The Next 7 Days (June 21-27)
Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week: JUNE 21: Bring your WIP to work alongside other (socially distant) writers at the O.C. Writers’ Monday Morning write-in at Patch Coffee (29100 Continue reading
FRIDAY READS: Bicycle Odyssey, an Excerpt From Carla Fountain’s Travel Memoir
November 1991 was the sixth month of our around-the-world bicycling trip. We arrived at the international airport in Bombay (Mumbai), tired and on edge after an all-night flight with little Continue reading
Seeking Crits and Reads for June
SEEKING CRITS AND READS is a free monthly opportunity for O.C. Writers to find critique partners, beta readers, and book reviewers, and this month, we’re switching up how we do Continue reading
THE WRITING WORKSHOP: The Zoom Baby: A Book Born, Developed, and Published Entirely Over Online Meetings
By Andrea Lewis // When a group of writers put their minds and might into a project, it will come to life: The Lake Forest Writers’ Roundtable, which has been Continue reading
The Next 7 Days (June 14-20)
Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week: JUNE 14: Bring your WIP to work alongside other (socially distant) writers at the O.C. Writers’ Monday Morning write-in at Patch Coffee (29100 Continue reading
EASY EDITS: Start Your Own Writer’s Style Guide
By DeAnna Cameron // Remember when we talked about style guides and how they can help writers improve the quality of their manuscripts? Have you started one for yourself yet? Continue reading
MARKETING MAYHEM: Creating Graphics
By Kristy Tate // I once heard a marketing specialist recommend making 6 to 10 graphics for all of your books. I use Canva to make graphics, but there are Continue reading
The Next 7 Days (June 7-13)
Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week: JUNE 7: Bring your WIP to work alongside other (socially distant) writers at the O.C. Writers’ Monday Morning write-in at Patch Coffee (29100 Continue reading
FRIDAY READS: Extra Terrestrials, a Story Excerpt from Two Guns, 1 Mile by Thomas Butler
“Why again did we decide against Sedona?” Phillip asked. “That’s where the refueling vortexes are after all.” They stood on the rim of the Barringer crater, likely the most Continue reading
Good Writerly News for June
Welcome to O.C. Writers’ GOOD WRITERLY NEWS, where we showcase the writing and publishing milestones of local scribes. This month, we’re celebrating two new releases. If you have one, feel Continue reading