Write Club

 
 

Fall in Love with Your
 
Writing!
 
Next meeting: Monday March 16th @6pm in the Friends Meeting Room.
Flash Fiction Signup Begins AT THIS MEETING
 

A Valentine's Day Card and a Candle on a Table

Meeting Minutes 1.17
 
Adrian: The scarf on the pedestal begins speaking to the servant, sparking a conversation about why she has no name.
 
Kevin: Faculty Parking. A teaching assistant takes an inappropriate interest in a student.
 
Charles: Shades of the 50s. Poem reflecting on a simpler time.
 
Raza: Heartless One. Poem reflecting on the relationship one has with their faith. 
 
Randy: Archeaological thriller. Ryan moves through a busy city towards an old cathedral to speak with a cardinal. 
 
Douglas: The writer is transported in his mind to a dystopian subway tunnel, finding himself held at knifepoint by a woman demanding The Truth. 
 
Jen: How You Made Us a Family, available now on Amazon. Explores the different ways people come together to be a family in a way that young children can understand. 
 
Walt: Novel about a sentient AI. Gary brings Polly home to his apartment.
 
Meeting Minutes 2.09
Tom: Luci in the Sky with Demons. The narrator and Luci continue to get to know each other, interspersed with mysterious events. 
 
Beth Anne: Grey hosts the post-Mass coffee hour, using internal checklists to organize the chaos. 
 
Kevin: Faculty Parking. A 21 year old teaching assistant and her 16 year old paramour are caught and reported for their relationship. 
 
Samm: Adventures of Harvey Budder. Henry hides in the kitchen as the Coral Sea draws near to her destination. 
 
Melissa: Micah announces that Karana will be the first for a round of personnel reviews. Karana finds the review transformative in unexpected ways.
 
•  Write Club in 2026  â€¢
 
Meeting Schedule for 2026
 
3/16 @6p- Flash Fiction registration IN PERSON, otherwise Regular Meeting
 
3/21 @10:30a- Public Speaking workshop with Adam Vines. Flash Fiction registration IN PERSON
 
3/22- IF there are spots remaining for Flash Fiction, this is when I will send out a call and begin accepting email registrations.
 
4/20 @6p- Flash Fiction Dress Rehearsal
 
4/27 @6p- Flash Fiction- Bring your friends!
 
5/11 @6p- Regular Meeting- 2026 Anthology Guidelines will be distributed
 
5/30@ 10:30a- Regular Meeting- 2026 Anthology Guidelines will be distributed
 
Summer, Fall, Winter dates TBD
 
Got a speaker, event, or workshop you'd like to have in 2026? Please send your ideas to writeclub@hooverlibrary.org
 
 
February Events at HPL

 
 
 

Hoover Public Library
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