Flying Fingers and Aching Backs: the Red Hot Writers are back!
San Diego writers have their own Rock and Roll Marathon coming up this next Sunday. Eight hours of creativity laced with prompts and racing on caffeine. I remember how I felt when I crossed the finish line last year. I was high on creativity and one of those big black and yellow bumble bees was trapped inside my head. No question I was tired, but sleep was the last thing I wanted or could settle down for. It’s called the Writer’s Rush. Breaking the tape at the...
moreHow to Ask People to Sponsor You For Blazing Laptops
Remember, you can still join Blazing Laptops even though the date of June 9th is coming up. And you can definitely still sponsor another writer! Just check out our pledge site for info. Don’t know whom to sponsor? You could sponsor the staff at SDWI! or just look through the pages of writers and see what you like. Some of our people have even made videos and special pleas. Here is one of the fun...
moreBlazing Laptops by Carlos de los Rios
I am a film and book writer (and teacher) who sees Blazing Laptops as a wonderful way to support an arts group that couldn’t be more deserving. SD Writers, Ink, the organization behind the event, is a rare thing indeed: it is a friend to the arts and artists in San Diego. This town owes SD Writers, Ink a real debt of gratitude for continually opening doors to the education and promotion of writers and artists in Southern California. I love how they help writers...
more05/20 A Year in Ink Reading at Inspirations Gallery
Year in Ink Reading at Inspirations Gallery When: Mon, May 20, 7pm – 9pm Where: Inspirations Gallery, NTC at Liberty Station 2730 Historic Decatur Rd. Barracks 16, Suite 204 San Diego, CA 92106 (Kitty corner from Slater’s 50/50 & above the Women’s Museum) (map) Join us for a night of poetry and prose written by San Diego writers! We will celebrate A Year in Ink VI at Inspirations Gallery during our book release...
moreRay Bradbury on Writing: In Honor of Our Writing Contest (Feb 28 extended deadline)
In honor of our Creative Writing Contest (deadline extended to Feb 28!), as part of The Big Read and in collaboration with Write Out Loud, where participants are asked to write in response to Ray Bradbury’s famous work Fahrenheit 451, we bring you two pieces of...
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