Introducing Regional Writer-Mom Chapters
Bringing IRL Meetups to the Substack
We teased this in our post last week and since we received a response from some close readers about their enthusiasm for regional chapters, we thought we’d do an official roll out today! So without further ado, we at Scribente Maternum are super excited to introduce Regional Writer-Mom Chapters!
We’re not just talking online meetups (although those are still always going to be there), we’re talking real-life, face-to-face, in-person meetups with writer-moms In. Your. Community.
Where Are These Chapters Located?
We currently have chapters in Seattle, Portland, The Bay Area, and Minneapolis. We also have chapters in Nashville and New Orleans in the works. Don’t see your community there and want one? We can start one where you are. Just email Elizabeth at elizabeth@scribentematernum.com and we’ll help you get up and running. Chapter coordinators receive FREE Scribente membership among other perks.
Also, the powerhouse Seattle Chapter Coordinators, Erin Leach-Kemon and Natalie Serianni have already organized a Seattle meetup for this Thurs, June 13th at 7pm at Third Place Books, Seward Park. Read more about that here!
Tell Me More About These Chapters
These regional groups are an opportunity to connect in-person with other writer-moms in your community. So many of us have our writing community or our mom community, and never the two shall meet. This is a way for those worlds to merge and to find your people where you’re at. This could be a space just to commiserate, a place for accountability, to find your boosters and collaborators, or a place to find a reader. Many of the activities will be determined by chapter coordinators and the needs/desires of chapter members.
Each regional chapter is coordinated by a local Scribente Maternum members who will organize and host regular events such as informal meetups, writing/co-working time, and readings. We also hope to organize more in-person workshops.
How Do I Join?
Chapters are being organized through Substack. If you are located where one of the existing chapters is, you can subscribe to the chapter within your publication settings.
To do that, just click here to go to your Write Like a Mother account, and when you see this screen below, toggle “{Whatever Chapter You Want to Join}” from “off” (grey) to “on” (green).
Currently chapters are free for anyone as we are in pilot testing mode, but in the next few months, chapters will be exclusive to paid subscribers (this will be Scribente Maternum’s membership model). At that time, anyone can subscribe to a chapter, however there will be a limited number of free posts in the chapter. But for now, you’ll get all the regional chapter membership benefits without paying. But if you’d like to start your paid membership now, we’d love to add you to our paid subscriber list (also you get a bunch of other bonuses with that paid subscription).
Questions?
Let us know! Email us at hello@scribentematernum.com and we’ll do our best to help you out.
We’re so excited to be able to localize Scribente Maternum and to create that sense of community all around the country (and world!).