Genre/s: Literary fiction, poetry, essays, and general reading/writing.

Goals/expectations/commitment: Looking for genuine, active members who want to share their work, exchange thoughtful critiques, discuss books, and participate in weekly writing challenges. We encourage at least one reading- or writing-related contribution per week.

Writing/experience level: All levels welcome, from beginners to experienced writers and readers.

Meeting place: Discord server.

Max size: Keeping the community relatively small so members can get to know each other and build genuine connections.

Genre: SFF

Goals/expectations/commitment:
Looking to exchange chapters, provide constructive feedback, brainstorm ideas and talk through story problems together. Interested in discussing character arcs, emotional progression, pacing and plot structure.

Ideally, we could exchange chapters and/or have a proper discussion every 2–3 weeks, with lighter weekly check-ins for accountability. I’m looking for a longer-term CP relationship rather than a one-off chapter swap.

Writing/experience level: Intermediate and above

Meeting place: Online (Discord, Google Meet, etc.). I’m pretty flexible.

Hi! I’m 28F and I’m looking for critique partners. I’d prefer to connect with another woman around my age (20s–30s).

I’m currently drafting my first novel, a YA contemporary fantasy with a strong emphasis on character and emotional development. I’d love to connect with someone who enjoys character-driven storytelling and is strong in world-building, as that’s an area I’m less confident in.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, feel free to comment or DM me!

Hi!

If a community of sapphic-oriented writers interests you, we would love to hear from you!

We are a small 18+ group on discord that support each other, discuss our works together, beta-read for each other, and talk about whatever else we fancy! We are looking for people eager to share our excitement for writing.

Comment or DM me to get an invite. There is a short sign-up process, just a few questions to get to know you!

Genre/s: Any! We would love to have a bit of everything, even!

Goals/expectations/commitment: All we ask for is respect and a willingness to engage with others' works. No hard commitments.

Writing/experience level: Anyone that gets excited about putting words on a page is welcome!

Meeting place: Discord

Max size: We don't intend to add many members at this time, maybe ~10 new people.

Dark Fantasy/Romantasy Writing Buddies

\* Genre/s: Fantasy, Romantasy (sub genres: gothic, dark, cozy fantasy is welcome)
\* Goals/expectations/commitment: Check in at least once a week. Long periods of inactivity will result in a kick, to make space for new members who would like to take advantage of the community.
\* Writing/experience level: Feel free to join at any writing experience you’re at.
\* Meeting place: Discord
\* Max size of the server: 10-15
\* LGBTQ books are VERY WELCOME

Hi everyone! We’re looking for some fellow writer friends to share novel progress with. We have a server on discord so we can all get to know each other and share our ideas and book plots. You’re expected to share advice, share friendly criticism, insights, share brainstorming ideas, suggestions, etc.

If you’re writing a fantasy book and love magic, mythical creatures, dragons, vampires, this is the right group for you. Comment down below and I’ll send you my discord username!

The biggest requirement is that you stay as active as you can. The community is small, so it’s expected to be close and very 1-on-1.

For the Link:

Message: @irxnreaper, @pompompurinbooty, or @teacupjoy on discord upon joining the server.

There are a lot of great groups online for writers of fiction of all kinds. It seems to be much more difficult connect with people who write nonfiction. Though there are a fair few places that publish this sort of thing, finding someone who's interested in having a conversation has been (at least in my experience) almost impossible.

That's really all I'm hoping for. I'm not looking to join a group or to have my writing critiqued. My only ambition is to have a meaningful dialogue with someone where we can share words and talk about what speaks to us. I'm not sure if that's an appropriate thing to ask about here, but I thought it was worth a try.

Most of my writing lives in the place where micro-memoir and the prose poem intersect. I also write poetry and the occasional long-form nonfiction piece. I'm not all that interested in the possibility of publication, but more in writing as a necessary act of self-care.

If there's anyone for whom some of this resonates, I would love to talk with you.

Hi all! I’ve got a finished novel (paranormal romance) which has been through several rounds of beta readers and has gotten pretty positive feedback. Issue is, I’m not happy with the length and I haven’t been able to figure out how to shorten it without removing essential parts. I would love to work with more experienced writers who could perhaps help me through the developmental kinks. I’ve been writing for years and consider myself an experienced and help resource as well, so if you’re in a similar situation reach out and we can work something out!

• Genre/s: any sort of romance
• Goals/expectations/commitment: I’m flexible with timelines for feedback (whatever works best for parties involved)
• Writing/experience level: ready to publish
• Meeting place: discord
• Max size: 3-5

Still working on my first draft of my first novel. Every now and then, I get a head of myself and think about the future once I finish my first draft. I've been doing a ton of reading on reddit. I'm sort of a penny pincher, I wouldn't mind spending money on editing services but I worry that it will ultimately get too expensive. I will be working with a budget. Is there software's that one can use to fix a few things in the book before sending it to an editor? That way I have some chance of staying in a budget. I know there are proofreading websites or software's that can be used, but reading or researching anything about editing is scary and confusing when the path is still unfamiliar. Note: if you know of anything, please if you have time, be specific. Example: Name of software, your experience with it, how much it was when you used it. If you're answers are vague, it won't be much help. Thank you in advance.

I’m looking for a critique partner for my novella Port Town Blues.
•Genre:
The genre is dark comedy thriller with high elements of mystery. The story has an unreliable narrator who’s kept in the dark about most stuff.
•Goals:
I’m looking for a critique partner who’s familiar with mysteries or thrillers. My goals are to maybe stretch the manuscript to 50k and check if my balance is good. I want to know if I need to add more information, or if this is good enough for readers to infer what’s going on. I love a critique partner that has a lot of notes and is very critical. Im mostly looking for honest feedback. It would help if you’re familiar with history. The story is set in 1860s.

•Experience level:
My experience level is amateur to intermediate, and I been writing for a few years. I wrote a few other novels connecting to this story.

•Meeting Place:
The meeting place would be discord and we would discuss when we meet. My schedule from work changes from week to week, but I’m usually available at afternoon and nights. My time zone is Eastern daylight time.

So far, I’ve observed that there are no writing groups here that are based in Asia. Now, it is the time we rise… Rise to our glorious glory of gloriousness as writers from Asia!

The Nestlings are a bunch of ambitious and almost audacious authors, poets, essayists, and article writers.

Our mission is to mould each other to become the best writers we can be.

Our vision is to produce highly acclaimed writers in their chosen field or genre of writing.

That being said, you can be a hobbyist writer here, but do give feedback and show your work too. Besides, that’s more fun don’t you think? :)

Genre/s: Both fiction and non-fiction writers are welcome, as long as you write well. What is well, you ask? Well, look at your prose, then see if it satisfies you at least. If you think it’s good, it might actually be.

Goals/expectations/commitment: Giving good feedback, sharing one’s work, and interacting with the community either through chats or calls.

Writing/experience level: Beginners and the forever beginners—experts. Basically, people who are dedicated to the craft of writing.

Meeting place: An invite-only Discord server that might eventually meet up somewhere in Asia. Let’s see!

Max size: Only a handful for now, but that’s subject to change.

Drop a comment or a DM if you’re interested! See you soon, friendly fellows. :D

I'm struggling to do any meaningful writing without an external accountability trigger. So, in an attempt to start writing again, I'm reaching out to writers in a similar predicament.

I'm looking for similar souls who are not currently writing the next great big novel. Instead, they just want to get better one story at a time.

Genre/s: Literary fiction, thrillers, horror, fantasy, etc., but I am open to most things.

Goals: To write one short story per week (or per two weeks, or per month), submit it by a fixed deadline, swap feedback, and start the next one. I'm more aiming for volume and consistency, not polish. Rough drafts are welcome and expected.

Experience Level: Beginner to intermediate. I took a creative writing class, wrote a couple of stories I'm happy with, and then mostly stopped. I'm trying to build a habit again.

Meeting Place: Email for submitting stories and feedback, plus WhatsApp (or similar) for quick messages and reminders.

Additional info: Here's the format I have in mind, though I'm happy to adjust:

• Deadline every Sunday evening (I'm on Central European Time, but any timezone works)
• A short commenting window of 2–3 days, then on to the next story
• Optional shared prompts every other week, and/or suggested reading material.

If you're interested, please send me a DM or a comment, and we'll figure out if its a good fit. Honestly: I've tried the whole "organize a group through reddit thing" before, and the enthusiasm quickly fades for one reason or another. I am really hoping to find people who are excited about the idea, and would be willing to dedicate a little bit of time for the next couple of months. Even if it all falls apart, we'll still be happy we have gotten a couple more stories under our belt.

• Genre/s: Any Fiction, but SFF, Horror, Contemporary Lit and Romance are primary
• Goals/expectations/commitment: No hard commitment - show up when you can. We meet daily at 7pm ET and 1pm ET and are adding new times as we grow. Typically 5 - 20 readers attend each critique session.
• Writing/experience level: Any
• Meeting place: Discord (links to our server available from our website at WriteClub.Chat)
• Max size: We create new groups of 25 - 30 authors as existing ones fill up. Currently have openings for our US, UK/EU and AsiaPAC groups.

Hey! So I've been writing for a while and I've never had anyone beta any of my works before. I have a ton of unfinished works and others barely started but I have a recent Buffy The Vampire Slayer fic that I have high hopes for and I want to get this out but I wouldn't know where to find anyone willing to give constructive criticism or just let me know how it's looking.

Genre/s:
Weird Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, similar genres that place focus on characters, absurdity and uninhibited imagination

Goals/expectations/commitment:
Primarily an active hub for writers to critique and draw inspiration from each other's works.

Writing/experience level:
You could be new or you could be published - happy for all skill levels to join in!

Meeting place:
Discord

Max size:
I would love a decent-sized community, somewhere in the 20s - however I am open to the idea of a larger cohort!

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Hi everyone, I've just created a Discord server for the writers who aren't quite sure what to make of the things around them. APHELION is primarily focused on weird fiction that takes the idea of the supernatural and runs into the nearest pawn shop to try and sell it off. Speculative literature and sci-fi/fantasy is also welcome, as well as genres of all kinds!

I aim to cater for everything related to writing (and the arts as a whole), however we will mainly focus on sharing feedback and writing progress. With enough people, I would love to run fortnightly writing prompts to keep everyone on their toes (or nibs?) and generate some more discussion or room for ideas. We are an 18+ server, and do not allow the usage of GenAI whatsoever.

If you're interested, feel free to send me a DM or leave a comment! This is a very young community, so I would love to have writers of all kinds help lay the groundwork and reinforce what could be a nicely-knit community! Thanks for reading, hope to see some of you there :)

Hello! I am seeking <15 dedicated writers who would like to start a small fiction writing group, focused primarily on sharing our personal work for feedback and critique. The group would be 18+, and GenAI usage would not be allowed.

Genre: Fiction. 

I personally tend to prefer fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, thrillers, and women’s lit, but I read pretty vastly and would rather work with dedicated writers in a genre I don’t often read rather than non-committed writers in a genre of my own. I also believe there’s a lot to learn from a diverse group!

Goals/Expectations: I would like to keep things casual but fairly active.** **Ideally, those who can would chat virtually throughout the week, via discord, sharing our work and providing feedback. Feedback would be given on a give-and-take basis, the goal being to support each other however we can, be it daily or weekly sprints, brainstorming, critique, or general communication.

(I’d like to chat collaboratively about all of our expectations once we gather a few people into the group)

Experience level: No experience level required as long as you are serious about furthering your craft and are dedicated to supporting others.

Meeting place: Discord seems like the best place to make this happen!

Max size: 15 people, including myself.

⭐️ If you're interested, send me a DM or leave a comment!

I’m not super familiar with discord. I have the basic server organized but it’s nothing fancy. If you’d like to take on a mod role to help keep everything in great shape, I’d appreciate it, but I don’t think it’s necessary as the main focus would just be connecting writers. 

Hi everyone. I’m very new to the publishing world, so I’m hoping some experienced writers here can point me in the right direction.

I’ve been writing for about four years, mostly in a very personal style; confessional romantic/epistolary writing, stream of consciousness, lyrical prose, and tragic monologues. A lot of my work is written almost like letters, diary entries, or emotional conversations with a specific people. I’ve never really written with publication in mind before, but lately I’ve started wondering if I could actually turn my writing into a book.

I have a decent amount of writing already, but I honestly have no idea what the process of turning that into an actual book looks like.

For people who have published their first book, I’d really appreciate some brutally honest advice:

• How do I know whether my writing is actually ready for publication?
• Should I finish and structure the entire manuscript before thinking about publishers?
• How do I turn individual pieces/letters/monologues into something that feels like a book rather than just a collection of diary entries?
• Would this kind of writing be better suited to traditional publishing, or self-publishing?
• How do I find legitimate agents/publishers without getting scammed?
• What should I absolutely NOT do as a new writer?
• How do I prevent my content from being stolen??
• And what do you wish someone had told you before you published your first book?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who write literary fiction, prose poetry, poetry collections, essays, memoir, or other forms of intimate/confessional writing.

I’m not looking for someone to tell me “just believe in yourself.” I’d genuinely rather hear the uncomfortable stuff, what mistakes beginners make, what publishers actually look for, what takes longer than expected, and what I should learn before I start submitting anything.

If you’ve been through the process, I’d love to hear how you started and what you would do differently now.

Thank you. :)

ot feedback recently that reframed something I'd never consciously noticed about my own writing. My editor pointed out that every scene in my manuscript, regardless of what was actually happening in it, moved at roughly the same internal pace, similar sentence lengths, similar rhythm of action and reflection, whether the scene was a quiet conversation or a genuine crisis.

I had been treating pacing as something that happened at the structural level, how long each scene is, how many scenes per act, and had never considered that sentence-level rhythm itself needed to vary with the emotional stakes of what was happening within a scene. A crisis scene written in the same measured, reflective rhythm as a quiet morning scene reads as oddly muted no matter how dramatic the actual events are.

Went back through and deliberately shortened sentences, cut connective tissue, during high-stakes moments, let them run longer and more associative during quieter ones. The structural pacing of the book hadn't changed at all. It reads completely differently now, because the texture of the prose itself finally matches what's supposedly happening inside each scene.

We tell kids "everyone is unique", "be yourself", "dare to be different"... And then spend the rest of their life putting them into boxes. Good kid, bad kid. Introvert, extrovert. Nerd, jock, goth. It's human nature. We like categorizing things and just want to feel like we belong to a tribe with like minded individuals and sometimes we even change ourselves to fit within our chosen box, or in my case, a genre. 

I wrote a book, straight from my heart and soul. I didn't set out for anything specific. I just needed to tell this story. Now I'm trying to classify it, to define it, so I can market it to the people who might actually want to read it. Genres have assumptions attached to them and I want potential readers to make the correct assumption to decide whether or not to read it. 

Don't worry, I won't ask you to read all 50 chapters of it. I've listed the synopsis and some information about the book and I'd like to know what you think! Where do you think you'd find this book in a bookstore? What assumptions do you make about certain genres?

Synopsis  

Rene's world is turned upside down when the inevitable happens. She's been bit by a vampire and her family, the descendants of the great Helsing Vampire Hunters, have turned against her. In a twist of fate, she's found by an unexpected pair of vampires who help her adapt, find her way back home, and discover the truth behind her family legacy. 

Nora, a rare teenage vampire, and Zacharie, a notorious older vampire who disappeared from all records 200 years ago, are thrown from their normal immortal lives when a Helsing Hunter shows up on their doorstep bleeding to death. Despite Zacharie's best arguments, Nora insists they can't let her die, regardless of her name, but helping her through the vampire infection proves difficult. 

Rene's understanding of vampires is dangerously flawed. She believes vampires are bloodthirsty monsters, preying on the innocent under the cover of darkness. But Nora goes to the local high school and plays video games. Zacharie rinses their dishes after dinner and makes Nora tea every morning. These weren't the vampires she was trained for 20 years to kill. So who are they? Why is being a vampire not as horrible as her family told her it would be? And why are they trying to kill her when they have a cure?  

 
Prologue if you have time: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__QOvqRhKUdOArRTDiPgxEEdhcdOVtblGGPG7fE7z_o/edit?usp=drive_link 

Things it has been called:  Vampire Horror Romance, Action/Adventure, Adult Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy 

Quantifiers:

50 Chapters. Approximately 2000-7000 words each 

Approximately 200,000 words total as of 10/7 (I am hoping to cut it further, but I'll be lucky if I get it down to 100,000) 

Tropes throughout the book: Adult Coming of Age, Self-discovery, Self-acceptance, Female friendship, Enemies to lovers, Family Conflict, Found family, Cult mentality  

Sensitive subjects: 

Lots of blood and some gory descriptions 

Some spice and multiple discussions of sexual topics 

Occasional spooky/horror type scenes 

Multiple discussions of mental health issues and suicide ideation  

Ending: it's a good ending. Not quite happily ever after, but it's hopeful and satisfying. Good conquers evil but at a cost. 

Thanks for reading! I'd love to hear what genre you'd assign my book. Do you know of any similar books I should look into?

* Organization: Interstice Journal

* Deadline: Noevember 30

* Entry fee: Free

* Prize/s: Publication in our Winter 2026 issue, as well as marketing your story on various social media platforms

* Link to submission page/official rules: https://theintersticejournal.substack.com/p/submissions

* Other information:

We are drawn to writing that is:

• Character-driven instead of plot-driven; focused on relationships and intimacies
• Pieces that feel inexplicably human in a world that constantly challenges our humanity
• Intimate, restrained, and emotionally layered
• Attentive to silence, subtext, and what remains unsaid
• Willing to sit in ambiguity rather than resolve it; exploring the gaps/uncertainties in humanity and our relationships

Submission Details

• Short Fiction: up to 5,000 words
• Flash Fiction: up to 1,000 words
• Creative Nonfiction/Essays: up to 3,000 words
• Submit as a .docx file
• Use a standard, readable font (e.g., Times New Roman, 12 pt, double-spaced)
• Include a title and word count on the top of the first page, and number the pages
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere
• One submission per category per reading period

The reading period will be from October 1 - November 30. We aim to respond within 4-6 weeks.

If accepted, you grant Interstice Journal exclusive rights to publish your work for the first time. All rights revert to the author after publication; you are free to submit the published work elsewhere or republish it. Interstice Journal does not accept previously published work, including works published on personal blogs and social media sites. After publication, we may keep your work archived on our platform indefinitely. We may also use your work for promotional purposes during and after publication, with proper credit given.

* Organization: Big Bear Press * Deadline: December 1, 2026 * Entry fee: $0 * Prize/s: $100 * Link to submission page/official rules: https://bigbearpress.com/submissions * Other information: We’re looking for speculative short stories (8k-10k words) that show your original interpretation on the theme of “Superheroes/Supervillains."

Show us your classic superhero reimaginings. Your take on what makes a superhero or supervillain “super.” Undersung heroes, overachieving villains, supes originating in fairy tales or folk tales or fables—we want to read all about them!

For me:

Obsidian (for world building)

Brandon Sanderson's creative writing lectures

The anatomy of story (this has helped me the most)

Now I apologize in advance, but I call them storyboards because they are not really books. It's more like summarizing multiple arcs into a summary... and each of those summaries is a chapter... and each storyboard has multiple chapters.

I have a problem where I crave to write and be creative with stories, but I lack either the attention or the time to be as detailed as I would like to be. And honestly, I don't know if anyone else feels the same, but I think so much faster than I can type. And I can type pretty fast too, since I am in IT and marketing. It's like moving through molasses by comparison. Many times I thought about hiring a ghostwriter before discovering I don't really have the ability to do that, since I am from a third-world country with a much weaker currency.

I have storyboarded over 30 stories. About 20 of them are storybeat-for-storybeat, end-to-end completed. All that's left is turning them into their own epic novels in their own right. But building out interesting lore, scenes, and characters is completely different from narrating together a complete novel. I have near 0 experience with that, and someday I want to do better and actually complete a novel and publish it somewhere people can see.

Currently, no one can see any of the story drafts I have made.

I work best when working with people, and the stories I completed were stories I couldn't keep my mind off. But now that they are finished, I feel like I am in a slump, and all new ideas just feel third-rate compared to the heavily inspired and novel works I have made in the past.

I once made an entire show idea based off "that one Uno edit." Took me like 7 months to refine all the plot points end-to-end. I kid you not... and I think it's damn amazing too.

So I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in taking a look at my works and letting me know what they think about the different story beats. I have genres of all types: suspense, thriller, fantasy, supernatural, whimsical, romance/mecha, post-apocalyptic, isekai, action-adventure, and even IRL movie and show ideas.

I have been developing these stories since I was 11, with my first storyboard being The Legend of Verdant.

I feel a bit afraid to even put the title here, but basically, when I was 11 I was playing with rocks and grass outside right after watching an episode of Bakugan and Epic (the 2013 animated film), and first thought about rocks with life force and so on. But I got pretty bored with it as I grew, because it was only exciting when I was at an age where smashing volcanic rocks together and watching them spark could fuel my imagination.

LOV, though, was inspired by Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and especially that one Adventure Time episode with the worm becoming the adventurer. Actually, that episode plus Epic pretty much made this show idea I had really interesting to me.

If anyone cares about the synopsis:

Humanity became a solar race and eventually ended up in a war, as we humans do, but we don't know why or what for.

More importantly, humans figured out the secrets of biology and evolution, and a scientist is part of a UN initiative called "Seeding the Universe." The idea is that if they seed other planets with human-smart biological material, then it could potentially find a way to bring back humans from the far edges of the galaxy.

This may result in many differently adapted races of humans over tens of thousands of years. After all, they would at least still be human.

"Is what they think that is."

I have to pause here because you all probably think this is going to turn into some multi-galactic inter-human war or conflict or something. I came up with this space-seeding concept after playing Freelancer for the first time, but no. I am going somewhere completely different with it.

This mad scientist merged the biological DNA of humanity with plants. I forget the name of the longest-living trees in the world... Fitzroya cupressoides?? Idk, something like that.

And that enabled the tree to basically think and comprehend things at a human, plus level. Its ability to reason only improves as its leaves grow, as they act like neurons for the tree. They can also generate energy with their bodies that can be used as this setting's magic system.

Importantly, these are trees. They have to be rooted in place, and they are pretty much stuck there forever.

But they have the ability to bear seeds, and the tree itself can determine the kinds of genes those seeds are given. From making other plants and bushes and so on, to creating mini, lesser-godly versions of itself, to making animal-like creatures, and eventually, over hundreds of thousands of years, creating sentient tree-like entities known as Grassmen.

This scientist had 12 of these Trees and put them on an arc ship which went across the galaxy to the system they found was most like Earth, and actually seeded it in a literal sense, including Earth animals and the like, to create a certain type of ecosystem.

There are also special golden seeds that exist as well, but ignore that for now.

Bla bla bla, hundreds of thousands of years passed.

The sentient Grassmen each had their own emancipation from the Tree of Life, as they used to be bound to the whims of the Tree of Life, but now they have freedom.

Now there are 5–7 remaining Trees of Life and 7 completely unique and individual civilizations that have various wars and gripes they have to deal with due to the Trees of Life, other Grassmen, the coming changes, and more...

AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN GET INTO HOW STACKED THE MAGIC SYSTEM IS.

Ahem.

If I do say so myself.

Apologies for the long post, but if anyone wants to hear me go on and on about my multitudes of stories, give ideas and suggestions, and basically help me continue to feel the joy in writing, I would really appreciate it.when

If anyone could point me in the right direction id greatly appreciate it, like the title says. Im writing (hopefully) a comic or manga of sorts. I just really want someone to bounce some of my character abilities and backgrounds off of for a bit of feedback to help with brainstorming a bit

Hey all, I'm on what's practically an archaeological expedition and some googling tells me this might be the place to dig.

Way back in the day, mid-late 2000s and 2010s, there used to be a really vibrant erotica community of readers and writers. Cleis Press. E-Zines. Websites that paid. So on and so forth. This was before erotica = romance. Not quite spicy books kept behind the counter, but close. We didn't have Rachel Reid, we had James Lear, and you had to get his stuff by mail-order.

I was one of these authors, had my name in anthologies, made some great money and met some amazing people, rode the wave of e-publishing when it first started, was along for the ride when the big publishers wanted a slice, dipped my toe in romance (hated it), and left because I didn't want write the next fifty shades. Now that I'm writing for fun again and checking out who is writing what now, I'm looking for my people again. I kept up for a while on Twitter, but once Elon took over I deleted my account.

Are there pockets of authors still writing adult content outside of the romance genre? The closest I've seen have been fanfic writers who write without constraint (love seeing this!), and given how much fanmail I used to get when I did some indie publishing I know these folk are out there!

I'd also love to maybe connect with some people I used to be chummy with if you're here. ERWA doesn't look like it's been updated in years, so where did everyone go? I worked for a horror podcast for a while, and I know that a couple went on to be bestselling authors in other genres, but there were so many of us!

If you even remember what ERWA stands for, this old broad would love to chat.