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, Toni Morrison, Renni Browne with Dave King, Julia Cameron, Lisa Cron, and Blake Snyder. 

Rather than discuss once, we read and practice with one book over a season to explore how to bring the insights into our own writing. This fall, we're doing something different: watching author Brandon Sanderson's lectures. We'll meet every other week from 11-12:30pm on these dates:
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• October 4th, watch Lectures 1 through. 3, Plot Theory
• October 18th, watch Lectures 4 through 7, Customizing Your Character
• November 1st, watch Lectures 8 through 11, How to Worldbuild
• November 15th, watch Lectures 12 through 16, An Ending and A Beginning

​All members welcome, no need to sign up, just show up and ideally watch the lectures (not a requirement, but helpful!) You can jump in at any time, though more fun if you stick with the group for the duration. 

2026 books will likely be selected from these books on writing
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