The Writers Grotto is a creative community of writers and artists based in the San Francisco Bay Area. JD Beltran, Xandra Castleton, and Po Bronson from the San Francisco Writers Grotto January 16th, 3:00 p.m"642 Things to Write About — How the Writers Grotto Created this Magical Book of Prompts in 24 Hours"The story of the how the book started, […]
Author Event NO NEED FOR WMC MEMBERS TO REGISTER FOR THIS ZOOM EVENT The link to enter the meeting will be sent via email on Feb. 13th and again on Feb. 20th. The public is welcome to send an email to WritersMendocinoCoast@Gmail.com to request the Zoom link. At the close of the presentation, the Zoom session will […]
NO NEED FOR WMC MEMBERS TO REGISTER FOR THIS ZOOM EVENT The link to enter the meeting will be sent via email on March 13th and again on March 20th. The public is welcome to send an email to WritersMendocinoCoast@Gmail.com to request the Zoom link. All meetings are recorded. At the close of the presentation, the Zoom […]
April is Poetry Month Writing the Feels: How Poets Render Emotion Michelle Peñaloza NOTE DIFFERENT DATE & TIME: Sunday, April 24, 5:00 p.m. Zoom We'll engage in close and critical reading of a few narrative poems together, examining specific craft elements to investigate different poets' strategies to render and elicit emotion. Syntax and lineation, understatement, […]
It's Smatch-Up Time Again Join us for our popular annual event that stretches your writing imagination. One author starts a piece, another finishes it. Click here for rules and registration information. It's one of our most fun experiences of the year. March 31st is the last date for sign-ups. The following writers will read five […]
Annual Smatch-Up Extravaganza June 19th Meeting at 3:00 p.m. Zoom This much-loved event returns under the theme of "One Monday in October." One author writes a poem or story that another finishes. Authors were unanonimously paired last month. End results will be read at this meeting. Join us for a fun afternoon of great writing […]
Launch of Ekphrasis X July 17 Meeting, 3:00 p.m. Zoom This meeting is dedicated to Doug Fortier, who is responsible for creating Ekphrasis for WMC. Hear and see Doug's 2020 and 2021 Ekphrasis […]
Spotlight on Poets Sunday, August 21, 3 p.m. Zoom WMC member Michelle Blackwell, journalist and host of KZYX's Upwelling, will interview four poets: WMC members Notty Bumbo, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios and Jonathan Pazer, plus Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate Sidney Regelbrugge. Each author […]
September Speaker Ericka Lutz Sunday, September 18, 3:00 p.m. Zoom Self-Editing Techniques to Ease Your Writerly Journey Like a sword that cuts but cannot cut itself; Like an eye that sees but cannot see itself. – Zenrin-kushu The difference between an amateur and professional-level writer often comes down to willingness to revise. But editing your […]
EKPHRASIS RETURNS Sunday, October 16, 3 p.m. Zoom This annual event reveals the secret pairings of WMC writers with artists from The Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino. Writer Initiators: Lynn Kiesewetter, Nona Smith, Naty Osa, Michelle Blackwell, Sharon Bowers, Norma Watkins, Nancy Harris McLelland, Mary Ellen Mynatt, Les Cizek. Art Responders: windflower, Susan Fisher, Karen Lewis, […]
WRITING FLASH FICTION Elizabeth Stix Sunday, November 20, 3 p.m. Zoom According to novelist and short story writer Peter Orner, "The difference between a short story and a novel is the difference between a pang in your heart compared to the tragedy of your whole life. It's all a matter of how you feel the […]
2023 WMC ANTHOLOGY READINGS Sunday, January 15, 3 p.m. Zoom In celebration of the upcoming release of Common Ground, the following authors will read five minute excerpts from their stories and poems: windflower, Earlene Gleisner, Maureen Eppstein, Susan Lundgren, Mary-Ellen Campbell, Fran Schwartz, Naty Osa, Nancy Wallace-Nelson, windflower, Sallie Reynolds, Maureen Eppstein, Sharon Gilligan, […]
Sunday, March 19th at 3:30 p.m. 2023 WMC Anthology Readings (Part II)--in person again NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Third Sunday (March 19), The Well (At the corner of Albion and Lansing in Mendocino, head down Albion toward the ocean. The Well is on the first block on the right, between The […]
Sunday, April 16th, 3:30 p.m. THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE In this interactive workshop, Susan Ito will take you on a narrative journey through and beyond your most meaningful, mysterious, evocative and precious photo images. Using photographic images as prompts, we will explore the stories that lie beyond the frame. Bring 4-6 personal photos that […]
Sunday, May 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m. SmatchUp New Meeting Location: the Community Center of Mendocino, 998 School Street, Mendocino. If you cannot be with us in person, try joining us at live streaming our meeting on Facebook.To watch the meeting on Facebook Live, please join WMC's new Facebook Account--also titled Writers of the Mendocino Coast. If […]