Anuradha Pandey
- From
- Gainesville, Florida
- Project
- Radically Pragmatic on Substack
- Favorite Books
- Anything by Brandon Sanderson, Meditations, and The Bhagavad Gita
- Inspired by
- Dance, Philosophy, Classical Music, Indian Aesthetics
About
Your people are out there. We know because they're already here.
The Writing community that's reshaping Austin's creative scene
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had the Inklings; Virginia Woolf had The Bloomsbury Group; Hemingway had smoky Paris cafés; the Beats had midnight rendezvous.
Great writers need great people.
How it started
2024
We started in January 2024 with a simple goal: build the writing community we couldn't find. Austin was full of talented people, but nowhere to gather. The online writing groups felt like ghost towns. The workshops were either too precious or too pretentious.
We didn't want a course. We didn't want a guru. We wanted a table. A place where writers could show up, sit down, and get to work together. So we made one.
What began as a few meetups in coffee shops has turned into a full-fledged creative community.
We now host monthly book clubs, weekly writing sessions, salon-style dinners, and creative sprints that attract writers from every corner of the city.
Our members include novelists, essayists, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, journalists, and people who are finally finishing something they started ten years ago.
What began as a few meetups in coffee shops.
If you've been writing alone, you're not the only one. That's why we exist. To write. To finish. To find your people.
Some of the people
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Natalia Loya
- From
- Tucson, Arizona
- Project
- Long-form Fiction
- Favorite Book
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Inspired by
- Flamenco Guitar, Distance Running, Stoic Philosophy, St. Augustine's Confessions.
Zac Solomon
- From
- Orlando, Florida
- Project
- Building ATX Writing Club, + writing a short non-fiction book.
- Favorite Book
- East of Eden, or A Farewell to Arms
- Inspired by
- Noma, Japan, Brunello Cucinelli, The “Before” Trilogy, 1920's Paris
Jeremy Striffler
- From
- New York, New York
- Project
- Quick Quick Slow, Long-form fiction
- Favorite Book
- The Swimmers
- Inspired by
- Martin McDonagh plays, Modern Art, Honky-Tonks, hikes, travel.
You in?
Drop your email below, and we'll send you details on upcoming sessions, special events, and whatever else might help you get your writing where it needs to be. No spam. No gimmicks. Just a good thing to be part of.
We respect your privacy.
Curious?
Ready for more than the free session? Membership opens the smaller events — the sixteen-person salon dinners, the eight-week feedback cohorts, the novel course that ends with a finished draft in your hands.