Work on the querying process and your writing project with fellow Spectrum members

Spectrum is re-launching regular in-person Write Togethers!

As as part of the inaugural session, one of our Spectrum members, Karin J. Robinson, will spend the first half of the session talking about the perils of the submission process from getting an agent to being out on submission to publishers, based on her recent experiences. We will also look at writing a submission query letter, and if you would like to prepare one in advance, we’ll create some time to share work-in-progress pitches. If you have something you’re already working on please bring it. Don’t worry if not, we’ll have some sprint time in the evening for you to have a crack!

After the workshop, we’ll be doing some writing sprints—half an hour of uninterrupted writing, a short break, and another sprint after that. So come hang out and get some writing done!

Some notes:

New members are absolutely welcome – please feel free to come say hello and work on your project alongside other members. This is a more relaxed event and does not require any prior preparation.

Registrations close 30 minutes before the event. If you cannot make it anymore, please update your Registration as soon as possible. Failure to update your Registration or let an organiser know you will not be attending can result in penalties, so please be considerate.

Waiting lists are managed through Discord. If the event is full up, please put your name down in the appropriate thread on the #creative-workshop channel on the Discord server, and when a spot opens up an organiser will ping you to let you know. You can also keep checking the website on the day of the event, with a maximum 1 hour buffer, in case any spots open up last minute.

As always, we are asking for a small donation towards the group’s annual running costs at each session. If you are able to donate, you can pay online on our Ko-fi page, where you can even make your donation monthly. Monthly Ko-fi donors get a special role on our Discord, as well as discounts on any Spectrum-branded merch and special events tickets.

Thank you and hope to see you there!