Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
OCTOBER 18: Bring your WIP to work alongside other (socially distant) writers at the O.C. Writers’ Monday Morning write-in at Patch Coffee (29100 Portola Pkwy, Lake Forest). O.C. Writers Community Director Barb DeLong generally arrives around 8:30 a.m. and leads a breakout discussion at 11 a.m. for those who want to take a break. Patch offers indoor and outdoor work tables, but all are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The shop follows current Covid rules. For more information, send an email to Barb at info@oc-writers.com.
OCTOBER 21: O.C. Writers’ weekly Roundtable discussion group, featuring writing and publishing business topics, takes place from 11 a.m. 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.
OCTOBER 21: Foothill Ranch Library Writers Support & Critique Group Zoom meeting. Read your work and be prepared to provide critique to others. This free group meets weekly from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Contact stella.carruth@occr.ocgov.com for more information and for the Zoom invite.
OCTOBER 23: Book Carnival will host an in-store event with authors Kim Davis (Cake Popped) and Daryl Wood Gerber (A Glimmer of a Clue) to discuss their novels at 3 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events.
OCTOBER 24: Book Carnival will present an in-store event with Mary Hill-Wagner, author of Girlz in the Hood, at 2 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events.
OCTOBER 24: Sisters in Crime O.C. will feature “Conjuring Up a Mystery: Paranormal Elements in Fiction,” a Readers’ Forum discussion led by Pat Broeske, followed by Chris Offutt and Willy Vlautin leading a conversation about writing mystery fiction and fiction with crime at 3 p.m. at its monthly meeting. http://www.sistersincrimeoc.com.
We do our best to present accurate and 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.