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Welcome to the home of the Bad Habits Writing Academy, created by Aaron Zimmerman, the Founder of NY Writers Coalition. We host free Work Rooms to write in community, plus creative writing workshops and more.
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Work Room is back! (opens the original)
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Thank you to all who have been sending kind words during my time of surrender to the chaos of life, including needing to leave my home of 11 years. I have good news! I have found an apartment and move in on Wednesday! Even better, the new living situation came about because I wrote about the struggle to find a place in this newsletter, and a dear writer friend saw it, reached out, and proposed a co-living situation that meets both of our needs so perfectly. It is truly a gift that came out of se
Quick note about Work Room (and receiving help) (opens the original)
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Hi all!Thanks to everyone who sent good thoughts after my note about surrender. Thanks to a friend reaching out after reading my post, I am THIS close to having a new apartment. I don’t believe in jinxes, but I don’t want to celebrate unless it’s official, but for me, it’s a further lesson in surrender, and being open to receiving help. Many of you will relate, but it’s so easy to feel like I have to take care of and figure out everything, on my own. It feels like that’s how I’ve made it this fa
Pop Up Work Room this Wednesday! 11:30 to 1 PM Eastern time (opens the original)
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Two messages from me in one day! What is life? I have been consumed by the topics I just shared about, and I am needing to get back to working on my novel. It’s so much easier with community (plus I miss everyone very much!), so I will host a popup Work Room this Wednesday, August 26, from 11:30 to 1PM Eastern. As always, it’s free, and you can register here. <div class="ca
New Fall Workshop! The Art of Surrendering (opens the original)
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I am excited to announce a new offering for this Fall called The Art of Surrendering, a virtual generative writing workshop: 6 Monday Evenings, September 21 through October 26: 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM Eastern time. The cost is $450, payment schedules and limited financial aid are available, and the workshop will be limited to 10 participants. Apply here. (Work Room will also be back in September, look for info about that soon.) What does it mean to surrender? To me, it’s a fo
Time Change for this Friday's Work Room (opens the original)
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Just a quick note that this week’s Work Room will just be one hour, from 11 am to noon. Hope to see you there!Not too late to register for this and for the rest of the month’s work rooms! Aaron
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