I decided to start this group in honor of the growing popularity of young adult fantasy novels in popular culture! Now, more than ever, young adult fantasy has been undergoing a renaissance, with book series like Harry Potter leading to an explosion in creative ya literature. Authors like Suzanne Collins, Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Holly Black, and more have been writing books that use fantasy to explore a wide array of themes and topics, from dystopian futures to forbidden love. This book …

The Washington DC Write to Publish Group is unlike most writers’ groups which focus on critiquing each other’s work. Instead this group is dedicated to the "business side" of writing and educate authors (and would be authors) on what they can expect as they go from finished project to available for sale. Much of what is covered in these seminars can also be found online here: http://www.write2publish.blogspot.com/ The “sessions” generally are done as a lecture with plenty of Q&A. They are …

Have you always thought about writing a book, screenplay, blog, anything? If so, then join us as we meet up in locations around the Loudoun County area and put our creative juices to good use! The purpose of this group is to create a supportive network of aspiring authors. It's a lonely world out there when you write, and we all know we can be our own worst critic. As a group we can encourage each other to meet our goals as well as help each other when necessary. If you are looking to complete a …

We're currently a small group, but interested in expanding in both numbers and styles. We read and critique each other's work, whether it's fiction, poetry, autobiography or something...completely different. Your submission can be any size and as explicit as you'd like. As the head of the group, I can proudly say that I've completed a novel, including heavy revisions, and very nearly have an agent! So any help you'd like on that front can also be offered. I should have added this part sooner, so …

We write fiction and love reading literature. We want to talk with others who are on the fiction writing path about literature. We read excellent fiction, discuss it from a craft perspective, and practice writing pastiches based on those readings. We love the chance to share our pastiches with each other. Consider this a kind of graduate level literary fiction reading/writing/workshop. I am open to location/dates/times/number of times/number of members with the following caveats: If we are going …

Are you working on a non-fiction book, article, script or blog? Are you a fiction author inspired by factual events? Join the Arlington Creative Non-Fiction Writers for constructive critiques and networking opportunities! In addition to constructive feedback, we're also here to support each other in researching, writing, selling and publicizing our projects. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Join us at the Corner Bakery (2111 Wilson Blvd) just steps from the Courthouse Metro!

We are a group of writers who enjoy imaginative, perhaps even offbeat, fiction. Our goal is to write well--or at least better--but with the freedom to make mistakes. We are not here to necessarily produce polished, publishable fiction, but to rather to carve out a space where writers can experiment and have fun in a relaxed and supportive environment. Speculative fiction--which includes science fiction, horror, steampunk, dystopian fiction, and fantasy genres--allows writers of fiction an oppor …

This Meetup Group is the private workspace of the writers group of The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club (http://www.meetup.com/bookclub-1137/). All events will still be coordinated through our main meetup site. This group will be invite-only to attendees of our monthly writers meetups, and is meant to be a private workspace to collaborate and discuss writing projects and challenges. If you'd like to participate, please join the main group and RSVP for one of our monthly writers meetups.

This is a group for female novelists looking to complete a book over the next 12 months. You should join if you're interested in writing, giving feedback to others and receiving feedback on your work. We will motivate each other and get serious work done on our novels. The group is meant to accommodate everyone from beginners to published novelists, so long as you're interested in doing some serious writing in 2012! The group will meet on a bi-weekly basis. I figure this group only needs a few d …

… In short, the current goals are as follow (hopefully with all our inputs and ideas, it can be refined and improved):  Create a non-academic and active environment (Hiking, Biking, Movie&Book discussions, etc) to practice and improve our Persian language. Once there is the critical synergy in the group: As a group, get involved with volunteer activities in the community. Highlight, promote and celebrate various Persian Festivals (i.e Nowruz, Sadeh, Mehregan, Farvardidgan, Ardibehshtgan, Khorda …

Self Coaching to Get That Book, Painting, Screenplay, Idea, Invention or Any Other Project Moving Got a project shoved away in the drawer and you can't pick it up again? Don't have a project but know you want to do more with your life? Learn the secrets of getting started and staying going from the emerging field of Creativity Coaching. Creativity Coaching can help anyone---aspiring writers, painters, magicians, quilters, to hobbyist photographers---you name it, anyone who takes on spec …

The Leesburg Bluestockings gets its name from the 18th century literary club, The Blue Stocking Society. In 18th century England, Blue Stocking women supported each other in intellectual endeavors such as reading, artwork, and writing. The Leesburg Bluestockings meet once every six weeks to discuss "brainy" books. You may not wear stockings anymore (unless you're Kate Middleton!), but as women, we still need to carve out an intellectual forum. Join us!

… WSFA Press publishes anthologies and collections of stories and the WSFA Journal prints minutes of meetings and writings by members and friends. Non-members are encouraged to attend our regular meetings, held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. These gatherings include a brief business meeting, followed by light refreshments and conversation. Occasionally, we also hold other events, such as parties and trips to see movies. Our regular meetings are held in members' homes in the greater DC ar …

This group will meet to explore all the ways that expressive arts (especially art journals, visual diaries and vision boards) can help us understand and express who we are in the world, make meaning of our lives and the events in them, and move us closer to the lives we envision for ourselves. We'll spend some time each meeting exploring a new technique or theme, give everyone some time to work on a personal project, and share what we discover. No experience required!

… I searched the library and Amazon for books on brainstrorming and was sorely disappointed - nothing was inspirational. If this group developes and works well, we should write that book! In the meantime, let's help each other spiral upwards in our lives with brainstorming! All are welcome! (The formating of my Word Document below is all wacky and nearly unreadable. But it is reasonably complete, so I have kept it!) PRIMARY BRAINSTORMING GROUP Primary Goal: Ongoing development and use of brainst …

… Before we know it, bit-money will challenge the major world currencies with an international offering -- fundamentally more flexible, inherently more convenient, and spectacularly more empowering than metal coins, paper bills and "clouded" account-based book-keeping. Much as Noah built his ark before the flood, so it is of prudence and even of necessity to assemble a forum of bankers, finance and payment thinkers, fiscal experts, and financial fraud specialists to examine and specify the desi …