Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
NOVEMBER 15: 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.
NOVEMBER 18: 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.
NOVEMBER 18: 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.
NOVEMBER 20: Southern California Writers Association will feature “Writing a Reliable Unreliable Narrator–Or Not,” an online presentation by author Lee Matthew Goldberg, as part of its monthly meeting. $15 for nonmembers. Register at https://southerncalwriters.org/meetings.
NOVEMBER 20: Book Carnival will present authors Thomas and Jo Perry at 2 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events.
NOVEMBER 20: Mystery Ink will present Deanne Stillman (Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West) and David Rensin (All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora) at 1 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.mysteryink.com.
NOVEMBER 21: Book Carnival will present author Robert Lloyd at 11 a.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events.
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.