With everything our teens have going on today – classes, extracurriculars, college applications, and more – we know how hard it is to sit down and read. Still, we constantly remind our community’s young writers that reading is the single best way to learn how…
Ask any author which book first kept them up reading all night. That book is probably why they became an author. In fact, reading is the single best way to learn to write well. Not just reading, but reading for pleasure, as widely, deeply, and…
by Erin Madigan White Nature was smiling on us this past Sunday for our nature-inspired and very special workshop, “The Nature of Poetry,” taught by award-winning poet Catherine Doty. Cat led writers and poets through creative prompts and poetry exercises to celebrate National Poetry Month…
Literary agent and author Kate McKean, knows what it means to “Write Through It.” At last Sunday’s virtual event, she shared her best advice for managing distractions, insecurities, creative struggles, and publishing uncertainties to keep writing even when life gets in the way. Kate focused…
by Erin Madigan White Writers came from across suburban New Jersey – from Madison, Montclair, West Orange, as far away as Princeton – to gather together for The Writers Circle’s inaugural Winter Solstice Candlelight Write on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. They spent the darkest night…
by Michelle Cameron, Co-Director Emerita (cross-posted from Substack) I was weeping almost daily on my way to my 9-5 job, hating being hemmed in by corporate rules and regulations, wishing desperately to reinvent myself, to live what I wistfully called “the writing life.” After I…
by Erin Madigan White Mally Becker is the award-winning author of the Revolutionary War mysteries, including The Turncoat’s Widow, The Counterfeit Wife, and The Paris Mistress. She was an attorney until happily trading in her law license to become a full-time writer. Here she talks…
by Erin Madigan White Almost 30 writers from around New Jersey gathered at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, on Sunday, Oct. 26, for The Writers Circle annual Autumn Mini-Retreat. The day opened with a welcome and words of inspiration from TWC Co-Directors Judith Lindbergh…
by Erin Madigan White Liz Alterman is the author of the award-winning memoir, Sad Sacked, the young adult thriller, He’ll Be Waiting, the suspense novels The Perfect Neighborhood, The House on Cold Creek Lane, and You Shouldn’t Have Done That, as well as the romcom Claire…
by Erin Madigan White Mike Allegra is the author of 18 books for children and has taught at The Writers Circle for over six years. As a teacher, Mike helps kids, teens, and adults fall in love with creative writing, and express their voices on…
Libby Cudmore is a favorite among our Summer Creative Writing Intensives teens. For the last several summers, she’s taught everything from mystery and detective novels to sci-fi/fantasy and micro fiction. Her brand new novel, Negative Girl, is getting rave reviews. Libby’s also the 2018 recipient…
by Rebecca Kilroy, former Summer Intensive Program Coordinator, moving on to brand new things It’s the summer of Eras! I’ve lost count of the number of Eras tour t-shirts our students wore to the Intensive. Not a single Wednesday special event passed without at least…
