Category Archives: Newsletters

This is the weekly newsletters for the Noble Pen Writer’s Group.

The Noble Pen for Jan 26, 2023

January 20, 2023Newslettersbhart

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 got good feedback on BP from his professor.
Ciuin’s book Petty Theft was the subject of Nate’s school book report.

Upcoming Schedule

Jan 26
Jered
Aime
Robyn

Feb 2
Jeff
Alex
Jered

Feb 9
Ciuin
Robyn
open slot

Feb 16
Aime
open slots

Feb 23
Jeff
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Jan 19, 2023

January 13, 2023Newslettersbhart

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 a good cover design for his latest book.
Aime’s movie review is published.

Upcoming Schedule

Jan 19
Jeff
Shannon
Ciuin

Jan 26
Jered
Aime
Robyn

Feb 2
Jeff
Alex
open slot

Feb 9
open slots

Feb 16
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Jan 12, 2023

January 6, 2023Newslettersbhart

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 entered a writing contest.
Aime wrote 3 blogs in one day.

Upcoming Schedule

Jan 12
Laura
Aime
Ciuin

Jan 19
Jeff
Shannon
Ciuin

Jan 26
Jered
Aime
open slot

Feb 2
Jeff?
open slots

Feb 9
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Jan 5, 2023

December 30, 2022Newslettersbhart

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 did lots of writing over the holidays.
Robyn wrote a vignette for her memoir.

Upcoming Schedule

Jan 5
Shannon
Jered
Robyn

Jan 12
Laura
Aime
Ciuin

Jan 19
Jeff?
open slots

Jan 26
open slots

Feb 2
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Dec 29, 2022

December 23, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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 was quoted in the newspaper. She is halfway on edits to Democracy. She wrote a review of the new Avatar movie to submit for publication.

Upcoming Schedule

Dec 29
Jered
Robyn
Ciuin

Jan 5
Shannon
Jered
Robyn

Jan 12
Laura
Aime
open slot

Jan 19
open slots

Jan 26
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Dec 22, 2022

December 16, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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 submitted his thesis project, Bubblegum People.
Ciuin wrote a lot more.

Upcoming Schedule

Dec 22
Aime
Ciuin
Robyn

Dec 29
Jered
Robyn
Ciuin

Jan 5
Shannon
Jered
Robyn

Jan 12
Laura
Aime
open slot

Jan 19
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Dec 15, 2022

December 9, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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

Ashley got good feedback from the teacher on an assignment, and will finish classes soon.
Shannon had a productive writing day.
Ciuin is adding Lucie to her Riskel story, which will please some readers who miss her.

Upcoming Schedule

Dec 15
Aime
Ciuin
Jered

Dec 22
Aime
Ciuin
Robyn

Dec 29
Jeff
open slots

Jan 5
open slots

Jan 12
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Dec 8, 2022

December 2, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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 up to 70k words on BP.

Upcoming Schedule

Dec 8
Ciuin
Jered
Robyn

Dec 15
Aime
Ciuin
Jered

Dec 22
open slots if we meet

Dec 29
open slots if we meet

Jan 5
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Dec 1, 2022

November 18, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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

Shannon and Aime are working on NaNoWriMo (but not very fast).
Ciuin is at 65k words on the new Riskel and doing rewrites.
Shannon had a short story published in an anthology and was asked to be an editor on next year’s collection.
David got a library job.

Upcoming Schedule

Dec 1
Nick
Jeff
Robyn

Dec 8
Ciuin
Jered
Robyn

Dec 15
Aime
open slots

Dec 22
open slots if we meet

Dec 29
open slots if we meet

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Nov 17, 2022

November 11, 2022Newslettersbhart

Next Meeting

We will meet at someone’s home, same as last week, 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 an article for an e-magazine and worked on other freelance projects.
Deveri is at 20K words for NaNoWriMo.
Ciuin is at 61K words for Riskel USA.

Upcoming Schedule

Nov 17
Jeff
Aime
Robyn

Nov 24
Thanksgiving – no meeting

Dec 1
Nick
Jeff
Robyn

Dec 8
Ciuin
open slots

Dec 15
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill