Mystic Writers
About Us
The Mystic Writers formed in the summer of 2017 in Mystic, CT, when an evening on a screened-in porch sparked interest in conversation, collaboration, and mutual support. We meet regularly to balance the professional necessity of working alone with the satisfaction of interacting with other writers. Eight strong, we are all on different paths – memoirists, novelists, journalists – and yet we have a common vision: to write as well as we can and to tell stories that matter.
Our Authors
Lisa Brownell
Fiction
Ruth W. Crocker
Writer
Susan B. Kietzman
Fiction
Jane H. Percy
Non-fiction, Poetry
The Latest from our Blog
Lost for Words
Have you ever heard someone say, after a traumatic or startling event: “I just can’t talk about it right now”? They may describe themselves as “lost...
Hamlet and the Coach
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is arguably the most often performed play in the canon and the subject of an endless array of scholarly papers. So it’s not...
Why Write Ghost Stories?
If someone asked me, “Do you believe in ghosts and the supernatural?” I would reply, “Of course not! Well — not really.” A longer, more truthful...
Reading Aloud
In April it was “The Great Gatsby,” and in August it will be “Moby-Dick.” Amazingly, in a world increasingly defined by technology, people are still...
In which a debut author has her first book launch
For five years I have been immersed in various stages of writing “Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery.” Yet the act of writing a book, and...
The Book Launch
Last week, I gleefully attended the book launch for Saving Ellen, a debut memoir by fellow Mystic Writer Maura Casey. Why gleefully? Two reasons:...
Roses Are Red. Violets Are Blue. I’m No Poet. What About You?
Remember that old phrase used when someone unintentionally uttered a rhyme? “You’re a poet, and you don’t even know it.” Despite accidental...
Truth be Told: The Art of Memoir
“Do you swear to tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” We’ve heard this intimidating oath in every television show with...
The Mushy Middle
There was definite relief and excitement after I wrote the first third of my novel, around the turn of the 20th century in Valentine, Nebraska. From...
