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Writing Date with CHRISTIaNE KNIGHT (Quiet Writing Room)
July 27, 2025 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
Indie Author Meetup – Getting Judgy About Your Book Cover
August 2, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: Book covers. They can make you tear your hair out. Let’s talk book covers with Rachel Rosen.
Speculative Poetry Book Club
August 9, 2025 11:00 am to
12:00 pm
A meeting of the speculative poetry book club. At the fifth meeting, we will discuss Mahaila Smith’s chapbook “Seed Beetle.” No poetry expertise required! The discussion will be run by Mary Soon Lee, a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
Space is limited for this event; please RSVP to (marysoonlee [at] gmail [dot] com).
Writing Date with the SFWA Flight Crew (Quiet Writing Room)
August 17, 2025 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
Indie Author Meetup – YouTube for Indie Authors
September 6, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: YouTube. How can indie authors make it work–and what are the best practices for doing it? Gaining visibility, reading snippets, talking about your work…bring your strategies!
Indie Author Meetup – What Did and Didn’t Work – 3rD Quarter 2025
October 4, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: What did and didn’t work for you in Third Quarter 2025? Sales, other industry stuff–what’s changing?
Indie Author Meetup – Effective Promotional Graphic Designs – slides, reels, arrows and more!
November 1, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: Effective graphics for promotion keep changing…so what’s working right now? Excerpts? Review Quotes? What kind of backgrounds, what kind of fonts, what colors are currently effective?