The Writers' Mill

03/29/2024

Hey my facebook friends - does anyone have access to a color printer that I could (ahem) borrow/use to print 20 pages? I will gladly pay you Tuesday, as the saying goes...

10/24/2023

Western Mass Writers! Seeking a quiet, affordable space to get your work done?
The Writers Mill is now accepting applications for new members.
This is a dedicated space for writers located in the heart of Florence, a space to work quietly (either in a shared open desk setting, or in a private office) in the company of novelists, playwrights, academics, and screenwriting professionals. We have shared kitchen facilities, a library, a *fast* wireless network, a faster laser printer, snacks, and the best damn coffee this side of the bike path.
Please message the Mill privately for further information. References and proof of vaccination status required.

10/28/2022

Words to live by...

10/11/2022

https://theconversation.com/the-5-000-year-history-of-writers-block-190037?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Since the earliest days of the written word, students and scholars have pleaded for help from higher powers, a sure sign that writing and frustration always have – and always will – go hand in hand.

09/27/2022

Western Mass Writers! Seeking a quiet, affordable space to get your work done?
The Writers Mill is now accepting applications for new members.
This is a dedicated space for writers located in the heart of Florence, a space to work quietly (either in a shared open desk setting, or in a private office) in the company of novelists, playwrights, academics, and screenwriting professionals. We have shared kitchen facilities, a library, wireless, laser printer, snacks, and the best damn coffee this side of the bike path.
Please message the Mill privately for further information. References and proof of vaccination status required.

06/14/2022

Today's coffee, brought to you by the year 2019:

05/16/2022

01/23/2022

Check out our spiffy new web presence:

writersmill.org

01/22/2022

SNACKS!

01/20/2022

Western Mass Writers! Seeking a quiet, affordable space to get your work done?

The Writers Mill is now accepting applications for new members.

This is a dedicated space for writers located in the heart of Florence, a space to work quietly (either in a shared open desk setting, or in a private office) in the company of novelists, playwrights, academics, and screenwriting professionals. We have shared kitchen facilities, a library, wireless, laser printer, snacks, and the best damn coffee this side of the bike path.

Please message the Mill privately for further information. References and proof of vaccination status required.

07/01/2019

Even our snacks understand a writer's special needs...

01/03/2019

It's the Writers' Mill's own Chris O'Leary in the Boston Globe! Congrats on publishing Volume 2 of your opus, Chris. May there be more opera to come.

Easthampton’s Chris O’Leary is about to publish “Ashes to Ashes,” his second volume of essays on every song David Bowie ever recorded.

12/18/2018

Wondering about the audience for that book you're proposing? Consider this: your reader is most likely to be a college-educated black woman.

In its look at the adoption of electronic book formats, Pew Research stumbled onto an interesting data point. The most likely person to read a book — in any format — is a black woman who's been to college.

12/18/2017

Harper Collins will release the unpublished manuscript of Hurston’s Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo.”

03/07/2017

This, writers!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write?CMP=share_btn_fb

A series of instincts, thousands of tiny adjustments, hundreds of drafts … What is the mysterious process writers go through to get an idea on to the page?

02/24/2017

The Mill's very own Deborah Schifter published a piece in Hippocampus Magazine last month: http://bit.ly/2mtJ2tw
..And it was anthologized in a book you can purchase here: http://amzn.to/2lO06gC

Congratulations, Deborah!

I lie against his back, my arms tucked against my chest, and feel the heft and warmth of his body.

02/22/2017

Our very own Mistinguette Smith is reading on Wednesday, March 1, at 7 pm, at this event:

Identity, Nature & the Environment
Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 7:00 PM
Coolidge Museum

Our identities - our race, ethnicity, gender, class - are vital to how we see nature. In this event, we explore how identity intersects with history and politics to shape our interactions with and understanding of the environment around us.

http://bit.ly/2mm9llj