What we’re about
Welcome and thank you for coming to check out the Brandywine Valley Writers Group Meetup page!
Whether you are an existing member of the group or checking us out for the first time, we hope that you will find the new Meetup page offers the information you want.
The Brandywine Valley Writers Group was founded to help professional and amateur writers improve their craft and achieve their goals. We strive to inspire writers through our various programs and to offer friendship within our extensive membership.
We hold monthly program meetings on the third Tuesday of the month upstairs at Ryan's Pub, 124 West Gay Street, West Chester. The phone to Ryan's Pub is (610) 344-3934; their website is https://ryans-pub.com Bring quarters to feed the parking meter, or park a few blocks away in one of the many free parking lots. Meetings begin at 7:00 pm but many of us arrive around six to order a meal and socialize. An important note: the meeting is held upstairs and the entrance is not handicapped friendly.
We encourage you to use the RSVP system on Meet-up to help us predict the turn-out for the meetings and make appropriate arrangements. It also allows the rest of the group to know a little more about you! And please offer positive feedback on the meetings. It is the way new people may determine whether they will attend an in-person meeting.
Also, we'll be adding content to the various areas of the Meet-up page, so come back often to see what we have added.
You can also find more information on the group by visiting www.BVWG.org
Thanks for joining us!
BVWG Board Officers
- Frederick Groya – President
- (Open) – Vice-President
- Jorgen Flood – Treasurer
- (Open) – Secretary
- Jane Butler – Guest Speaker Coordinator
- Christopher Alden – Reading & Critique Coordinator
- Christopher Alden – MeetUp Coordinator
- Richard Lolla – Web Master
- Lisa Doan – Board Member-at-Large
- Dan Brehm – Board Member-at-Large
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Adventures in Publishing by Erica ReillyRyan's Pub, West Chester, PA
Erica Reilly is a local author whose self-published first novel, The Swells of Stone Harbor, is fast-paced mix of mystery and romance that is a must-read beach book for the upcoming summer. Sales of the novel are taking off, and she now has an agent from the coveted literary agency, Writer’s House, interested in her second novel.
Spend your evening with the BVWG and Erica as she shares her publishing journey and insights including why she made the choices she did, how she found the perfect editor, advice on querying agents, her marketing strategies, bookstore placements, and more. She’ll do a Q&A session, and you might even get her to sign your copy of her novel.
Erica is the founder of Reilly Creative, a marketing and communications firm based in West Chester. Her previous experience includes marketing writing roles at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), Lilly Pulitzer, the Commodity Futures Brokers & Traders Association (CFBTA), Guardian Life Insurance, Amercanex International Exchange, and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
You can follow Erica at erica.reilly.writes on Facebook and Instagram or her web page: http://reillycreative.com. Her novel, The Swells of Stone Harbor, is available for purchase here.
