Welcome to The Writing Mamas©! We're a group of mothers originally from around the country, but who now reside in the picturesque Bay Area of California.

On the second Sunday of each month we gather at the iconic bookstore Book Passage in Corte Madera, Marin County, from 6-8 p.m. We bond, write and review our work, offering gentle advice and helpful encouragement.

On the fourth Sunday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m., we listen to a well-known speaker. This is an opportunity to be inspired and make connections with authors, literary agents and book publishers in an intimate setting.

When you join The Writing Mamas Salon, you learn to improve your writing, have a nurturing place to receive feedback about your work, obtain publishing encouragement and writing leads, as well as the opportunity to perform your writing in public during our popular “Mama Monologues.” The profits from our readings are donated to charity. And we always perform with a well-known writer who becomes an honorary Writing Mama. Prior Mama Monologues have been with Jacquelyn Mitchard (“Deep End of the Ocean”), Joyce Maynard (“At Home in the World") and Sylvia Boorstein (“Happiness is An Inside Job”).

We also have retreats where we unwind, write and have wine. (We’re mothers. We need it.)

The salon is a warm, encouraging and supportive place for members to talk about motherhood and writinghood and to have a neighborhood in which to do both. And, like the best of neighbors and the best of friends, there is much laughter and a true sense of community.

You’ll find that members will become some of your best friends because The Writing Mamas salon is the ultimate mothers’ club.

All levels of writers – from beginning to published authors – are invited.

Come join us! Annual membership is only $120. Sign up on the Book Passage Website or call 415.927.0960. Or e-mail Dawn Yun at dawnyun@writingmamas.com or call 415.233.2483.

Happy writing!!!