Tell one or two "insider" facts about where you live.   This idea comes from David Morrell, a writing teacher and bestselling author of First Blood...

Does anyone know about the Underground railroads that went up through the Midwest for the slaves to escape from the South? I know Jacksonville,...

I'm a transplanted Midwesterner (grew up mostly in Kansas City and Chicago, went to school in Ann Arbor), now living in California, with a Midwestern...

HI midwest writers. My book celebrates landscapes of the Midwest. I'd love to know from group members--bookstores or other venues that might be open...

I'd like to establish or join an already existing in-person writing group in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and thought this might be a good place to...

I thought it would be nice to have a place for us to post literary events taking place in our areas. I know there are events listed on the main page,...