The Salon Book Club

In the Salon book club, we read books about writing. Very meta, we know.

We've read Anne Lamott, Samuel Delany, bell hooks, Amy Tan, Ursula Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut with Suzanne McConnell, Ernest Hemingway, Donald Maass, Roy Peter Clark, Mary Oliver, Michael Kardos, Matthew Salesses, Stephen King, George Saunders, Mary Karr, and Toni Morrison.

Rather than discuss once, we read and practice with one book over ten weeks to explore how to bring the insights into our own writing.

This fall, we're doing a mid-season re-boot. The first books we picked weren't quite a match, so in the spirit of editing, we're taking a red pen to the plan and now reading "Self-Editing For Fiction Writers," but with a twist - a chance to apply it to our work. Here are the details: 
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• Nov 2nd, read through chapter 6
• Nov 16th, read through the end
• Nov 30th, workshop on your own​
• Dec 14th, discussion about the process of editing

​All members welcome, no need to sign up, just show up and ideally read (not a requirement, but helpful!) ​It's encouraged to stick with the group for the duration, but understandable if schedule changes mean missing one or two. 

Sneak preview of likely books for 2025 (selected from this long list of books on writing).
Jan - Mar: The Artist's Way, Apr - May: Story Genius, Jun-Jul: Save The Cat, Sep - Nov: Brandon Sanderson lectures OR Novelist As A Vocation