Central Florida Inklings
science fiction & fantasy writers interested in diversity & development
Who we are & community guidelines
Central Florida Inklings is a science fiction and fantasy writing group welcoming writers at every stage in their writing journey. We encourage diversity and development—in our writing, careers, and ourselves.
upcoming & previous workshops
Our workshop instructors include authors, agents, and marketing and publishing professionals speaking on a wide range of writing and publishing topics to help develop your craft and career.Workshops for 2025 are currently being scheduled!
Beat the Burnout! for the neurodivergent writer
Sep 28, 1–3pm ET
Beat the Burnout! Balancing creating, self-care, and business for the neurodivergent writer with Chrysta Bairre
writing Workshop
Many writers are pushing themselves harder, working against their neurodivergent brains, while burning out in the process. Manage your mind and energy to love your work and find success as a writer with a few simple tools that will help you work with your brain (instead of against it), and find more ease and flow in your creative process.In this interactive workshop, you'll learn customized strategies to manage your brain and your time so you increase your impact and income, including:
• How to work with your natural way of working, and the skills that come easy to you, to make more progress working less hard
• Clarifying your WHY to say no to everything else to become a top influence in your genre
• How to use your calendar to make more progress while working fewer hours.Sep 28, 1–3pm ET
Virtual Workshop
$15
Register at EventBriteChrysta Bairre
Chrysta is a career coach, author and professional speaker, helping women increase their income and impact through valuing their own inherent worth and advocating for themselves. She engages and inspires on stage, speaking to employees on banishing burnout, overcoming impostor syndrome, and workplace mental health.Her first book, Beautiful Badass: How to Believe in Yourself Against the Odds, shares stories and lessons from overcoming poverty and depression to help others no longer fall prey to the hardships and setbacks that previously defined them. She is currently writing her next book on the topic of asking for help.
Upcoming & previous workshops
Upcoming Workshops
September 28, 2025 Beat the Burnout! Balancing creating, self-care, and business for the neurodivergent writer with Chrysta Bairre
November 2, 2025 2-Page Critiques with Alli Martin & Katherine Ervin
December 6, 2025 Regaining and Maintaining Writing Motivation with Elle E. Ire & José Pablo IriartePrevious Workshops
Gripping the First Chapter in SFF with Sarah N. Fisk
How to Write Short Stories for Novelists with Karen Osborne
Reconnect with Your Writing Life with Alli Martin
Book Proposals for Genre Fiction with Allison Lane
Building Distinct Alien Cultures with Valerie Valdes
The Challenges of Writing Sapphic Fiction Across Genres with Elle E. Ire, Cathy Pegau, Meredith Doench, Riley Scott, MB Austin & K. AtenKeep in touch by joining our newsletter.
who we are &
community guidelines
Central Florida Inklings is a science fiction and fantasy writing group welcoming writers at every stage in their writing journey. We encourage diversity and development—in our writing, careers, and ourselves.While our writers all share an interest in science fiction and fantasy, we write everything from nonfiction to poetry to interactive narratives. We seek out and write about characters expressing experiences familiar and unfamiliar, celebrating diversity and sensitivity in representation of race, economic status, sexuality, gender, and disability throughout all genres.We bring our other talents to the group as well, including graphic art and design, collage, soap-making, knitwork, and sewing. (Also, it’s not a requirement, but most of us own cats.)Most of our writers have the goal of traditional publication (and some have achieved that in anthologies, literary magazines, and websites), but we are also interested in self-publishing. Whether our writers have degrees in creative writing or not, we are all interested in furthering and developing our writing craft and knowledge of the publishing industry. We host guest speakers and workshops, as well as share and discuss publishing news, articles, and opportunities..
Central Florida Inklings is currently looking for new members who would fit well within our group. If the above guidelines sound like you, please reach out!As an official Inkling, you’ll be invited to join our weekly writing sessions (in-person and online through Discord). These sessions provide a structured time dedicated to working on your projects and developing your writing life. While open chat is invited, we ask all writers to be respectful and considerate, acknowledging that our meeting times are Writing Time and excessive cross-chat can be distracting.Belligerent behavior, hate speech, confrontational debate, and other forms of disrespect are not tolerated in this group.