting. Read your work and be prepared to provide critique to others. This free group meets from 5 to 6:30 p.m. weekly. Email stella.carruth@occr.ocgov.com for details and the Zoom invitation.
MAY 29: Laguna Beach Books Signature Series will feature a virtual event with Kevin C. O’Leary, who will discuss Madison’s Sorrow: Today’s War on the Founders and America’s Liberal Ideal with UC Irvine professor Charles Anthony Smith at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Free, but registration required. https://www.lagunabeachbooks.com/event/virtual-event-kevin-c-oleary.
We do our best to present up to date information, but it would still be wise to double-check before attending.
For more, visit our LITERARY CALENDAR, the area’s most comprehensive listing of events for writers and publishing creatives in Orange County. To submit information for an event, visit our SUBMISSIONS page.