Let the ideas flow.

The Creativity Oasis is not a workshop, its an hour long guided brainstorming session in which you’ll have the chance to generate new writing.

Our Summer Open Mic!

Sweet summertime is here and excited to gather for our next open mic. Grab your cocktail, mocktail, or cup of tea and come hang out with us for an evening of literary fun and community!

An Evening Craft Chat

We’re talking writing, publishing, and all things books with Kate Wisel, author of the short story collection Driving in Cars with Homeless Men. Join us for an informal evening with Kate as we discuss process, short stories, the writing life and more. This will be an interactive conversation, so come with your questions.

Interested in the art of the interview? Trying to gather resources for a story or essay?

This workshop will teach you the basics of soliciting, preparing for, and conducting interviews from start to finish.

The Pen is a Sword: How to Give and Receive Critiques

Too many new writers stop writing after receiving feedback on their work. Most likely, that feedback either wasn’t delivered properly or wasn’t received in a positive way. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll examine critiques, both how to give them in their most helpful form, and how to receive them in such a way that doesn’t leave the writer paralyzed or bruised.

The Last Open Mic of 2022!

It’s our last open mic of 2022! Grab your drink of choice and join us online to hear your fellow babes read their work. Or, read your own work.

An Evening Craft Chat

We’re talking with Shoulder Season and The Second Home author Christina Clancy.

An Evening Craft Chat

We’re talking writing, publishing, and all things books with Jell-O Girls author Allie Rowbottom.

It’s Summer Time And The Mood Is Right For an Open Mic

It’s our summer open mic! Grab your drink of choice and join us online to hear your fellow babes read their work.

This workshop will focus on practical craft approaches to writing about trauma,

including alternative forms, slanted metaphors, and utilizing different points of view. These strategies are geared toward staying vulnerable and authentic to your experience, but also creating distance when needed.

We don’t always get to make space for our writing. Life gets in the way - family, friends, work, whatever it may be. We want to help you carve out some space. Come join us for a silent write in on Zoom. No talking, just a hour to yourself to work.

We don’t always get to make space for our writing. Life gets in the way - family, friends, work, whatever it may be. We want to help you carve out some space. Come join us for a silent write in on Zoom. No talking, just a hour to yourself to work.

We don’t always get to make space for our writing. Life gets in the way - family, friends, work, whatever it may be. We want to help you carve out some space. Come join us for a silent write in on Zoom. No talking, just a hour to yourself to work.

sk the Editors.

What exactly does it take to get your work published in lit magazines? There is certainly no shortage of them and yet it seems like rejection is always the name of the game. Is that really true or is that just how it feels?

Babes Open Mic - The Love Edition

An Open Mic, but make it themed.

We don’t always get to make space for our writing. Life gets in the way - family, friends, work, whatever it may be. We want to help you carve out some space. Come join us for a silent write in on Zoom. No talking, just a hour to yourself to work.

Come meet the Babes!

It’s a new year and there are fresh faces in the group. Come say hey to old friends and new. We’ll play a few writing games and talk about what’s coming up for the year.

Grab your cocktails, grab your mocktails, grab your evening tea and come join the Babes for year end happy hour and open mic. Cheer on your writing pals as they read their work or read your own work.

Wrong + Write: How to write better, query smarter, and meet your publication goals

From opening chapter pitfalls that make agents cringe to widely held miscomprehensions about the publishing industry (like the fact that you need to be a social media star to sell a book proposal), author and writing coach Courtney Maum will share the most important things she’s learned in publishing thus far to help you meet—and exceed—your publication goals.

What is it about writing our stories that can help us heal wounds? Both in ourselves and in our relationships? Join us on Wednesday, September 29th at 7PM CST for a Babes only workshop about trauma, science, and how to heal through writing.