West Michigan Author Alliance

Kickoff!
2024-10-12 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Detroit) | Allendale Township Library, 6175 Library Lane, Allendale, Michigan, 49401, United States
Our kickoff meeting features light snacks, conversation, and networking. It’s a great way to start our inaugural TNT celebration!

(Doors open at 1:50, no earlier.)

Fall Writers' Conference 2024
2024-10-19 09:00 - 16:00 | Jason’s Books & Coffee, 1590 44th St SW, Wyoming, Michigan, 49509, United States
The Fall Writers’ Conference focuses on the craft of writing. It’s intended to help people who are eager to write a novel in the autumn or winter to get their bearings to improve their odds of success. Our theme this year is creativity — how to be creative while being anxious as a writer, and how creativity can still work within the publishing industry’s metadata boxes.

Two talks mixed with plenty of hands-on guided and individual work will help participants to walk away with a solid plan for drafting a novel over this year’s cold-weather months.

The conference is sponsored by Lakeshore Literary Foundation. It’s offered as a part of the West Michigan Author Alliance program.

Registration is mandatory through Eventbrite.

PREPtober: The Elements of Storytelling
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:30
This conversation, to be held on our Discord server, focuses on the major elements of storytelling — genre, conflict, and the evolution of language. Q&A to follow.

PREPtober: Engaging with the Act of Writing
2024-10-27 16:00 - 17:30
This Discord session covers tools, software, reference materials, and the “how” (in a technical process sense) of writing long-form fiction.

Community Write-In
2024-11-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-29 19:00 - 20:00
We continue the tradition of an “all-community” virtual write-in on Friday nights. It’s now on Discord; in the days of yore, it was on IRC. Hosted by the Weasel Wranglers.

In-Person Write-In (Jason)
2024-11-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Jason’s Books & Coffee, 1590 44th St SW, Wyoming, Michigan, 49509, United States
Join Jason for a focused in-person write-in at the bookstore. No purchase necessary.

Virtual Write-In (Allyson)
2024-11-02 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-16 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-23 15:00 - 17:00
Join HufflepuffWrites on Discord for a weekly write-in.

Virtual Write-In (Jay)
2024-11-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-24 19:00 - 20:30
Jay’s weekly write-in on Discord.

Virtual Write-In (Bob)
2024-11-04 19:00 - 21:00
Bob’s weekly write-in, on Discord.

In-Person Write-In (Jason)
2024-11-05 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-11-12 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-11-19 17:30 - 19:00 | The Bluestocking Bookshop, 501 Butternut Drive, Unit 3, Holland, Michigan, 49424, United States
Jason at a different bookstore! Yes, ’tis true. Enjoy a lakeshore write-in every Tuesday of November.

In-Person Write-In (Andrew)
2024-11-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Panera Bread (Grandville), 32 44th St SW, Grandville, Michigan, 49418, United States
Join Andrew upstairs at Panera for a weekly write-in. Bring a power strip if you have one.

Day of Knockout Noveling 2024
2024-11-09 10:00 - 18:00 | Jason’s Books & Coffee, 1590 44th St SW, Wyoming, Michigan, 49509, United States
The Day of Knockout Noveling is an eight-hour feast of writing and potlucking. Come and go as you please; bring a dish to pass. And bid on items in the silent auction!

Virtual Write-In (Bob)
2024-11-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-25 19:00 - 21:00
Bob’s weekly write-in on Discord.
