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  Women Who Write Annual Holiday Celebration and Book Exchange December 10th from 6:30-8:30 Bristol Bar & Grille at 1321 Bardstown Road (across from Mid-City Mall) — In a private party room upstairs — Members Only event — Pay after ordering from the menu at the event Plan to join us for our holiday party at The Bristol Bar and ...

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  Photo by Holly Hinson    Fighting and Writing Your Way Through SAD-ness                 The smell of wood smoke                 The crackle of leaves beneath your feet                 The rush of cool air mornings on your skin     ...

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Photo by Megan Thompson Hello Writers!   Fall is my favorite season. There was a time, when I lived in Chicago and flew by the seat of my Ann Taylor Loft suitpants from one thing to another (often from late nights at the law firm to early mornings at a neighborhood bar), when I always felt like I missed out ...

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Photo by Nancy Wynn Hello Writers! On September 22, 2024 at 8:44 a.m., the sun will straddle the equator, and the day and night nearly become equal: the Autumnal Equinox, the first day of fall. What is it about sunrises that make us want to freeze time? Since September of 2023, I have endured the past four seasons wanting to ...

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Open Mic Literary Reading Women Who Write’s Give For Good Louisville Day of Giving Event Fante’s Coffee House, 2501 Grinstead Rd. September 12 6:00-8:00 with the reading at 6:15-7:15 Appetizers provided, beverages available for purchase from the coffee house. Members and their guests only. $10 suggested donation. Space is limited. The first 8 people who sign up online to read are guaranteed ...

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Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash Hello Writers! A friend of mine told me a story. His childhood friend was found dead in his apartment in Ukraine six months after his death. The 50-year-old man had died alone from unknown causes. A dead cat was found by his bed. The man had no immediate family, but he had a nephew ...

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Photo by Daniela E. on Unsplash Hello Writers! I’m now into my third round of garden weeding and fertilizing. I start in spring and just keep going. The rounds of weeding never end. I wish that the flowers were as persistent as the weeds. I have battled these weeds in my backyard for at least fifteen years. They aren’t always ...

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Photo by Giulia Bertelli on Unsplash Hello Writers! With June being Pride Month, and Mother’s Day just past and Father’s Day coming up, I found myself thinking about the little sayings my parents used to try to impart their wisdom, specifically “Pride goes before a fall.”  My parents were born in the mid 1920’s and grew up in the 1930’s ...

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  Join us for a peaceful day of writing among friends at the Valaterra Retreat Center in La Grange, Kentucky. There will be time and space for writing, conversation, walking the trails, and peer critique. Bring a work-in-progress or write something new! We’ll provide a prompt for inspiration. Space is limited. If you need to cancel, please do so no ...

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Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash. May 2024   Hello Writers! We hope April’s showers are bringing May flowers to your writing life. We anticipate full blooms at our May member meeting when we will be joined by author and professor, Angela Jackson-Brown for a special fiction workshop. In anticipation of a magical evening, we bring you this inspiring Q&A ...

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