Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Randy prepared a detailed presentation and gave an excellent talk on the people and events that he adapted for is novels.
Bill added 40% to his short story and outlined a possible new one.
Aime edited two chapters of Democracy.
Jered got his professor’s comments on his thesis novel.
Dylan submitted Flight to the World Fantasy Awards. He wrote a fanfiction that got lots of views.

Schedule

May 4
Jeff
Aime
Shannon

May 11
Ciuin
Jered
Scott

May 18
Jeff?
open slots

May 25
open slots

Jun 1
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Special Event

Support our own Randy as he gives a talk at the Hiawatha Public Library on Tuesday April 25 at 6 pm.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Dylan wrote 18 k words in ten days, which caught him up on all his writing obligations. Some of his FEDRAN material was used to educate the BARD AI.
Ciuin wrote more.
Aime walked the red carpet at a film festival due to her film script.

Schedule

Apr 27
Ciuin
Jered
Dylan

May 4
Jeff
Aime
Shannon

May 11
Ciuin
open slots

May 18
open slots

May 25
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Jered finished his MFA degree requirements.
Aime was interviewedfor a full page article in the Gazette.
Ciuin wrote for hours, but lost the file due to a bug (insect).
Dylan caught up with his Patreon commitment. He is inheriting thousands of books that will fill his basement with new shelves.

Schedule

Apr 20
Aime
Jeff
Shannon

Apr 27
Ciuin
Jered
open slot

May 4
Jeff
open slots

May 11
open slots

May 18
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Jered finished BP by writing 40k words in 12 days. He will get to pitch it to an agent.
Ciuin wrote more and did extensive research for her story.
Dylan wrote 5k words, but failed to meet a deadline.
Bill finished a short story.

Schedule

Apr 13
Ciuin
Dylan
David

Apr 20
Aime
Jeff
Shannon

Apr 27
open slots

May 4
Jeff
open slots

May 11
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Aime has official Screen Credit in IMDB for a movie using a screenplay that she wrote a couple years ago. She handled some hate mail with restraint
Ciuin wrote some more and refrained from killing customers at her job.
Shannon submitted House of the Gremlin to the Paradise ICON Anthology by request. So likely to get published.
Dylan wrote a half-million words in 2022. He is our highest paid writer in the group.

Schedule

Apr 6
Jeff
Aime
Troy

Apr 13
Ciuin
Dylan
David

Apr 20
Aime
Jeff
open slot

Apr 27
open slots

May 4
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Randy will give a talk on his books at the Hiawatha Public Library on Tuesday April 25 at 6 pm.
Ciuin did some editing as well as writing.
Aime finished editing a difficult chapter in Democracy. She tried ChatGPT and decided it would not do her work for her. She has lots of freelance work. A TV station interviewed her.

Schedule

Mar 30
Ciuin
Dylan
Jeff

Apr 6
Jeff
Aime
Troy

Apr 13
open slots

Apr 20
open slots

Apr 27
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Randy got publication layouts to check for some chapters of his book.
Ciuin did some editing as well as writing.

Schedule

Mar 23
Aime
Jeff
Troy

Mar 30
Ciuin
Aime
open slot

Apr 6
Jeff
open slots

Apr 13
open slots

Apr 20
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Aime wrote and delivered a speech to a large crowd. She got invited to speak at another event. She finished eading a book. She survived an exercise at the meeting, even though Shannon had the starring answers.
Bill has an expert reader for his surveyor story.
Ciuin’s beta reader for PT finished and will give notes soon.
Shannon sent his story to a published author who liked it.

Schedule

Mar 16
Ciuin
Troy
Shannon

Mar 23
Aime
Jeff
Open slot

Mar 30
open slots

Apr 6
open slots

Apr 13
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Aime wrote a speech, delivered it to a legislative committe, and was quoted in the newspaper. She was asked to write two news articles for a website.
Ciuin wrote more Riskel.

Schedule

Mar 9
Shannon
Robyn
Jeff

Mar 16
Jered
Troy
Shannon

Mar 23
Sue?
Aime
Jeff

Mar 30
open slots

Apr 6
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the list.

Discord and Meetups for Noble Pen

The Discord app provides another way for us to discuss. If you want to check it out, ask for an invitation link that will let you join. Also look for Creative Writing on Meetups.com for Cedar Rapids and make us look active there.

Victories

Jered is at 105 k words on BP.
Randy sent his book off for publication.
Aime wrote a movie review for pay.
Robyn started a routine of writing longhand 3 pages each morning.

Schedule

Mar 2
Jered
Aime
Ciuin

Mar 9
Shannon
Robyn
Jeff

Mar 16
Jered
Troy
open slot

Mar 23
open slots

Mar 30
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill