Thanks to member Ellyn Baker for her excellent presentation at our November meeting about the importance of an editor.
Betts Arney’s (Gail Buntin Blohowiak’s) new book, Elusive Common Sense is now available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon. Congrats to Betts!
The Green Bay Area Writers Guild meets next on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. at the Bay Family Restaurant on the corner of Military Avenue and Ninth Street on Green Bay’s west side. Guests are always welcome.
Join us in the back conference room by the hotel check-in desk and bathrooms. The meeting runs from 5:30 to 7:30 but you can come early to order food and mingle with other guests and members to get acquainted.
Writing prompt: Share your favorite, or least favorite, memory of Halloween in 300 words or less.
Check out the posts on our blog page.
Our goal is to help members learn more about writing, editing, publishing, legalities, marketing, public relations, and other aspects of publishing in today’s world. After introductions and sharing good news–like a new book coming out or getting published in a magazine–we offer an educational segment covering a topic of writing importance. Then we allow members and guests to share what they have written or are writing.
If you plan on attending and want to read, please let us know when the meeting begins. We ask you to limit reading to give us time for whatever feedback you want. Feel free to ask questions of those attending to learn more about our craft when there’s an open forum. We have published authors among us and novice writers, so be bold and inquire.
We offer a critique page for members to evaluate the writing of other members. Use the link above for instructions.
Check out our blogs and feel free to submit one for consideration. They usually post on Thursdays…but not always.
2024 Guild Meetings: December 3rd.
2025 Guild Gatherings: January 7th, February 4th, March 4th, April 1st, May 6th, June 3rd, July 1st, August 5th, September 2nd, October 7th, November 4th, December 2nd.
There are no membership fees but if you become active and involved we will build a writer’s page for you on our site. We merely ask for a voluntary contribution to cover the cost of website hosting. If interested, please attend a meeting.
If you have information about writing contests or special programs, let us know and we will post it here.
The Great Lakes Writers Festival has announced the authors for the 2024 Great Lakes Writers Festival—poet Taylor Byas and fiction writer Kerry Jones!
Our two-day festival is free and open to the public, which includes readings by the featured writers, master classes, and more. Additionally, we have master classes on Friday solely for high school students!
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