Specialty Spin-Off Groups are genre-specific groups. Writers are invited to join any open group that matches their genre. Members present work for critique at each meeting. Meetings are held at members’ homes or at local businesses that offer meeting places. For information about any of these groups, please email the group leader by clicking on their name. For help in finding the right group for you, or for starting a new group, contact our Director of Specialty Spin-Off Groups, Rebecca Inch-Partridge.
Mystery Group
This group meets at noon on the 2nd Friday of the month, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Auburn. May attend in person or online. Please email the group leader Rebecca Inch-Partridge for further information.
Children’s Lit Group
This group meets at noon on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall, immediately after the Drop-in Critique. Please email the group leader Sarah Pressler for further information.
Young Adult Group
This group meets at noon on the 4th Wednesday of the month, in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall, immediately after the Drop-in Critique. Please email the group leader Sarah Pressler for further information.
Science Fiction / Fantasy Group
This group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, at 2:30 pm. The group meets at Flames Restaurant and Tap house, 13434 Lincoln Way, #3215, Auburn, in the Raley’s shopping center. Please email the group leaders Bill Baynes and Frank Nissen for further information.
Evening Drop-In Critique Group
This group meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 5:15 pm, at the Pizza Factory at 13470 Lincoln Way, Auburn. Please email the group leader Karen Clay for further information.
Poetry Workshop
This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall, starting at noon, immediately after the Drop-in Critique. This group is a “Poetry Workshop,” which both critiques poems that participants would like to have critiqued, and also enjoys poems that people wish to share while exploring the skill of creating poems. Newcomers are welcome. Please email the group leader David Anderson for information.
Memoir Share Group
This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from noon to 2:00 pm. This group emphasizes sharing and caring, not in-depth critiquing. The group is open to new members. Please email the group leader Terry Wicks for further information.
Memoir Group: Words without Boundaries
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month in Auburn. Leader Philip Jacques reports that the group is currently full.
NOTE: You must be a current member of Gold Country Writers in good standing to join one of the above groups and for your work to be critiqued. Guests are welcome to participate in the process, but their work may not be critiqued or discussed.
Questions? Want to start a new group? Contact Director of Specialty Spin-Off Groups: Rebecca Inch-Partridge