The Nearby Universe celebrates its five-year anniversary at the winter write-in

A write-in, if you haven’t heard of it, is an event where writers get together, talk about their work and ideas for a small amount of time, and write near each other for a large amount of time. It’s basically parallel play for grown-ups, and it’s just as much fun 🙂 After two years of … More The Nearby Universe celebrates its five-year anniversary at the winter write-in

Happy birthday to us! The Nearby Universe turns five

Five years ago this month, I showed up half an hour early and unlocked room A-354 at Centennial, which was known at the time as Cathy Henrich’s lit room. I didn’t know what I was doing or if anyone would come. I had never even been in a writer’s group, much less started one. There … More Happy birthday to us! The Nearby Universe turns five