Literary event roundup + good advice from Charlie Jane Anders
Greetings, friends!
Lots of good stuff happening this week. In summary:
1) Sit & Write x Blue Stoop: This Wednesday, 7/29, from 4-5pm ET, I will be hosting a 1 hour Sit & Write session in collaboration with Blue Stoop. I'll talk briefly about what S&W is and why it works, then lead attendees in about 45 minutes of silent writing time. All you need to "bring" is something to write with/on. Here's the zoom link; the password is 781807.
2) Sit & Write (regular version): This Saturday, 8/1, from 12-3pm ET. It's the usual thing-- 30 min of literary skill-sharing, 2 hours of silent writing, then 30 minutes of more chit-chat/skill-sharing. Drop-in/out as you please. I'll post the details at the bottom of this email for any newcomers. Here's the Facebook link. Here's the Skype link.
3) This weekend (7/31-8/2) is OutWrite 2020, D.C.'s LGBTQ literary festival. Highlights include "Queering the Disabled Body," "Bad Behavior" (queer women and short fiction), "How do I know when it's done?" (on editin…