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Mid Michigan Writers, Inc.
The Oldest Writers Group in Northern Michigan
Questions? Email midmichiganwriters@gmail.com
Poem A Day Challenge Starts Nov 1st
The Writers Digest PAD Challenge is free. Get one prompt a day through November, then put together a 10-20 page chapbook of your best poems.
Ken Stephenson
Nov 2, 20251 min read
Are Writers Groups Still Relevant?
First appeared in The Ink Drop Sept 2025 While watching an episode of Writers Drinking Whiskey on YouTube, the host and guest predicted that indie publishing is the wave of the future. I believe everyone has a story to tell. But not everyone has the skill or drive to tell it (or write it). Still there will be many people wading into the stormy waters with plenty of material to write about but unsure of how to go about it. That’s why writers' groups are needed. Kenneth A. Step
Ken Stephenson
Nov 1, 20252 min read
Caption This! October 27, 2025
Write a funny caption for this picture.
Ken Stephenson
Oct 27, 20251 min read
Scribblers and Scholars Book Schedule
January's book, "Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books" by Kirsten Miller, brought lively conversation to Scribbler and Scholars this month. Overall, the group liked the idea the book was built upon — the ridiculousness of banning books, but the novel received mixed reviews. Some members thought it worked best as satire, others thought the author appeared to have an agenda that took away from the story, while others thought it accomplished its aims. It's worth reading to
Debbie Walker
Jan 221 min read
Why and Where You Should Start Submitting Your Writing This September by Emily Harstone
“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged… I had poems which were...
Ken Stephenson
Sep 8, 20251 min read
Ken Stephenson
Sep 4, 20250 min read
The Indians of the Midwest & The Fight For Their Homeland...Presentation by Robert Downes
Author Robert Downes will have something to celebrate when he offers a slide talk at the Northeast Michigan Arts Center in Standish on...
Chris Lucka
Sep 4, 20252 min read
Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists
Looking for a novel with beautiful writing? ...I came across this novel, The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (published in...
Chris Lucka
Sep 3, 20251 min read
Tell a Story in 100 Words
by Kay Butzin
Ken Stephenson
Sep 3, 20251 min read
Season's Readings 2024
Hi All, It was a bitterly cold morning and my hopes for a well attended event was waning. I went upstairs before we started to rustle...
Ken Stephenson
Dec 15, 20242 min read
12) New Age Mona
"I need my cards read," Walker Bugh declared the moment she stepped into Mona Felderhoff's front door. Mona chuckled. "Well, you sound...
Walker/Bugh
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Playful and provocative
Jitterbug Perfume is wacky, whimsical and weird which produced a lively and spirited book discussion on Tom Robbins story about the god...
Debbie Walker
Sep 21, 20241 min read
From Downtown on Canvas Reading
It was a warm, sunny day with a cool breeze blowing in West Branch. Mid Michigan Writers, Inc. was set up between the Fresh Squeezed...
Ken Stephenson
Jul 29, 20241 min read
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