(Once we have a few members, we will decide where/when to meet.) This is a new workshop group of Gulf Coast poetry and fiction writers. We will get together once-a-month to critique each others work. Essentially, we will discuss what we like about a piece, and what we think can be improved. The emphasis is on nurture: how one writer can help another via thoughtful comments and suggestions. Everyone's manuscripts (2,500 words max) are traded via email one week prior to the meeting, then printe …

Rumi was many things in his life and one of the most important was master presenter of heart-space. It appears as though from the time he met his teacher, Shams of Tabriz, he began to exist almost continuously within that heart-space and his nearly every utterance was poetic presentation of that inner landscape revealing the possibilities of experience that this human existence offers. While he was one of the best educated people of his time, he obviously had a Knowledge you don't get in college …

This is an interactive writing group designed to provide a source of information , motivation, and opportunity for writers to sharpen their writing skills. Member-driven workshops and contests at bi-weekly meetings are designed to give you that edge and motivate you to meet schedules, share writing problems, find solutions, and get encouragement and support from like-minded individuals. Once you have sat down and written your project, and it has been corrected and edited, the real work begins. T …