Deus Ex Machina Advanced Writers Collective:
A vetted network of professional, advanced, and serious writers working in the literary arts and scripted film & television in the following mediums and genres: fiction/ novels, creative non-fiction/ personal essay, memoir, poetry, auto-fiction, hybrid/experimental, screenwriting, drama, dramedy, rom-com, musicals, sci-fi, fantasy, speculative fiction, historical fiction, kidlit, middle-grade, YA, LGBTQ, Queer, BIPOC, Asian, Latinx and more.

*This is a horror-free space (including all sub-genres of horror: comedy, speculative, thriller, true crime, etc.). No excessive gore, shock factor, or gratuitous violence.

 The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 345: American Radical and Reform Writers, ​​​​​​published my article, "William English Walling," in 2009. My letters to the editor have been published in The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal, Isthmus, all of Madison, Wisconsin, and in other media as well.

I regularly submit my writing to literary magazines. I would like to find a group whose members also regularly submit their writing so we may encourage one another.

I'm author of several published nonfiction titles (The Harmonium Handbook, Solving Stress, and two other self-published works, Finding Focus and Mystic Microsoft) and am a recently retired content developer from Microsoft where I published four hefty software development tomes over the years.

In addition to homeschooling my teenage son in his high school years, I'm now pursuing fiction and literary works that have been rolling around in my mind and have more ideas than I can possibly ever produce. My son is also interested in fantasy/sci-fi writing and we're working together on a novel-writing curriculum. Being new to the creative fiction scene, I'm actively studying both the craft and aspects of the writing business.

A particular interest of mine is exploring fiction that explores universal spirituality (in terms of an expansive awareness, higher consciousness, connection/devotion to a greater reality, etc.) vs. that which is more religious, sectarian, didactic, or occult in nature.

I am a fairly new writer who writes poetry which  consist of my dark poems ,concerning grief and the loss of my youngest son ,and then humorous about my experiences for example, growing older, dieting etc.  I am looking for a group that I can share my work and receive feedback and give the same to other members.   I am starting my first book aboout my story with poetry, short stories, my  ongoing journey through grief etc.  I am interested in joining the group dealing with grief and other groups.  I have been published in two small Limerick Anthologies.  Thank you.

Mary Anne Wilmouth

I am a hobby writer at the moment. I began my writing career while in middle school, writing a weekly article in the local newspaper about what was happening in the middle school. After many years of inactivity, I was instructed to start a journal, and while I was initially reluctant, I soon found joy in writing once again. A few years back, I worked for a short time writing for a different local newspaper full-time. For the past several years I have been attempting to write a book. I have started many and finished none. I want to find a group that will provide accountability, constructive criticism, and hopefully some stimulating conversation. I would love for it to also be a book club.