This week's event reminders!

tkswriter
2 days ago
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Don't forget about our upcoming member events this week! We have a livestreamed horror podcast, comics workshop, book group featuring Stephen Graham Jones, and new books from a member publisher and authors making a showing on the Oregon ghost, er, coast!

✨WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2026

2 events

(technically can be done BACK TO BACK! Both have of online options!)

LISTEN TO THE BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW PODCAST — 530pm

It's your latest chance to participate in the livestream edition of the Beneath the Rain Shadow podcast!

Listeners to the livestream will be able to comment live and catch a critique of Clay Vermulm's first hotseat story attempt!

Listen live at the Fermented Fiction YouTube channel on Mar 28 at 5:30pm Pacific
Listen later to the recorded version at the Fermented Fiction Substack starting Apr 1

PNWA WORKSHOP: "Comic Book Crash Course" featuring member Josef B. Wilke — 630pm

Always wanted to write a comic but never knew where to start? Want to break into one of the biggest creative fields going on right now? Then join award-winning multi-published author and HWA SEA Josef B. Wilke’s crash course on creating comics!

Designed to get your ideas out of your head and onto paper, this class goes over the basics of writing a comic script, how to land an artist, and how to pitch your book to industry titans like Image Comics (or produce it yourself through crowdfunding) followed by an in person Q&A.

Register here [PNWA Member: $25.00 - NonPNWA Member: $35.00]

Location: The PNWA Writer's Cottage and Online (Via Zoom)

✨MARCH 27-29, 2026

UNQUIET TOMB PRESS || OREGON GHOST CONFERENCE

If you're looking for a weekend trip to the coast, this might be the perfect event! Seattle HWA member Brian Blackwood (Unquiet Tomb Press) will be tabling at the PNW's largest paranormal convention and promoting member Michelle Morningstar's newest book, The Last Artemis.

In addition, Brian offers his dynamic writing class, "From Idea to Book." Discover powerful strategies for smashing writer's block and transforming your spark of inspiration into a finished book you can hold in your hands.

Whether you're just starting your writing journey or are a seasoned storyteller, this class offers insights and practical tools to elevate your craft—straight from a former movie script doctor!

Register here [General admission is $20; workshops are additional]

Location: Seaside Civic & Convention Center

✨SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2026 from 4pm to 530pm

**SEATTLE HORROR BOOK CLUB:*THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones***

Join Perla X. Caballero with the Seattle Horror Book Club to discuss this popular title from the American horror author, who will also be featured at Seattle Arts & Lectures on Monday March 30. The book club will meet in March at Charlie's Queer Books, 465 N 36th St, Fremont.

You can follow the club via Instagram (@seattlehorrorbookclub) and join and RSVP via the bookclubs page https://bookclubs.com/seattle-horror-book-club/join/. RSVP highly recommended.