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Door County Mystery Writers Critique Group
The Door County Mystery Writers Critique Group will meet the first Tuesday of every month at 11 am. The purpose of the group is to offer critiques of pages, outlines, synopsis, and query letters, as well as exchanging ideas about plots, etc. The group is facilitated by local writer James Jordan. Find the support and encouragement you need to keep your mystery going!
Find out more »BARDS AND BREWS: An Evening of Sharing Poetry and Beer
Think of it as Door County's Algonquin Round Table, except the table is oblong! Gather with other poets and poetry lovers to read your own poems, talk about poetry -- and assorted other topics -- and enjoy incredible craft beers. Bards and Brews takes place the first Wednesday of the month at beautiful Starboard Brewing Company in the heart of downtown Sturgeon Bay. Whether you are new to poetry or have been writing for years, whether you live in Door County…
Find out more »Great Lakes/Great Books discussion group
A monthly book club discussing works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have the Great Lakes as a setting or as subject matter. This month’s selection is Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye. Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father 35 years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially…
Find out more »Best Book I Never Read
We’ve all done it. Our high school English teacher or a college lit professor assigned a novel that we had every good intention of reading, but time slipped away. So, the night before the exam, we scanned the Cliff Notes or watched the film adaptation. We didn’t do so well on the exam. Here’s a chance to read those books without having to worry about your grade point average! Enjoy some of the fine crafted beers of Starboard Brewing Company…
Find out more »Door County Mystery Writers Critique Group
The Door County Mystery Writers Critique Group will meet the first Tuesday of every month at 11 am. The purpose of the group is to offer critiques of pages, outlines, synopsis, and query letters, as well as exchanging ideas about plots, etc. The group is facilitated by local writer James Jordan. Find the support and encouragement you need to keep your mystery going!
Find out more »Great Lakes/Great Books discussion group
A monthly book club discussing works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have the Great Lakes as a setting or as subject matter. This month’s selection is Barkskins by E. Annie Proulx. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and “Brokeback Mountain,” comes the New York Times bestselling epic about the demise of the world’s forests. In the late seventeenth century two young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord for three years in exchange for land,…
Find out more »ART/SPEAKS: A Free Writing Lab
Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Margaret Lockwood Gallery on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by an accomplished writer, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered quarterly throughout the year. About Art/Speaks: The practice of using words to comment on a piece of visual art—ekphrasis—is an ancient one. One of the earliest and most commonly cited forms…
Find out more »Best Book I Never Read
We’ve all done it. Our high school English teacher or a college lit professor assigned a novel that we had every good intention of reading, but time slipped away. So, the night before the exam, we scanned the Cliff Notes or watched the film adaptation. We didn’t do so well on the exam. Here’s a chance to read those books without having to worry about your grade point average! Enjoy some of the fine crafted beers of Starboard Brewing Company…
Find out more »WRITING ON THE DOOR: Paths to Publication Conference
SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS, PANELS Whether you have a completed manuscript or are just beginning to write, this two-day conference is full of help and inspiration! Authors, agents, editors, and publishers will present on a variety of topics from freelance writing for magazines, entering contests, submitting query letters, finding an agent and more! Workshops Friday Presentations Saturday Registration for both days is $140; one-day registration is $80. See conference schedule below. Please note, schedule is subject to change. FRIDAY, APRIL 12 8:15…
Find out more »WILD WORDS: Celebrate the Lands and Waters of Door County
Join Write On, the Door County Land Trust, and Crossroads in a night of storytelling about Door County’s most treasured natural assets, land and water! Using Pecha Kucha, a Japanese form of storytelling that combines images and words, participants are encouraged to share stories about their experience with our land and water. This program is a collaborative project of Crossroads at Big Creek, Door County Land Trust, and Write On, Door County, presented as part of Celebrate Water Door County, a program…
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