​Get fresh eyes on your work, and start your next revision.

​You know what you meant when you wrote it. But is that what your reader is getting?

​If you want to become a better writer, you need opportunities to discover how your writing actually lands.

​This weekly, 2.5-hour feedback salon gives you a place to do that—with thoughtful readers, an experienced facilitator, and conversations built around your goals.

​How it works

• ​Three pieces each evening, drawn from a hat. Priority goes to writers who haven’t shared recently.

• ​Bring five printed copies if you’d like your work considered.

• ​Each selected piece receives 40 minutes: 20 minutes of silent reading, followed by 20 minutes of discussion.

• ​Start with what matters to you. Each writer names one or two questions they’re most interested in exploring.

• ​We open with 10 minutes of introductions and piece selection, and finish with 10 minutes of closing conversation, with room for transitions and a short break.

​You don’t have to share your work to have a valuable evening. Reading another writer’s draft and hearing how others respond can help you recognize possibilities in your own.

​How your writing will change

​You’ll practice connecting what you want a piece to do with what readers experience.

​This is a space for focused reader feedback and mutual support. Line edits and comprehensive manuscript evaluations are outside the salon’s scope.

​The goal: leave with a better understanding of your work—and more momentum to keep writing.

​This sessions expert host, and group facilitator, is Eli Ryder.

​Eli is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Austin Community College. He has appeared as a panelist and podcast guest for several venues discussing both the craft of writing and the thrill of dark fiction.

​His horror and sci-fi has appeared in numerous online, in-print, and audio publications, and his plays have appeared on stage in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

​He is a Roswell Award honoree and stole his M.F.A. from U.C. Riverside. He plays D&D, has the best kid ever, and is an avid lover of all things spooky.