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Meetup details changed: July 16th *South* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/ calendar/8301433/ When: July 16, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Dominican Joe Cof
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Meghan | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Sorry! RE: [writers-654] Please update your RSVPs - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Sorry for the spamming! The last message wasn't meant to go out to the mailing& | Meghan | Jul 1, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Please update your RSVPs - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Oh no! Well at least you showed up eevn if it was on the wrong side o | Meghan | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Please update your RSVPs - OMG! Meghan. I showed up... just at the wrong location... I went to Dominican Joe's and sat there until 5 past 7 wondering why nobody showed up... then I realized I was at the wrong location... I'm so sorry... I've been out of sort | Ms. Z | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Please update your RSVPs - There was a small group signed up for tonight's weeknight meetup but I was the only one that showed up. Please try to remember to change your RSVP if you end up not being able to make it to a meeting. I know it's a holiday week and the meeting was on a Tu | Meghan | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Writing Your Life As A Woman class featured on radio interview Monday 6/30 1pm CT - Dear Fellow Writers, I'll be the guest on the Good News show on KOOP 91.7 (stream live at koop.org ) Monday, June 30, from 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. I'll be discussing the power of a daily writing practice, w | Dean Lofton | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Important note about the 28th - Please remember that msyelf, V, or Meghan will not be able to be at this meetup; and Linda had volunteered, but has not yet rsvp'd. She may yet show up; as of tomorrow I am out of pocket for a week. But I have arranged for the tables to be marked, so wh | heath | Jun 26, 2008 |
| New Meetup: July 1st *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: July 1st *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup When: July 1, 2008 7:00 PM Meeting fee: $1.00 per person Where: Click the link below to find out! | Meghan | Jun 23, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Note on the 28th meetup - No Organizer available - Preview not available | Linda Robin | Jun 15, 2008 |
| Writing Your Life As A Woman - community creative writing class - Preview not available | Dean Lofton | Jun 15, 2008 |
| Note on the 28th meetup - No Organizer available - By a curious stroke of ill fortune, myself, V and Meghan will all be gone on the 28th. So, none of us will be able to facilitate this meetup (which was slated to be a discussion meetup). If anyone else is willing to, let us know, and we can keep the | heath | Jun 15, 2008 |
| New Meetup: June 28 Writers Discussion Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: June 28 Writers Discussion Meetup When: June 28, 2008 2:00 PM Price: Recommended donation $1.00 to $5 per person Where: Click the link below to | heath | Jun 14, 2008 |
| New Meetup: June 18th *South* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: June 18th *South* Weeknight Discussion Meetup When: June 18, 2008 7:00 PM Price: $1.00 per person Where: Click the link below to find out! | Meghan | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Today's meetup! 2pm - A few spaces have opened up for today's meetup. You're encouraged to rsvp and come, especially if you had decided not to rsvp before because it was full. See you, - Heath | heath | May 31, 2008 |
| Meeting details changed: June 4th *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - There seems to still be some confusion about the date. Originally the title said the 4th but the date on the meeting description defaulted to the 10th. The 10th is incorrect. The meeting will be on Wednesday June 4th. All information should now be correct | Meghan | May 28, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] New Meeting: June 4th *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - I'm a bit confused about when this is. Is it Wed June 4th or Tuesday, June 10? Meghan <[address removed]> wrote: Announci | Peggy Lamb | May 28, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: June 4th *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - I've updated this meeting so the dates match up. To clarify the meeting will be on June 4th. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/8024941/ W
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Meghan | May 28, 2008 |
| New Meeting: June 4th *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: June 4th *North* Weeknight Discussion Meetup When: Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 PM Meeting fee: USD1.00 per person Where: Click the link below to fi | Meghan | May 27, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: May 20th Weeknight Discussion Meetup - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7946670/ When: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:00 PM Where: Dominican
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Meghan | May 18, 2008 |
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New Meeting: May 31 Writers Discussion Meetup - Please don't forget the current upcoming meetup this weekend also: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7899712/ Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup G
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heath | May 15, 2008 |
| Week night meetups - For all those that have attended one of the week night meetups thank you. They have been going really well. Next week's meetup will be a little out of sync but after that I think we have nailed down a schedule for the week night meetups where we will be h | Meghan | May 14, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Austin Writers May Write-In! - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: Austin Writers May Write-In! When: Saturday, May 17, 2:00 PM recommended donation: USD1.00 to $5 per meetup Where: Click the link below to find | heath | May 8, 2008 |
| Next meetup error: It will be a Write-In - Roy pointed out an error. There's been a lot of talking among the co-organizers about different types of meetups and different places over the last few days, and I got it all confused in my head. Roy rightly points out that the next session is slated to | heath | May 8, 2008 |
| New Meeting: May Writers Discussion Meetup (2!) - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: May Writers Discussion Meetup (2!) When: Saturday, May 17, 2:00 PM recommended donation: USD1.00 $5 per meetup Where: Click the link below to f | heath | May 8, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Emailing Nancy - Ah, yet again a message meant for one person goes to all. -sigh- I am trying to figure out if there's a possible way to get a northern meetup to fit into the schedule in a regular and consistent manner; I am concerned about the calendar becoming con | heath | May 7, 2008 |
| Emailing Nancy - Hi Sherri; please send to: Thanks.. "Email me directly at nancyjac @ swbell dot net (fix this to be correct format--if I type it as a legit email address, it gets deleted) and I will provide more info. There are only 2 of us rig | heath | May 7, 2008 |
| Contacting Nancy about north writers - Sorry for that; it was meant to be a direct mail. It's late. Again, then, for those northerners who want to talk with Nancy about meeting up north, here's her email. If enough of you are interested, it may be worth you folks starting up a separate m | heath | May 7, 2008 |
| Emailing Nancy directly - Rachelle, I'd like to have you message Nancy directly rather than sending all of these through the list. She sent out a message this eve with her email in it; please let me know if you need that email resent to you. Thanks, - heath | heath | May 7, 2008 |
| North area meet ups - | Nancy Jacobs | May 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - I would be interested in North Austin places in addition to the one that meets at Dominican Joe's. Gas is not an issue for me--I don't drive--but I'd need a place I could get to easily by bus. Round Rock and Pfluge | James Scott Bankston | May 6, 2008 |
| Re: RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - I would be interested in suggestions for indoor spots, as I like controlled temperatures, no wind, no flying insects--that sort of thing. But also indoor places where the music isn't deafeningly loud. JSB April <[address removed] | James Scott Bankston | May 6, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Looking forward to Saturday! - Hello All, I enjoyed the meeting on Saturday---I hope to see everyone at the next one. ---Bill William | Bill | May 6, 2008 |
| Re: RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } I am not all that active in the group (have not yet been to a meeting - shame o | April | May 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - | Muriel Perkins | May 6, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Back to Writing - (All the discussion is great. Please do try to trim off the trailing stuff at the ends of your forwards..) On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Nancy Jacobs wrote: > I haven't been to a meeting either for 2 reasons. One is locati | heath | May 6, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Back to Writing - | Nancy Jacobs | May 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - Try also the Botanical Garden at Zilker. I've only read about it, but I hear that among its attractions is a Japanese garden. Scarlett Angell <[address removed]> wrote: | James Scott Bankston | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - There's plenty of places on the UT campus--there's a small grove of trees south of the LBJ Library atop a hill, overlooking the big fountain. There's a turtle pond just north of the UT Tower. And there's a balcony on the second floor west side of the Uni | James Scott Bankston | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - Preview not available | Scarlett Angell | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - Preview not available | Meghan | May 5, 2008 |
| Inquiry (Off-topic): Apartments in Austin! - Remember how I was saying I wanted to see the Austin Writers and Austin Experimental Artists meetups eventually form into creative communities? Well, it was all so that I could eventually ask a very off-topic and 'community'-ish question. (Not really | heath | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - There's always someone writing at Spider House. V <[address removed]> wrote: | James Scott Bankston | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - Are you indoorsy or outdoorsy? Try the grounds of Laguna Gloria--or better yet, the gardens of Mayfield Park right next door. My favorite indoor spaces in town include UT's Life Science Library Reading Room, Architecture Library Reading Room | James Scott Bankston | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - | V | May 5, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - I also feel the need to support Heath as an organizer. I run a different meetup group and I enjoy it, but it is a lot of work and sometimes there are hassles and it does cost the organizer $72 for six months. Organizers do make a choice to organize, bu | jean | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - Preview not available | Meghan | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Back to Writing - | V | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - Preview not available | Meghan | May 5, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - Preview not available | christopher s vogel | May 5, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - | V | May 5, 2008 |
| Followup to Chris's comment - Chris's critique fwd'd through. I would answer in saying that long, long ago, meetup.com did not charge its Organizers fees, but supported itself through advertising. But those days are long, long gone. The charging of fees to Organizers is probably ba | heath | May 5, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - | christopher s vogel | May 5, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Weekday meetup - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: Weekday meetup When: Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 PM Meeting fee: USD1.00 per person Where: Click the link below to find out! Who should | Meghan | May 4, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Supporting the meetup - Good evening: folks; My name is Greg , and I was at the last several Writers' meeting. Because of my new job, my only time of availability would be at nights. Some of the weekend-meetings I will not be available to make because I may | greg | May 4, 2008 |
| Looking forward to Saturday! - Well, we have our 15. It's been going well over the last few meetups to have a slightly smaller but more focused discussion, so let's see if we can keep it going. If you do come, and wish to donate to the recurring $20/mo organizer's fee, there's a PayP | heath | May 1, 2008 |
| Change to URL of Austin Writers web forum - In anticipation of retiring the austinwriters.net domain name and setting up some art-related forums on my main server, I've moved the Austin Writers web forum. The only thing that has changed at this stage is the URL; everything else, from logins to exi | heath | Apr 30, 2008 |
| New Meeting: May Writers Discussion Meetup - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: May Writers Discussion Meetup When: Saturday, May 3, 2:00 PM recommended donation: USD1.00 to $5 per meetup Where: Click the link below to find | heath | Apr 28, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: Weekday meetup - I've added more info about the meeting fee. I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7798486/ When: Monda
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Meghan | Apr 23, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Weekday meetup - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: Weekday meetup When: Monday, April 28, 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Who should come: Anyone interested in participating in | Meghan | Apr 23, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Austin Writers April Write-In! - Announcing a new meeting for The Austin Writers Meetup Group! What: Austin Writers April Write-In! When: Saturday, April 19, 2:00 PM Recommended donation: USD1.00 to $5 per meetup Where: Click the link below to | heath | Apr 12, 2008 |
| Weekday meetup - Hello again, Thanks to everyone that responded to my original e-mail about a weekday meetup. I've had some positive responses so I'm going to go ahead and give it a try. I've posted the first one for next Tuesday at our usual location of Domini | Meghan | Apr 8, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: Weekday meetup - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7696723/ When: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM Where: Dominica
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Meghan | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Weekday meetup is being worked out - Meghan is at work on a weekday meetup, so I thank those who've written in support of it; it's underway now. Go team! -h | heath | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Interest in a weeknight meetup - Hi Meghan, Mondays through Thursdays are all better for me than Fridays through Sundays. Saul On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Jeff C < [address removed] & | S N | Apr 7, 2008 |
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Re: [writers-654] Interest in a weeknight meetup -
Hi Meghan,
A weeknight meetup would be much better for me than
Saturdays.
Jeff Coley
"Not sucking is an unusual goal for a screenwriting manual."
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Jeff C | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Words for Freewriting - As promised, first in a series. One great way to exercise your writing ability and jumpstart the writing habit is to freewrite. Freewriting is when you write based on any given starting point, and let yourself write freely til the train of thought | heath | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Blech, double-posts are a bummer. :( - Ugh, the meetup interface gracefully sprang me error messages the first 3 times I tried to send the note, and so as a result, it seems you all got 3 copies. My apologies. They said computers wuld make our lives easier..! - Heath | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| PayPal-enabled; new features and writing games to come! - Dear Writers, Just a quick note to let you know that I've made an improvement to the Meetup's website. As you probably know by now, I have had to begin requesting donations to cover the organizer and time costs of running the Meetup. | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| PayPal-enabled; new features and writing games to come! - Dear Writers, Just a quick note to let you know that I've made an improvement to the Meetup's website. As you probably know by now, I have had to begin requesting donations to cover the organizer and time costs of running the Meetup. | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| PayPal-enabled; new features and writing games to come. - Dear Writers, Just a quick note to let you know that I've made an improvement to the Meetup's website. As you probably know by now, I have had to begin requesting donations to cover the organizer and time costs of running the Meetup. | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| Supporting the meetup - Chris V sent this idea through. "...or, as a possible alternative, someone(Heath) could set up a (free)yahoo group and redirect the membership over there ...where it wouldn't be a financial burden on anyone ...just my two cents ..." | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Thank you to Yvonne and Meghan for being co-organizers - | V | Apr 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Interest in a weeknight meetup - | V | Apr 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Interest in a weeknight meetup - | Ryan Perry | Apr 6, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Interest in a weeknight meetup - Hi Meghan, I haven't been to a meetup yet (I just moved to Austin this week) but I'm interested in the weeknight meetup. Wednesday from 7-9 works for me as well, but my evening schedule is pretty flexible right now. Thanks, Ash | Ashley | Apr 6, 2008 |
| Thank you to Yvonne and Meghan for being co-organizers - I want to thank Meghan and Yvonne for being willing to be marked as Co-Organizers. Now that the writers meetups have been in motion for a year, and we have a rhythm and a great number of repeat attendees, I am hoping that it can begin to become more self | heath | Apr 6, 2008 |
| Interest in a weeknight meetup - Preview not available | Meghan | Apr 6, 2008 |
| ! May be pressed to be there on time; Old hands, arrange the tables and welcome folks! - I may be a few minutes late to the meetup due to something pretty urgent I need to do first. It looks like it may be a lighter meetup this time around, which is fine since we've been at capacity for most recent ones. If you have been to one | heath | Apr 5, 2008 |
| PS on writing samples for next meetup (length) - It turns out I didn't have anything about length in this version of the meetup blub. So, if you bring a sample, please try to have it stay between 1 and 4 pages. Thanks! - Heath | heath | Mar 30, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: April Writers Discussion Meetup - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7583262/ When: Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM Where: Dominica
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heath | Mar 30, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: Austin Writers March Write-In! - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7492660/ When: Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM Where: Dominic
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heath | Mar 16, 2008 |
| Here's a helpful plot chart, have fun - Have a great day - Andrew | Andrew Hughes | Mar 8, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: March Writers Meetup (sharing & discussion) - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7399043/ When: Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 2:00 PM Where: Dominica
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heath | Mar 2, 2008 |
| Non-fiction writers group - | Nancy Jacobs | Feb 25, 2008 |
| Sunday's Write-In - May need to be self-organizing - I have been battling flu the last 2 days, with 103 to 101 temperature (luckily headed down now rather than up). I have already said I will need to bow out of Saturday's Experimental Artists Happy Hour. It may well be that I will not be able to be at Dom | heath | Feb 22, 2008 |
| writers groups and book club - Dear Group: I've met many of you in the Austin Writer's Meetup group, and wanted to let you know I'm hosting a monthly Personal Upgrade book club, the 1st Sunday of the month at BookPeople's community room at 7pm. For March 2, we're reading Feel the | jean | Feb 22, 2008 |
| Question from a member - Say all, Jeanne sent this inquiry to me, and while I may not have all the answers for her, some of you may know some great resources to point her to. Others here may benefit rom your answers too, so please reply to the list! (I believe she means writing | heath | Feb 18, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: February End-of-Month Write-In - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7207940/ When: Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM Where: A loca
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heath | Feb 7, 2008 |
| Meeting details changed: February mid-month Write-In - !! - Important - Location for write-in is UNAVAILABLE. See change for update; cancellation is likely, barring a miracle. I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: | heath | Feb 5, 2008 |
| Reminder on RSVPs for Sunday - At this point we're at our 20 rsvps! A reminder that, if you feel it's likely you won't be able to go, please do free up your rsvp slot for another. There'll be plenty more where this came from! :) - Heath | heath | Feb 5, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: February mid-month Write-In - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7207940/ When: Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM Where: Domin
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heath | Feb 2, 2008 |
| Looking forward to the sunday discussion meetup! - I'm looking forward to it! If you find or realize you're not going to be able to make it, do un-reserve your spot so that someone else can try. Please let me know (mail me directly via the meetup interface) if you would like to bring something | heath | Jan 25, 2008 |
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Event details changed: 2nd January Writers Meetup: Discussion / Work Sharing - I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/7099137/ When: Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 2:00 PM Where: Dominican
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heath | Jan 20, 2008 |
| Ruta Maya poetry open mic - Again tonight I'm heading to Ruta Maya at Penn Field for open mic poetry. I've reworked another of my (longer) short pieces into a little impressionistic poem thingie. I won't get there til well after 7, as I work til 7; and normally these thi | heath | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Re: [writers-654] Event details changed: January mid-month Write-In - Preview not available | heath | Jan 6, 2008 |
| RE: [writers-654] Event details changed: January mid-month Write-In - Preview not available | Catherine | Jan 6, 2008 |
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Event details changed: January mid-month Write-In - I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://writers.meetup.com/654/calendar/6918335/ When: Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM Where: Dominic
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heath | Jan 5, 2008 |
| New related group: Austin Creative Singles - As work towards one of my new years resolutions, you might say, I've taken the step of creating a side-group. It's not meant to have meetups of its own, but rather as a way for creative singles to tactfully self-identify. I'll be continuing to focus on | heath | Jan 4, 2008 |
| Spontaneous mini-meetup: Ruta Maya open mic poetry, tonight, 6-9 - So, I think I've worked up the bravery needed to go read some of my pieces, transcribed in prose-poem form, at the weekly Ruta Maya poetry open mic tonight from 6-9. Anyone interested, or anyone who has some they would read themselves, are welcomed to co | heath | Jan 1, 2008 |
| Change to Austin Writers meetup group messaging - I've changed the settings of the Austin Writer's Meetup Group email list such that posts are moderated. This means you can still communicate about writing, and especially about things talked about at the actual meetups. But incoming messages will be hel | heath | Dec 26, 2007 |
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