The Writers’ Mill meets on the third Sunday of every month from 1 till 3pm. In normal times we meet upstairs at the Cedar Mill Library. During Covid we met online with around 20 members at each meeting. And now we’re enjoying hybrid meetings with some members joining in person and others on Zoom.
We’re always delighted to welcome new members, and our membership includes writers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, screenplays, and even songs. Some of us have been published, some dream of being published, and some write just for fun. Find our books on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Mill/e/B081P17P5Q
Meetings might include:
- A talk from a local author, publisher, agent, or member of the group
- Competition results–we have a monthly (password protected) ezine on our site, from which we run monthly competitions, just for feedback and fun.
- Critiques–we have a few critique groups and would love to have more. We used to have group critiques at our meetings–maybe we should re-institute this.
- Writing exercises–or plotting, or finding your passion and purpose, or…
- And conversation with welcoming, likeminded members.
The group started in October 2007 under the leadership of Becky Lovejoy. New members, new leaders, same “Writers Helping Writers.” So join us: No experience necessary. No huge time commitments. Regular attendance recommended but definitely not required… We’d love to meet you!
For a report on a meeting, complete with pictures, go to: https://kickstartyourwriting.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/panel-discussion-on-how-to-self-publish-an-anthology/
Or you can find news of our group and journal at
- pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/242740-109891-words-from-the-writers-mill,
- and http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2014/12/writers_mill_publishes_third_j.html
For more information, ask at the Cedar Mill library!
Author of Onetime Visitor
Available at Powells, Barnes & Noble
Xlibris, Amazon
I’m guessing you’d like a book page, Jack. Anyone else? We could easily post all our books (and magazines, online and otherwise), with appropriate buy/read links, on a separate page–just let me know what you think.
You guys did a great job building the new web site. Thank you so much.
Thank you for the new web site. It looks great and is easy to navigate.
Thank you for the new web site. It looks great and is easy to navigate.
How does one go about joining Writer’s Mill? Simply show up at one of your third-Sunday meetings? What time are the meetings?
Thanks.
Showing up at the meeting is perfect — you get to meet members and “taste” the flavor of our gatherings — Meetings are on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 1PM – 3PM — meeting this next Sunday, Dec. 21st
… and if you can’t make this Sunday, just come any third Sunday and try us out. If you’d like to email me beforehand I can let you know what to expect – speaker, topic, critique, etc… We’ll look forward to seeing you.
These writers are amazing! Not only how they write but how they support one another. Nothing but positive feed back on your stories. They’re kind and they’re encouraging. They are an amazing group of people.
I attended one meeting. Does that make me a member or do I need to sign up in some way? I am getting the email news about the contest and about upcoming events. Let me know if that constitutes membership.
one meeting is sufficient, Glennis — and I think you’re on our email list now too — Welcome! Hope to see you at the November meeting on the 19th
Hi , I would like more info for the writing contest and i would like to get together with other writers and get a little feed back and help in the writings i have been doing. I write short stories and poems .
Here is one poem I have done . I have more.
Fish bowls
Oh the fish bowl.
Has the human put in a room be hide
a glass is this the fish bowl.
Oh the fish bowl is for the fish or not the
human.
As we watch the tv, oh a fish bowl. Oh as we watch
through a window at one another is a fish bowl.
Oh the life in the fish bowl.
some times it seems we are fish in a fish bowl. © 3 months ago, Victoria Ann McCollister misc
Hi Vickie. I hope you can attend a meeting and get on our mailing list to find out about contests.
If you primarily want critique support, consider the Beaverton-Writing Meetup.