RIRW exists to promote excellence in women’s and popular fiction, to help writers become published and build careers in their writing field, and to provide continuing support for writers within the women’s and popular fiction publishing industry. Formed in 1983 as a Romance Writers of America chapter, we disaffiliated in 1988. We are an independent, nonprofit organization in Rhode Island.
If you are serious about writing popular fiction, we invite you to join us! Click here to see membership benefits.
We welcome everyone, without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, religion, cultural identity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical appearance, or any other identity distinction. Furthermore, we recognize that because racism, homophobia, and other forms of bias are systemic in our national culture, people from marginalized communities continue to be denied advancement in our industry. RIRW strives to address this by raising awareness within our membership and increasing our efforts to attract members from a variety of backgrounds to enrich our community of writers.
We meet from September to June on the first Saturday of the month (except for February, when we hold our annual retreat). Because of holidays and/or other conflicts, the date or venue may change (scroll down to see list of dates). We will announce changes here on our home page. We do meetings via ZOOM.
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Nov. 1, 2025 — Daniel David Wallace:
Workshop: TBA
Speaker’s Bio: Daniel David Wallace is a writer, teacher, PhD researcher, and book editor. He creates easy-to-implement techniques that help you master the craft of fiction.
He has given lectures on plot at the AWP conference and other writing festivals around the US, and his work has been read at the Iowa Writers Workshop. His fiction has won the Hodges prize, the Toni Brown scholarship, and he has published short stories and essays in many journals. In his regular life, he teaches advanced writing skills at a great university.
Since he started teaching online, he has worked with hundreds of writers as a coach and teacher. He is also the creator of “character first” writing, a plotting approach that helps writers build a strong connection between the protagonist and the reader. He is the host of three successful writing summits a year. Over seven-thousand writers subscribe to his newsletter. FInd him at https://danieldavidwallace.com/
Note: We welcome Visitors for up to two regular meetings before you need to join. If you want to check us out, please send us a message by NOON on Friday (day before meeting) and we’ll send you a ZOOM link. Come join your fellow writers for a free-ranging discussion!
For regular meetings, we gather to chat at noon; Meeting starts at 12:30, with workshops starting about 1:30
Fall Schedule, 2025:
September 6 – Kimberly Kessler
October 4 – Kristina Stanley
November 1 – Daniel David Wallace: POV Shift Execution
December 6 – Rebekah Manley: DIY Publicity
Winter/Spring Schedule 2026:
January 3 – Roundtable?
February 6-7 – TBA(Retreat, separate registration)
March 7 – Moniquill Blackgoose: Interview
April 11 – Rebekah Manley: “Mentor-shipping”: Work with an intern
May 2 – TBA
June 6 – TBA