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Unwritten: The Salon for Writers started out with a group of writers with one rock-solid intention: To support each other in birthing books, essays and stories that had been important to them for a long time. We are all published writers with vast experience, but we have a pile of mid-life responsibilities that limit our time and attention. We had honed our craft for years, been good soldiers and met our deadlines, but we each believed we had much more to say — a unique story that we wanted to tell in our own singular way.
The other factor we had in common was that we were each sure it was time. It was time to get our voices out there. This was our moment.
Finding your voice is a lifelong process for a writer. Annie Proulx did not start writing until she was 58. Tillie Olsen (“I Stand Here Ironing”) was silent for many years.
Each of us is near to that point — we can feel it — but we believed by gathering as a writing community blog, we could get there faster. We write together to help each other keep the faith.
Many of us believe we have an unwritten book that we have heard in our hearts for years. Not all of us complete that book. Creative writing professor Ron Carlson says the writers who succeed are the writers who stay in the room.
This is our room. Share in our process as what was once unwritten becomes written. Welcome to our salon.