The other day I happened to overhear a conversation between two people who are not in our writing group, but who are also involved in making cultural products. They spent probably 90% of the conversation in status maneuvers* that involved saying how terrible the market for their work was, how hard it was for them …
Author Archives: Keiko O'Leary
2013-2019 Meeting Place – IHOP on Stevens Creek
This IHOP has closed, so I’ve altered this post to avoid confusion. For our current meeting place, see sidebar. From October 8, 2013 to March 2019, we met at IHOP Restaurant 5403 Stevens Creek Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408) 996-3393 We meet every Tuesday except the first Tuesday of the month. We begin writing …
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We enjoyed Snake & Butterfly
We stopped meeting at Snake & Butterfly in October 2013, so I’ve altered this post to avoid confusion. For our current meeting place, please see sidebar. Snake & Butterfly is a lovely place, so please visit them, even though we won’t be there on Tuesday nights. It’s an owner-operated local coffee shop / gelateria / …
Call for Submissions: Thanksgiving Mystery Anthology
Here is a call for submissions for an e-book anthology to be published in the fall. They’re looking for short mystery stories that take place at Thanksgiving. See below for details. Write to the End member Betsy Miller has a few stories published by this publisher. Call for Submissions from Untreed Reads We had so …
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Why Write to the End?
Often new members come to our writing group and ask for feedback on their as-yet-uncompleted novel. Or someone who’s been with us a while will get an idea for a story while at the group, write a few scenes of it during the writing sessions, and then ask everybody what we think. This seems perfectly …
Give the Gift of Unconditional Love: Write
I’m a visual artist as well as a writer, and I opened up 1984 the other day, with the intention of looking for details for a painting I want to do. I meant only to skim a few paragraphs, get an idea of what London is supposed to look like, and then get back to …
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Holiday Short Stories
E-book publisher Untreed Reads (paying market – royalties, no advances) is looking for holiday short stories, especially relating to Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. From: Jay Hartman [mailto:jhartman@untreedreads.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:03 PM Subject: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Holiday Short Stories Untreed Reads is announcing an open call for short stories for our holiday season. Please note the following: …
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First Post
Work on your latest writing project in the company of fellow writers. Members write in all different forms and genres, so come to share and learn! Please bring pen and paper or whatever you use to write. We meet at 7:00 pm every Tuesday except the first Tuesday of the month. This post used to …