Join us to hear Robert Lunday and @maggiemessitt on Monday, Sept. 9, from 12 – 1 pm EST. Writing the Missing: A Conversation on Family, Disappearance, and Creative Investigations register: brownbaglit.com/events/writing…

Congratulations to our co-founder Chloe Yelena Miller!

#randomwritingprompt What is below the surface? Which is to say, what is the backstory that causes your characters to do certain things? Especially in prose, think about how a scene might reflect something that happened in the past through a character's reaction.

Thank you to Aliah Wright for chatting with Brown Bag Lit intern Sara Winick for Lattes & Lit! I hope you'll check out the interview and Aliah's new book, Now You Owe Me (Red Hen Press). youtube.com/watch?v=5JLVOn…

Thank you to our intern Sara Winick for your hard work for Brown Bag Lit! We appreciate your development of the Lattes and Lit interview series! You can watch them all in the link below. Good luck in your new position as NJ Local Editor with Patch! youtube.com/watch?v=fPd-xN…

Did you know that we have special events for Brown Bag Lit's Lunch Break Writers? Clare Beams is joining us online Fri., 9/6 (12 pm EST) The Garden is a remarkable book (check out this highlighted line... oh my goodness.) Can't wait to hear more from her.

We're excited to announce Milk Journal… details about this new journal for book reviews and author interviews coming soon!

Shasta Grant and I couldn't be more excited about this! More soon, writers!

You don't want to miss our Brown Bag Lit event on Monday, 9/9, when Robert Lunday and Maggie Messitt discuss "missingness." I'm LOVING Robert Lunday's book Disequilibria. Register for your free ticket here: brownbaglit.com/events

Brown Bag Lit's new Milk Journal* is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Send us your best book reviews and author interviews! * Because books don't have an expiration date. Link to the guidelines here: brownbaglit.com/milkjournal

Writers: Donate to our #HarrisWalz fundraiser secure.actblue.com/donate/support… and attend our Brown Bag Lit Write for Change online writing workshop on Tuesday, 9/17, 12 - 1 pm EST. Register here: buymeacoffee.com/brownbaglit/e/…

Thank you, Clare Beams, for visiting Lunch Break Writers! Thank you for talking about the writing and publishing life, not to mention The Garden! Looking for a writing accountability group? Join us: brownbaglit.com/lunch-break Read Clare Beams work: clarebeams.com