Annual book party celebrated members who published in 2006
Literary Agents − from three writers' points of view
(co-sponsored by PEN New England)
Teach-in on Health Insurance for Massachusetts Writers
(co-sponsored by Grub St.)
Publishing Horror Stories as Cautionary Tales
(co-sponsored by Grub St.)
Book Contracts Workshop
(led by Chris Ammer and Barbara Mende)
Shaping & Taping Your Work for Public Radio Workshop
(led by Judah Leblang, Leslie Brunetta, and Robert Smyth)
Presenting Your Writing to a Live Audience Workshop
(led by Charles Coe)
Meet the Editor: Webster Bell of Commonwealth Editions
(co-sponsored by Copyright Clearinghouse/Beyond the Book)
Writers Life series: From Idea to Bookshelf; Paperwork Behind Publication; MFA Programs; Blogs, Websites and E-zines
(co-sponsor: Cambridge Center for Adult Ed)
Labor Day commemoration poster
(collaboration with Grolier, Porter Square Books, Newtonville Books)
Networking potlucks: social/networking
(hosted by co-chair Charles Coe)
Spoke at Teleconference program for disabled (mostly blind) writers
(funded by NWU), whose anthology, Behind Our Eyes, is on sale.
Enhanced www.nwuboston.org (writers' event, how-to articles, links to writers' organizations, members-only section with meeting minutes, Member Networking Directory as pdf file.
Hosted National Writers Union's 3-day Delegates Assembly
(collaboration with Emerson College)
We do all this without any paid organizers. Our 10-member Steering Committee is backed by activists who volunteer in response to our calls for project or event-specific help. The result is synergy that energizes us all and keeps us writing − for love, for money, or for both!
