• Wednesday - 5/8 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Frisco Library, 8000 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, Texas (1st Floor Creativity Commons Room)

Theme: Sci-Fi (in tribute to May the 4th and Revenge of the 6th)

6:30pm - Introductions

6:50pm - Writing Activity - Bec & Abby*

7:10pm - Presentation:  How to Create Worlds Among the Stars ... and How to End Them, Brianna

7:40pm - Critiquing Mini-Groups**

8:30pm - adjourn

*Writing Activity - Bring your favorite writing tools (pen & paper, laptop, etc.) for a quick writing exercise. 

**Critiquing Mini-Groups – At this meeting, everyone will get a chance to have your writing critiqued. Here are instructions:

• Bring 4 printed copies of something you’ve written to our meeting. This can be up to 750 words (about 3 pages) of a story, novel, memoir, nonfiction book, poetry, or even an outline. 

• During our critiquing time, we’ll be breaking into groups of 3 to 4 people. 

• You’ll share your writing sample or notes with the small group, and they can be there for brainstorming time or provide constructive feedback for improving your writing.

• Wednesday - 6/12  - Summer Fun

• Wednesday - 7/10  - Betrayal (July is named after Julius Caesar)

• Wednesday - 8/14  - Opposites

• Wednesday - 9/11 - Character Development

• Wednesday - 10/9  - Spooky/Eerie + How to Survive NaNoWriMo

• Wednesday - 11/13  - Cliches

• Wednesday - 12/11  - Holiday Folklore + Gift Exchange

• Everyone Writes a Line

• Share Examples from Great Writers (other than us)

• Craft Books / How-to-Write Books

• Genre & Subgenres Talks

• Overview of All Writing Genres - Bill 

• Translating Written Books to Audio 

• How to Digitally Market Your Book

• How to Build a Budget for Publishing a Book

• How to Write Dialog

• Using Personality Types for Character Development - Kathleen 

• How to Create a Story from Conception to Completion Before You Write the First Word - Bill E

We are a friendly community of people who enjoy writing. Our members include people who range from beginning writers to published authors. All genres are represented including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's, and more. 

We gather once a month to share our work, offer thoughtful feedback, and discuss the writing and publishing processes. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the Frisco Public Library in Frisco, Texas.

Are you looking for an accountability partner, seeking supportive feedback on your writing, or wanting to learn how to publish a book? Join us for inspiration and education. Our encouraging, respectful members look forward to helping you on your writing journey.   

To join our writers club, please attend one of our monthly meetings. Information about each meeting can be found at the top of this page.

Here's the format we typically follow during our monthly meetings:

• Welcome & Introductions (20 minutes)

• Announcements & Updates (10 minutes)

• Presentation from a Guest Speaker (30 minutes)

• Critiques (45 minutes)

• Fun Writing-Related Activity (15 minutes)

Click here to join our Facebook group.

• Ariel Slick - Ariel's services as a ghostwriter

• Becky Michael - Becky's blog with samples of her writing and musings about this and that 

• Bill Etter - Articles, blogs, and classes

• Carmina Esquivel - Carmina's website, info about her book, her bio and extras

• Fergal O'Donnell - Fergal's author website including chapters from his science fiction novel

• Jennifer Evans - Jennifer's services as a professional editor, her book, and tips for writing

• Kristina Brown - Kristina's website for suicide prevention.

• Linda Baten Johnson - Linda's biography, books, blog, and more

• M.L. James - Mona's blog  with the stories of this life gone astray.

• Morgan Kosinski - Morgan's blog with personal essays, book reviews,  erotic literature, and more

• Rich Blazevich - Rich's blog with tips for writing and self-publishing books

Awards & Featured Authors: 

• • Linda Baten Johnson announced as winning author in 2021 Frisco Library Flash Fiction Contest (click here to see a video of Linda reading her Flash Fiction story)

Recently Published: 

• • Becky Ross Michael has 4 Fairy Tale Poems for Young Kids on the Empowered Parents website

Publishing Soon: 

• • coming soon

September 2022

July 2022

June 2022

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

Recommended Services:

• Editors: JMFEditor.com (Jennifer Evans)

• Coaching Services for First-Time Authors: YourPublishingGuide.com (Rich Blazevich)

• Book Cover Designers: Freelancer.com

• Book Formatters: Fiverr

Writing Tools:

• Writing Software: Scrivener

• Reedsy - a community of over 1 million authors and 2,500 freelance professionals — helping bring more than 15,000 books to market each year

• Alliance of Independent Authors - a non-profit membership organization for self-publishing authors providing advice, guidance, and a range of resources

• Best & Worst Publishing Services from Alliance of Independant Authors

• DFWCon - an annual writers' conference that provides educational programs, workshops, access to literary agents, and professional networking opportunities; scheduled for Oct 23-24, 2021

• QueryTracker - a site for helping authors find literary agents

• Frisco Library - Events and resources for members of the Frisco community

Rich Blazevich - President

Brianna Jean Taeuber - Secretary

Becky Bruning & Abby Sweatt - Czars of Fun

Benjamin Maxwell - VP of Social Media & Website 

Jeanette Smith - VP of Critiquing

Bill Etter- VP of Membership

Shawna Watson - Treasurer

Fergal O'Donnell & Gary Thornberry - Presidents Emeritus