It’s the first ever WLT Book Club and we hope you’ll join in! All summer long (June, July, & August), we’ll be reading the debut novels featured at our April Third Thursday panel discussion. We’ll get together monthly on Zoom to discuss one of the books. Each discussion will be led by a WLT staff … Continue reading WLT Book Club: Revival Season by Monica West
We hope you can join us for our New Member Orientation on Thursday, August 12 at 7:15 PM CDT on Zoom. We'll share a short presentation about the ins and outs of membership, including the many member benefits you can take advantage of, how to set up your member experience on the WLT website, special programs and opportunities … Continue reading New Member Orientation August 2021
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 August 2021
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 August 17
The publishing industry is constantly changing. It's important to stay up-to-date with things like trends, best sellers, and sales, but there's so much more that goes into writing a book, especially when you're an adult writing for teens. Join us in August as we dive into what it takes to write YA today with three … Continue reading August Third Thursday: “Writing YA Today”
A few times a year, the WLT hosts WLT Off the Beaten Craft, a free presentation from an author who knows their stuff, focused on a genre, form, or topic that we don’t often get to talk about. These “Off the Beaten Craft” presentations are free and open to all. About the event: In this … Continue reading WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “The Ins & Outs of Sensitivity Reading” with Shenwei Chang
$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one month. Are you in a writing group but not sure how to give good feedback on others’ work? Giving and receiving feedback is a learned skill that writers can develop and hone, and learning how to participate in … Continue reading “How to Give & Receive Writing Critiques” with John Pipkin
Join us for our livestream of this event on our YouTube channel. Join us for a conversation with two industry experts - Beth deGuzman (VP, Digital and Paperback Publisher, Grand Central Publishing/ Hachette Book Group) and Monique Patterson (VP, Editorial Director, Acquisitions Outreach at the St. Martin's Publishing Group) - as we discuss the ins and … Continue reading Ask Us Anything: “The Path to Publication”
$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one month. How do you tell a story in a page? How do you condense all the necessary elements into 1,000 words or less? Effective flash nonfiction renders a pivotal moment or theme from our lives with precise language, … Continue reading “Flash Nonfiction: The Charm of the Focused Essay” with Charlotte Gullick
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 September 4
