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

Jane H. Percy

Non-fiction, Poetry

Maura Casey

Opinion

Bethe Dufresne

Journalism

Ginny Bitting

Memoir

The Latest from our Blog

Why Write Ghost Stories?

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

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...

The Book Launch

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:...

The Mushy Middle

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...

The Handwriting off the Wall

The Handwriting off the Wall

As I filled out “Please vote!” postcards before this month’s election, the hardest part wasn’t correctly copying all the names, adhering to the...

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