Central Indiana Writers’ Association, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1976, is a community of novelists, poets, and essayists writing in all genres. We come together once a month via Zoom (details below) to provide our members with a range of workshops, writing tools, and support. Everyone is welcome!
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CIWA Zoom Meeting—Monday, September 21, 2026 — 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
Topic: For the Love of Journals
Guest Speaker: Leah Lederman
“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up in your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter, and lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.”― Jack London
Presentation agenda:
This class examines different approaches to the practice of journaling. Beyond its benefits to mindset and perspective, journaling can be a tool for an author’s practice.
Author bio:
Leah McNaughton Lederman has created two volumes of Café Macabre: A Collection of Horror Stories and Art by Women (SourcePoint Press, 2019; 2021) and her own short story collection: A Novel of Shorts: The Woman No One Sees (2020). Her creative nonfiction has been published in The River and South Review, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, and Defenestration Mag, and she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her essay “My Bleeding Heart” in the online anthology, What is and What Will Be: Life in the Time of COVID. In 2022, Leah published Beautifully Broken: The Katy Hayes Story about her cousin’s journey as a quadruple amputee. Leah leads the Greenfield Writers group at the Hancock County Public Library and is the founder and facilitator of the Indiana Writer’s Center monthly online CNF group. She is also the director of the Midwest Writers Workshop. Leah is active in the Hancock County community where she lives with her husband and an assortment of children, cats, and dogs.s of any kind. Stories of people falling in love nourish her soul.
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Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month via Zoom from 7 to 8:30 pm ET, unless otherwise noted. Our meetings are virtual to accommodate our members throughout Central Indiana and in other states, too. We don’t want your location to keep you from joining us. Guests are always welcome. We look forward to meeting you on Zoom!
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