Book Buddies
A New Kind of Writing Group
Book Buddy membership features:
Twice weekly generative writing sessions (affectionately called gen writing). Includes prompts, writing time, and optional sharing for on the fly feedback
Small critique groups that meet every other week
Book Club
1:1 coaching
10% discount on retreats
Special guests
Pop-up community-wide writing challenges, virtual submission parties, and open mics
Interested?
Come to Gen writing for free to get a taste, or if gen writing isn’t your thing, sign up for a 20 min chat with me to talk more about the other components of membership!
Start living the creative life you’ve always wanted.
Enrollment is limited! Reserve your spot today! (Please add klynnsenecal@gmail.com to your contacts after you fill out the form so when I reach out it does not go to your spam folder!)
Interested in scheduling a free 20 minute consult?
How it Works
Book Buddies is a subscription-based curated virtual community for writers that supports all aspects of the writers’ life. Membership provides opportunities for generating work and brainstorming project ideas in community, regular feedback on your work from intimate groups, craft instruction, occasional community-wide challenges, along with fun and meaningful fellowship with other writers. A Book Buddy membership will keep you writing by holding you accountable, giving you the tools to level up your technique, and being the very best, most sincere hype squad/cheerleaders you’ll ever encounter. It’s like a gym membership, but for writers!
How to Engage
There are three tiers of Book Buddy membership.
Tier One Membership
Access to bi-monthly “read like a writer” community wide book club and twice weekly generative writing sessions (affectionately called “Gen Writing”) which meet on Tuesdays at 6:30-8:30pm EST and Saturdays from 10am -noon EST. Writers are given a prompt at the start of the meeting, then write alongside each other for an hour. In the last hour writers can share their work for positive only, super specific feedback or talk process.
OR:
A seat in a small feedback group (capped at 6 writers) that meets for 90 minutes bi-weekly. Writers get eyes on up to 10 double spaced pages of work every 2-3 meetings, and discussions skew in the direction of supportive brainstorming, specific craft centric praise, and collective problem solving based on the writers’ needs and desires for their own work. Discussions also sometimes feature intensive craft lessons. No written feedback required.
Tier Two Membership
Access to bi-monthly “read like a writer” community wide book club and twice weekly generative writing sessions (affectionately called “Gen Writing”) which meet on Tuesdays at 6:30-8:30pm EST and Saturdays from 10am -noon EST. Writers are given a prompt at the start of the meeting, then write alongside each other for an hour. In the last hour writers can share their work for positive only, super specific feedback or talk process.
A seat in a small feedback group (capped at 6 writers) that meets for 90 minutes bi-weekly. Writers get eyes on up to 10 double spaced pages of work every 2-3 meetings, and discussions skew in the direction of supportive brainstorming, specific craft centric praise, and collective problem solving based on the writers’ needs and desires for their own work. Discussions also sometimes feature intensive craft lessons. No written feedback required.
A 10% discount on some non-Book Buddy Offerings
Tier Three “Do-it-Yourself-MFA” Membership
All elements of Tier 2
One 60 minute coaching sessions a month
What People Have To Say
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"I have always wanted to write a book, but it never would have happened without Kate. Her wisdom, guidance, openness, and unflagging faith in her students have been an invaluable resource. Her advice is always kind and always useful, and the community she's built with Book Buddies is a warm, supportive place to engage in this very personal craft. Everyone who wants to write should be writing with Kate. I will be her student until she stops teaching."
Helen Sharma
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“I don’t know how anyone does a low-residency MFA program without Book Buddies. In between residencies I’m thrown into this vacuum where I’m supposed to be producing A TON of work. Book Buddies has given me the rocket fuel (and the set times) to fire up my writing. Between the rocking generative writing and work sessions amd killer community support, not to mention the ON FIRE retreats, I have the supportive writing network I’ve always craved.”
Rachel Teferet
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Kate is a benevolent master of precise and supportive feedback that is so thorough, descriptive, and insightful that I find it somewhat awe-inducing whether she's talking about my own writing or that of a fellow Book Buddy. She notices and names facets, phenomena, and functions of writing that I wasn't even aware existed until she talked about them. The microscopic and telescopic lenses she offers help me to develop some faith in and curiosity about the living, breathing organism that is the Long Term Writing Project -- a thing which, historically, I've had a lot of trouble sticking with on my own.
Dana Wilde
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"Meeting with Kate and my fellow book buddies is the highlight of my week. I look forward to it so much! I work really well with some gentle accountability and Kate helps foster that in a positive, fun environment. The sense of community she nurtures in her groups is amazing for self motivation and getting in the perfect headspace for writing. I come out of our meetings relaxed, motivated, and with tons of ideas.”
Ed Godbois
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"Kate is the best writing teacher/mentor you could wish for! I've been working with her for the past five years. She has a great eye and knows the perfect balance between pushing you forward and praising what's already on the page."
Georgia Silverman
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