Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
JANUARY 31: 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.
FEBRUARY 3: 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.
FEBRUARY 5: The California Writers Club’s Orange County Branch will feature “Reading Between the Lines on Your Path to Publication,” a presentation by author Sheila Lowe, at its monthly meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. calwritersorangecounty.org.
FEBRUARY 5: Mystery Ink will host an in-store event with author Kaira Rouda (Somebody’s Home) at 1 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.mysteryink.com.
FEBRUARY 5: Book Carnival will host an in-store event with author Joe Ide (The Goodbye Coast) at 2 p.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.