We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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.

Writing Victories

1. Enzo, Bill, Xander, Adriana, Jeff, and David all wrote fabulous pieces using the three, unrelated words. The consensus is that Adriana cheated a bit by using teeth instead of tooth, and bicentennial instead of centennial. But she also gets credit for writing her piece a week ahead of time, along with submitting two pages. Xander took the prize in the longest submission at over 700 words.

2. David gave a co-worker a copy of his Forks Crossing book to read and the reader liked it.

Reading Victories

Personal Victories

1. The Mayo Clinic has developed a medical reason for all of Karen’s (Bill’s wife) symptoms, something that was not accomplished with local doctors!

Literary News

Feb 19
David
Ciuin
Robyn

Feb 26
Jeff
Enzo
Ted

Mar 5
Robyn
open slots

Mar 12
open slots

Mar 19
open slots

Keep Writing!
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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.

Writing Victories

1. Dyland wrote 7,000 words on his current commission project.
2. Adriana already has her two pages written for our use-three-words exercise for this week.
3. I did a significant amount of world building for my “Peter and the Dragon” middle grade series I plan to write.

Reading Victories

Jeff finished reading “Hail Mary” and has started “The Invisible Live of Addie LaRue.”

Literary News

Brandon Sanderson is writing the screenplay to his “Misborn” books for Apple TV+.

Feb 12
Everyone is invited to submit 1-2 pages using the following three, unrelated words: tooth, centennial, and disturbance. We are doing this as a fun exercise. The point is not to critique, but to explore the writing process we each have and stretch our creative brains a bit. The group did this last fall and had a lot of fun with it. The words were chosen by Adriana’s daughters off of a Christmas word wreath they had.

Feb 19
David
Ciuin
Robyn

Feb 26
Jeff
Enzo
Ted

Mar 5
Robyn
open slots

Mar 12
open slots

Mar 19
open slots

Keep Writing!
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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

1. Dylan started writing on the commissioned project he was awarded.
2. Jeff is currently reading “Hail Mary Project,” which is currently being filmed. He has set a goal of reading twelve books this year. However, he has to be careful what he choses because he’s found it affects his own writing.
3. Adriana is nine movies in to her goal of watching 100 of them in 2026.

Feb 5
Jeff
Dylan
Ciuin

Feb 12
Everyone may submit, using three words listed in the email

Feb 19
open slots

Feb 26
open slots

Mar 5
open slots

Keep Writing,
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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

1. Aime wrote 6,000 words on a new project: a comic book. She’s submitting it to a contest and if she’s selected, she’ll work with an illustrator to complete the project and be paid.
2. Jeff completed reading “Anna Karenina,” “Les Miserable,” and “The Scarlet Letter” over the break.
3. David has resolved to finish his novel this year.

Jan 15
Aime
Xander
Robyn

Jan 29
Jeff
Ciuin
open spot

Feb 5
open slots

Feb 12
open slots

Keep Writing,
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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

The archeologist Bill sent his article to (regarding where Chief Blackhawk was buried) said she’d read it in a couple of weeks. However, he’s already heard back from her and she’s provided another source for him to explore.

Schedule

Dec. 4
Ben S.
Robyn
Aime

Dec. 11
Ted
Dylan
Xander

Dec. 18
Aime
David
Jeff

Dec 25
Christmas-No meeting

Keep Writing,
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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

Bill sent his research paper on the location of Chief Blackhawk’s burial spot to the archeologist who inspired him to write it. She agreed to read it and provide feedback.

Amie wrote several pieces of legislation, and an editorial that pissed people off.

Schedule

Nov 20
Jeff
Dylan
Enzo

Nov 27
Thanksgiving-no meeting

Dec. 4
Ben S.
Robyn
Aime

Dec. 11
Ted
Dylan
Xander

Dec 18
Aime
David
open slot

Keep writing!
Robyn

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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 posted a fun help wanted advertisement for a legislative clerk.
David left a few chapters of his novel in the breakroom at work and received positive feedback on it.

Schedule

Nov 13
Aime
Robyn
Xander?

Nov 20
Jeff
Dylan
Enzo

Nov 27
Thanksgiving – no meeting

Dec 4
Ben S.
Aime
Robyn

Keep Writing,
Robyn

November 6

We will meet at someone’s home at 7 pm, and the address will be in the distribution email. Use the contact form if you need me to add you to the distribution.

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

Laura completed a Coursera class entitled “Writing in the Sciences” from Stanford University with a 94%. It is something she can add to her resume!

Schedule

Nov 6
Aime
Xander
Ben S.

Nov 13
Aime
Robyn
open spot

Nov 20
Jeff
Dylan
Enzo

Dec 4
open slots

Keep Writing,
Robyn