This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting. Wednesday, Nov. 12th, from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

We’re so proud of fellow Grott Maury Zeff, whose new play DADA TEEN MUSICAL: THE PLAY is a smart and funny triumph at the Berkeley City Club. It’s just been extended four more days—go see it! #WritersGrotto #DadaTeenMusical #BayAreaTheatre

Nice news to start the day! My book is on this list of six “brain on” books! I am humbled by the other titles 🥹 Thank you, Book Riot 🙏 bookriot.com/brain-on-sci...

Disconnected is a featured book on LitNuts @lit_nuts today — right in its birthday month! litnuts.com/blogs/news/d...

New flash titled The Photograph up in @soflopojo.bsky.social thank you editors 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...

#HopePit is coming up fast on Nov 9th! See their schedule below and follow @hopepit.bsky.social for more information! Open to ALL types of media, not just writing, and focusing on #solarpunk, #hopepunk, and #clifi! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #ArtSky #IndieDev #GameDev #Writers

In this workshop, we’ll explore how place functions as more than backdrop; how setting becomes character, metaphor, memory, and resistance. Fridays, Nov. 7th - 21st, 12-1:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #poetry #poetrycraft #writingcraft #poetrywriting

This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting. Wednesday, Nov. 12th, from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

This 3-session workshop prepares you to write a 6-minute true story for a final stage performance. Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm. Location: 1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

Sharing an excerpt from chapter 2 of my memoir The Translator’s Daughter since today is National Immigrants Day. This piece is called “Album” and you read it at Ninth Letter. ninthletter.com/2016/08/11/p...

As Halloween and Samhain draw near, I’m thinking a lot about the cemeteries I’d like to visit. All of them are places where my ancestors are buried. Here are a few: www.bethwinegarner.com/bite-sized-b...

My book, Disconnected, comes from a wish to connect readers with the resources I once needed myself. To celebrate the book's 1st anniversary in November, I’m sharing a new series of essays on how Asperger’s can challenge couples. 🔗 Read on! open.substack.com/pub/eleanorv...

@janeciab.bsky.social talks to Susan Straight about chronicling COVID in literature: “I stood at the gate and listened to my neighbors and the traveler nurses. Their backpacks were their lives, and their camaraderie.”

Have a flash up in @brightflash1500.bsky.social titles The Squirrel brightflash1000.com/2025/10/03/t...

I'm so excited to teach this class. It's beyond time to share the stage with the More-Than-Human beings who live with humans on this watery blue planet. Online, asynchronous; I'll be there, encouraging, commenting, cheering, suggesting, making the fertile soil for you to create.

Glad to have a poem in Fevers of the mind feversofthemind.com/2025/10/27/b...

Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for hosting STORY POWER! for Perfect Picture Book Friday! viviankirkfield.com/2025/10/24/p... @pbspree.bsky.social @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social

Explore how place functions as more than backdrop; how setting becomes character, metaphor, memory and resistance. Fridays, Nov. 7th - 21st, 12-1:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycraft #writingcraft #writingclass #poetrywriting

New episode of Dead Reckoning! "If you got sick in 19th century SF, you wouldn’t be taken to a doctor or a hospital. You wouldn’t be given chicken soup and penicillin. You’d be forcibly removed in a zinc-lined cop carriage to a set of decrepit cottages in Potrero Hill known as the PESTHOUSE.

This three-session workshop prepares you to write & perform a 6-minute true story. Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm. Location: 1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

National Novel Writing Month is almost upon us, so let’s get to it! Saturdays, Nov. 1st - 29th, 2025, from 10:00-11:00am PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #nanawrimo #writing #writingcommunity #novelwriting #writingclass #fictionwriting

Bay Area: What are you doing Saturday night Oct. 25? COMING TO LIT CRAWL OF COURSE!! Every year the @litquake.org festival ends w/ Lit Crawl in SF’s Mission District. Come see 17 Syllables at Red Poppy Art House at 5pm & let’s explore what it means to resist borders & write ourselves into belonging

Can't get your memoir's structure right? This class will help you find the structure that's right for you. Mondays, Oct. 27th - Nov. 10th, 5-6:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #memoir #memoirwriting #writing #writingcommunity #writingcraft #writingclass #writingworkshop

My interview with @tdorabji.bsky.social on her book Call her freedom up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/f...

The Wayfarer is set in Polynesia 1k years ago, filled with fascinating characters, animals, birds, celestial navigators. Utterly captivating!

The Grotto is bringing a little narrative therapy to Lit Crawl San Francisco 2025! Join us for “Narrative Therapy: Trials, Failures, and Miscellaneous Bummers” where our writers turn heartbreak, missteps, and melancholy into meaning. #WritersGrotto #LitCrawlSF #Litquake #BayAreaWriters

Clear the decks for a singular weekend of poetry. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25th & 26th, from 12:00 - 1:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #poetry #poetrywriting #writing #writingcommunity #writingcraft #writingclass #writingworkshop #poetrycraft #poetryclass

Write 50k words in 30 days as part of National Novel Writing Month! Saturdays, Nov. 1st - 29th, 2025, from 10:00-11:00am PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #nanawrimo #writing #writingcommunity #novelwriting #writingclass #fictionwriting

As the spooky season is upon us, #GhostPit is coming up fast on October 30th! See the rules below and follow @ghostpit.bsky.social for more information! #WriteSky #WritingCommuntiy #AmQuerying #AmWriting #AmAgenting #LitAgents #Writers

New Pitch Event! #HopePit is coming up on November 9th! See the rules below and follow @hopepit.bsky.social for more information! Similar to #BluePit, it's open to other forms of media too! #WriteSky #WritingCommuntiy #AmQuerying #AmWriting #AmAgenting#Writers #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #TTRPG

In this class, examine how 13 unique memoirs are structured with an eye toward crafting your own. Mondays, Oct. 27th - Nov. 10th, 5:00-6:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #memoir #memoirwriting #writing #writingcommunity #writingcraft #writingclass #writingworkshop

@janeciab.bsky.social talks to award-winning playwright, poet, and novelist Quan Barry about writing a horror story set in Antarctica.

I have a very limited number of discount codes available so if you need one, DM me. Priority for adoptees and/or BIPOC writers but all will be considered. 🥚

Whether it’s a novel, memoir, or creative nonfiction, this immersive workshop will help you turn your flicker of an idea into a blazing start. Mondays, Oct. 20th - Nov. 24th, 6-8pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity #memoirwriting #fictionwriting

Clear the decks for a singular weekend of poetry. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25th & 26th, from 12:00 - 1:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #poetry #poetrywriting #writing #writingcommunity #writingcraft #writingclass #writingworkshop #poetrycraft #poetryclass

www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que... Celebrating my book birthday with @boonewrites.bsky.social Thanks Mary!

This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting. Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

Students will craft a short story from beginning to end, starting with in-class prompts and ending class with a complete draft. Thursdays, Oct. 23 - Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 27), 6:00-8:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingclass #writingworkshop #shortfiction

Join this crash course on how to review the movie, show or book you hated for all right reasons. Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 6-8 PM PDT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity #moviereview #filmreview #filmcriticism #nonfiction #writingclass #writingworkshop

Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, this immersive workshop will help you turn your flicker of an idea into a blazing start. Mondays, Oct. 20th - Nov. 24th, 6-8pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writingclass #writingworkshop #memoirwriting #fictionwriting

This Thursday! This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting. Thursday, Oct. 9th, from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

A rare feeding habit brings dolphins closer than ever and helps them live year-round in South Carolina. Find out more in my article for Sierra. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-w...

Do you know what happens to people when they die in poverty and estranged from family? In the new episode of Dead Reckoning, we talk to writer and advocate Amy Shea about her book, “Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Faster on My Own Chapter 3 is up! In which Steven blows up his entire life to prove a very important point. If you want new writing from me every week, sign up for my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/140519...

Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity

This course will cover the building blocks of short-form memoir and personal narrative writing. Thursdays, Oct. 9th - 30th, from 6:00-8:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #memoir #memoirwriting #creativenonfiction #writing #writingcraft #writingclass #writingworkshop

Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers." tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f

Students will craft a short story from beginning to end, starting with in-class prompts and ending class with a complete draft. Thursdays, Oct. 23 - Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 27), 6:00-8:30pm PT. Via Zoom. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingclass #writingworkshop #shortfiction

Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity #writein