For a better understanding of each session, read the letter from our Program Director below and check out the conference program here. All recordings will be accessible through March 31, 2022. Hello, writers! I’m writing to you today for a very special reason. For the first time in the twenty-eight year history of the … Continue reading 2021 Agents & Editors Conference
Due to a scheduling conflict, our Tuesday, September 28 write-in has been canceled. We hope you'll join us on Saturday, October 2 at 2:00 PM for the next one!Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy.In 2021, the WLT will host two write-ins every month, January through December. These will be 3-hour sessions on Zoom (video … Continue reading 2021 Write-In September 28
Join us for our livestream of this event on our YouTube channel. Please note: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, July 22nd. The new date is Thursday, September 30th. Most of our programming discusses topics on the craft and business of writing, but we don’t often get to talk about what it’s like to be … Continue reading WLT On the Writing Life: “Writing Through Difficult Times” with Laekan Zea Kemp
Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy. In 2021, the WLT will host two write-ins every month, January through December. These will be 3-hour sessions on Zoom (video off, audio off). No speaker or presentation, but your friendly WLT staff will welcome you at the start and will check back in at the end. … Continue reading 2021 Write-In October 2
"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry." - Emily Dickinson For this latest WLT On the Craft of Writing, we're talking poetry with two of our favorite poets: Usha Akella and Kirk Wilson, both with new collections out. In I Will Not Bear You … Continue reading WLT On the Craft of Writing: “Writing Poetry”
Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions focused on the craft of writing. Our Menard, TX event features Meg Gardiner presenting on "Killer Plots: Building Tension & Creating Conflict in Fiction" and Charlotte Gullick presenting on "Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall: … Continue reading Texas Writes in Menard, TX
Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy. In 2021, the WLT will host two write-ins every month, January through December. These will be 3-hour sessions on Zoom (video off, audio off). No speaker or presentation, but your friendly WLT staff will welcome you at the start and will check back in at the end. … Continue reading 2021 Write-In October 12
It's time again for our Monthly Member Meet-up! Have you been wanting to meet another like-minded writer to share critiques with, or interested in creating a writing group? The WLT Monthly Meet-up is a great chance to mix and mingle with fellow writers. Our hope with these meet-ups is to help facilitate writerly connections with … Continue reading Member Meet-up October 2021
This month, join us for the second conversation in our two-part conversation with debut novelists Alex McElroy, Stacey Swann, and Monica West. In April, we spoke to these three authors about "The Road to Publication." (You can view that conversation here.) We're excited to welcome them back - six months later - to talk about … Continue reading October Third Thursday: “Debut Fiction: The Big (Publication) Day and Beyond”
Join us for a special WLT hosted event during Lit Crawl at the Texas Book Festival!SWIPE WRITE: The Texas Author Match GameHave you been looking for love in all the wrong pages? Tired of blind dates with books that go nowhere? Are you ready for that next great read that really gets you? Join us for this … Continue reading WLT@TBF: Lit Crawl Happy Hour
