Gifts for Readers and Writers

By Ali Shaw, Executive Editor I have not always been a great gift giver. As a child I used to puff paint T-shirts and even gave my grandpa a gimmicky hands-free light set that was essentially flashlights zip tied to glasses frames. Yikes! Through a little growing up,...

Power Outages

As much of Portland is without power (including heat, internet, and the ability to charge computers and phones) due to the recent storm, we ask for your patience while some of our team members may be unable to respond to emails and phone calls for a few days. And...

Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write: Summer 2020 Links

Hi, writers! We’re continuing our weekly Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write write-ins every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time. We chat for thirty minutes online, and then we all sign off to do an hour of quiet writing time in our own space. If you’d like to...

April 2 Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write

Join us for a Zoom-based Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write session on April 2! Ali will be hosting. Here’s how to participate: 1. Go to www.zoom.us and make an account if you don’t already have one. 2. Between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. Pacific time tomorrow night (Thursday, April...

Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write on Zoom

Vinnie is our host tonight, and again because of the coronavirus concerns, we are meeting via Zoom online to chat about writing and then head into our own quiet writing time. Join us! We’ll do our usual social time between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. Pacific time, but it will...