Tips for Staying in the Room

Tuesday, September 8 | 5:30 p.m. | Central Library & Online



Advice from bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick on staying focused and productive. Writers are so creative, especially in finding ways to distract ourselves from staying in a room to write. Join bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick as she shares tips for how she’s stayed in the room to write her 42 books. 

Light Passes Through Us*

Sunday, September 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Library



Explore transparency in personal narrative. During this Creative Writing Playshop, the physics of light will serve as our metaphor. By shifting viewpoints, we’ll refract or “bend” memory, reflect on hidden truths, and allow the light of new understanding to shine through. No experience necessary.

Miscalculated Risks

Sunday, September 13 | 3:00 p.m. | Central Library

Join Michael as he shares a slideshow of his pioneering expeditions through sun-scorched deserts, dangerous jungles, and wicked whitewater. Hear his harrowing stories of survival from his award-winning memoir Miscalculated Risks: Attacked, Crippled, Paralyzed, Drowning, Unconscious and Freezing in The Wild (Just Not All at Once).

Third Thursday Spoken Word Night

Thursday, September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | Redmond Library



Are you ready to build community and share your prose with a vibrant writing community? You're invited to step up to the mic on the third Thursday of the month. Open to all writers, readers, poets, storytellers, and songwriters. Readers are encouraged to arrive early to sign up. Food and drink are available for purchase through the SCP Redmond Hotel.

Quiet Writing Time

Tuesdays | 9:30 a.m. | Central Library

Wednesdays | 10:00 a.m. | Redmond Library

Thursdays | 10:30 a.m. | Sisters Library



Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others' company. Join other writers for a drop-in quiet working session in meeting rooms across the county in three library locations. Bring personal work, read a book, or answer emails. Come when you can, leave when you want.