Hello! My name is Arianah. I'm a 23 year old writer and artist currently based out of Eugene, OR. I write fiction mostly. I also write poems, songs, essays, fragments, notes, grocery lists... You never know. Words have always been the beginning and end of everything for me. I studied English and Creative Writing at Princeton University and graduated in 2020. It has all been one hell of a story so far, and to be honest I doubt I could pen a more provocative, entertaining, and painful piece of work. Still, I think it's worth a shot. 

I am a writer trying to find my footing and my rhythm. I write predominantly memoir/essay creative nonfiction exploring toxic masculinity, masculine gender performance, and living with mental illness. I am hoping to write more short story fiction, speculative fiction, and fantasy fiction; all exploring themes of environmental decay, gender roles/expectations, grief, living, and the bravery of desperate hope. Some of my favorite books are the His Dark Materials series, the Lord of the Rings, The Midnight Library, This Way Back, Left Hand of Darkness, Transcendent Kingdom, The Broken Earth trilogy, and others that I cannot remember. I'm looking for a writer group that can offer assurance and tips about the day-to-day writing process, tips about getting agents and getting published, as well as bits of constructive criticism of my written works. I would love to offer whatever help I can to members of the group, as well! Having accountability buddies for writing pieces would also be a great help, too! 

I have studied under various writers-Margret Patton Chapman, Anne de Marcken,  Peter Mountford, Nathan Liederbach, Jennifer Berney, Anca Szilagyi, Meg Wolitzer, Nisi Shawl, and Maria Semple. I graduated with a Bachelors in Creative Writing and English, and a Masters in Teaching. I have been published in the Percival Review, and a short anthology out of Evergreen State College, but not much beyond that. I've been workin on a novel for several years, a collection of essays, short stories, and a short collection of poems. I would love to be a part of a workshop style group, but am also open to one that is more casual. I am looking to connect with other writers and keep motivated!

I am an emerging/aging transfemale writer based in Salem, MA. Recently, I retired from a 30-year career in educational publishing to refocus on my writing. I am also transitioning, as well as trying to accelerate the emerging and slow down the aging. My poems have appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, The Aurorean, Ibbetson Street Press, Italian Americana, Main Street Rag, Pegasus, Pine Island Journal, Poetry Depth Quarterly, U.S. Catholic, Late Knocking, Z Miscellaneous, and Poetpourri. My fiction has appeared in Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Mollyhouse, Once Upon a Crocodile, Sledgehammer Lit, All Worlds Wayfarer, quip literary review, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Fiction on the Web, 96th of October, and The Broadkill Review.

Just starting out. Like most you, I'm guessing, I love to read. That love led me to want to write. I'm currently persuing a Master's in Professional Creative Writing at the University of Denver. I have a few short fiction pieces and a very (very) rough draft of a novel. I'm looking to find a group where we can give mutual support, inspiration, feedback, and accountability.

I started writing in my thirties but didn't get serious about it until after I retired from a career in manufacturing. Today I have written five novels in various genres and published one in the genre of Biblical fiction entitled The Oubliette. I'm working on three more, one of which I hope to publish later this year. That one is general fiction, a grail mythology along the lines of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code". I self-publish because I'm older than anyone ought to be, I have a lot of stories in mind, and I don't feel that I have time to play the rejection game with mainstream publishing. Beyond my current WIP, a novel called The Practician, I'm working on a sequel entitled The Rift. After that, the second in the Biblical fiction series will be called, Patriarch. I have a rough draft of a murder mystery in the vein of Martin Cruz-Smith to be called Hawk's and Dove's. It too will be the first in a series. I also have a piece of historical fiction I wrote years ago that needs to be edited and revised before being published.

I love literary fiction. My benchmark is John Galsworthy but I don't want to write in that style. I prefer to strive for an upmarket classification of my skills. I realize that sharpening my skills requires honing them with other writers. I have always envied C.S. Lewis for his association with J.R.R. Tolkien and other authors in the Inklings group. I've sought that locally in writers' groups but found difficulties with differing goals, genre, and interests. I need to find writers with similar interests and goals. Genre compatibility is less important but still a desire. Local authors and face-to-face meetings would be preferred, but if that's not possible, online meetings will work or even e-mail.