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The Writers' Monday Critique conducts a one-story critique via Zoom Video Conference at 7:30 PM on the third Monday of the month. The session follows the same format as our in-person critique sessions, the story is given a cold reading by someone other than the author. Participants then give feedback. The story is emailed to the participants in advance so that they may print out a hard copy to annotate during the reading. The story is not to be read in advance, however. Unlike our other critique sessions which limit stories to around 3K words / 12 standard pages, this group focuses on longer works, 5K / 20 standard pages
Participants must register in advance so that they can be emailed the story and the link to the Zoom Conference. The preferred method of contact is via FaceBook (click GOING on the FaceBook event). However, it is possible to take part in the Video Conference if you are not on FaceBook if you contact us in advance.
We had previously conducted a video critique session under our Writers' Space Saloon umbrella. It is now being spin off as a separate event. Carol Gyzander is the moderator.
Sessions:
..........December 15, 2025: Where Angels Fear to Tread by Matt. Read by Carol & Robert.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Paul Emilio Leporino. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh.
..........November 17, 2025: THE DAN CHRONICLES 2, Chapters 8 & 39 by Robert. Read by Carol & Peter.
CAROL GYZANDER. Philip De Parto. Peter Gutierrez. Robert Kalison. Paul Emilio Leporino. Max Wanner
..........October 20, 2025: SOUL EATERS, Ectoverse Bk 2, Ch 5&6 by Paul. Read by Carol & Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats.
..........September 15, 2025: SOUL EATERS, Ectoverse Bk 2, Ch 1&2 by Paul. Read by Peter & Clif.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Clif Flynt. Peter Gutierrez. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino.
..........August 19, 2025: Airtime by Matt. Read by Julie & Robert.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. Max Wanner.
..........July 17, 2025: THE DAN CHRONICLES 2, Chapters 32 by Robert. Read by AJ & Julie.
A J BARTHOLOMEW. Philip De Parto. Robert Kalison. James Kim. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats.
..........June 16, 2025: The Accidental Ecto, Revised, by Paul. Read by Carol & Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Peter Gutierrez. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad.
..........May 19, 2025: ONE WRONG NOTE, Chapters 1 - 2 by Carol. Read by Ken & AJ.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats.
..........April 21, 2025: Grand Theft Ecto by Paul. Read by Carol & Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad.
..........March 17, 2025: The Enldarkenment, Parts 1 - 3 by Julie. Read by Carol & Robert.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Sean O'Connor. Ingrid Staats Julie Saad.
..........February 17, 2025: Current Events by Jerri. Read by Julie & Ian. / Family Recipe by Carol. Read by Robert.
CAROL GYZANDER. Jerri Angermueller. A J Bartholomew. Ian Caskey. Carol Gyzander. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad.
..........January 20, 2025: THE DAN CHRONICLES, Book 2, Chapters 19 - 21 by Robert. Read by Ken & Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Ian Caskey. Claire Fisher. Robert Kalison.
..........December 16, 2024: Follow the Mule - An Ectoverse Tale by Paul. Read by Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Ian Caskey. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad.
..........November 18, 2024: THE DAN CHRONICLES, Book Two, Chapters 12 - 14 by Robert. Read by A J & Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. John D Upton.
..........October 21, 2024: SCRAPPED, Chapters 14 - 17 by David. Read by Julie & Robert.
ROBERT KALISON. Philip De Parto. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........September 16, 2024: THE EMPATHECTOMIST by Julie. Read by Ken & Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........August 19, 2024: TASK FORCE HIKARU, Stryker Backstory by Sean. Read by Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Ian Casky. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........July 15, 2024: SCRAPPED, Chapters 10 - 13 by David. Read by Ken & Matt.
.........................................THE BRAHMA SHIP, Prologue by Matt. Read by Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. Clare Deming. Gregor Hartmann. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Sean O'Connor. David Willison.
..........June 17, 2024: TASK FORCE HIKARU Book 2, Ch 2 by Sean. Read by Ken & Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Ian Casky. Clare Deming. Robert Kalison. Sid Motaghi. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad.
..........May 20, 2024: I MARRIED THE SMALL SATAN, Ch 1 - 3 (rewrite) by Julie. Read by Robert & AJ.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Alanson. Ken Altabef. Christopher Chiller. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Julie Saad.
..........April 15, 2024: THE DAN CHRONICLES, Chapters 41 - 43 by Robert. Read by Julie & Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Rocco Lippi. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats. David Vun Kannon. David Willison.
..........March 18, 2024: SCRAPPED!, Chapters 1 - 4 by David. Read by Sean & Julie.
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats. David Willison.
..........February 19, 2024: STRAYER: RECOVERY, Part 1a by Sean. Read by Carol.
CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........January 15, 2024: RUNT OF THE LITTER, Chapters 2 - 4 by Carol. Read by Clif & Robert.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clare Deming. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Paul Leporino. Sean O'Connor. Ingrid Staats. David Willison.
..........December 18, 2023: THE DAN CHRONICLES, Chapters 33 - 35 by Robert. Read by Julie & Ken.
Ken Altabef. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Clare Deming. Robert Kalison. Gary Klienman. Julie Saad. Alex Shvartsman. Ingrid Staats. David Willison.
..........November 20, 2023: TASK FORCE HIKARU, The Marine Cross, Part 1 by Sean. Read by Carol.
RUNT OF THE LITTER, Chapter 1 by Carol. Read by Robert.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........October 16, 2023: STRIKE FORCE HIKARU, The Marine Cross by Sean. Read by Julie & Robert.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Ed Gregory. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Mike Kirby. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats.
..........September 18, 2023: ZONBI IN THE SECTOR, Climax by Julie. Read by Ken & Robert.
Ken Altabef. Samantha Banks. PHILIP DE PARTO. Clif Flynt. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad.
..........August 21, 2023: A Weekend in Rural Virginia by A J. Read by Carol and Ken.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Reyna Favis. Madhavi Ghare. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. David Willison.
..........July 18, 2023: The Forest of Fate, Part 1 by David. Read by AJ Bartholomew & Julie.
A J Alanson. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Clif Flynt. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........June 19, 2023: STRIKE FORCE HIKARU, Boarding Party Part 3 (rewrite) by Sean. Read by Julie and Carol.
Ken Altabef. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad
..........May 15, 2023:
Event Canceled.
..........April 17, 2023: STRIKE FORCE HIARU, Boarding Party Part 2 by Sean. Read by Robert and Carol.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. David Willison.
..........March 20, 2023: The Centurian Six by David. Read by A J.
Ken Altabef. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. John D Upton. David Willison.
..........February 20, 2023: STRIKE FORCE HIARU, Boarding Party by Sean. Read by Ken and Carol.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Peter Gutierrez. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Anthony Pawlak. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........January 16, 2023: Sucker, rewrite bu Carol. Read by Clif & A J.
A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Sean O'Connor. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........December 19, 2022: Cleanup by Carol. Read by Clif & Julie.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........November 15, 2022: ZONBI IN THE SECTOR: The Gate of Theives by Julie. Read by Robert & Carol.
Ken Altabef. Reyna Favis. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........October 17, 2022: Bodies Open to the Dark by Gregor. Read by Robert
A J BARTHOLOMEW. Philip De Parto. Gregor Hartmann. Robert Kallison. Julie Saad John D Upton.
..........September 19, 2022: Our Lady Sets the Rules by Stewart. Read by Julie & Ken.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clare Deming. Clif Flynt CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Stewart Moore. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........August 15, 2022: ZONBI IN THE SECTOR by Julie. Read by George & Carol.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. James Sullivan, David Willison.
..........July 18, 2022: THE MANATEE ADVENTURE, Chapter 5 by David. Read by Carol & A J.
A J Bartholomew. Clare Deming. Reyna Favis. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. David Willison.
..........June 20, 2022: THE MANATEE ADVENTURE, Chapters 1 - 4 by David. Read by Julie & Carol.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........May 16, 2022: Nightmare Crown, section by David. Read by A J.
Ken Altabef. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Clare Deming. Philip De Parto. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........April 18, 2022: Homecoming by Carol. Read by Matt & Julie.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad.
..........March 21, 2022: Don's First Project by Robert. Read by Carol & Julie.
Ken Altabef. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Carol Gyzander. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........February 21, 2022: A Ghost of Romance by Clif. Read by Julie & AJ.
Phil De Parto. A J BARTHOLOMEW. Clif Flynt. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. Ingrid Staats. David Willison.
..........January 17, 2022: The Meeting by Matt. Read by Carol & Ken.
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Gary Calhoun. Clare Deming. Clif Flynt. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. David Willison.
..........December 20, 2021: NO STRANGER TO NATIVE SHORES, Chapter 23 by Matt. Read by AJ.
WEREWOLF, Chapter 1 by David. Read by Robert,
A J BARTHOLOMEW. George Galuschak. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........November 15, 2021: A Germ of a Plot (Alfred 2) by Clif (read by Carol)
Clif Flynt. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........October 18, 2021: Dan's Last Therapy Session by Robert (read by Carol)
Dan's Last Therapy Exam by Robert (read by Ken)
Seeking Treats by AJ (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison.
..........September 20, 2021: TALES OF ARVIA # 3, Chapter 1 by David (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Philip De Parto. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Julie Saad. John D Upton. David Willison.
..........August 16, 2021: Breath of the Andes by Carol (read by George)
Ground Zero Since August 6th by Matt (read by Carol)
A J Bartholomew. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. John D Upton. David Willison.
..........July 19, 2021: Down the Cat Head Eagle Hole by Matt (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. George Galuschak. CAROL GYZANDER. Matt McHugh. David Willison.
..........June 21, 2021: PETROMAN IN SANDYLAND, Chapter 1 by John (read by Carol)
A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Chris Ryan. Julie Saad. John D Upton. David Willison.
..........May 17, 2021: Barrels of Trouble by Carol (read by Ken)
Two Horror Poems by AJ (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. Jade Gardner. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........April 19, 2021: An Island Retreat by Clif (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Gregor Hartmann. Robert Kalison. Matt Mc Hugh. Julie Saad.
..........March 15, 2021: Scaredy Cat by Clif (read by Anthony)
Jennifer Gives Her Heart to Radioland by Matt (read by Andres)
Ken Altabef. AJ Bartholomew. Andres Castro. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Matt Mc Hugh. Anthony Pawlak. Julie Saad. John D Upton
..........February 15, 2021: The Deadly Life by Clif (read by Carols)
The Dibany Palace on Wheels by Julie (read by Robert)
AJ Bartholomew. Andres Castro. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Gregor Hartmann. Robert Kalison. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........January 18, 2021: The Yellow Crown by Carol (read by Andres)
ZONE 5, Chapter 1 by Gary (read by Carol)
Ken Altabef. AJ Bartholomew. Gary Calhoun. Andres Castro. CAROL GYZANDER. Robert Kalison. Casey Masterson. Julie Saad. Erich Werner.
..........December 21, 2020: PATTERNS by Clif (read by Carol)
A J Bartholomew. Gary Calhoun. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. James La Barre. Julie Saad. Erich Werner. David Willison.
..........November 16, 2020: NOT ANOTHER URBAN LEGEND, Ch 7 by AJ (read by Carol)
A J Bartholomew. Gary Calhoun. Clif Flynt. Jade Gardner. CAROL GYZANDER. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........October 19, 2020: A Harvest of Malice by Matt (read by Ken)
Ken Altabef. Clif Flynt. CAROL GYZANDER. Gregor Hartmann. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad.
..........September 21, 2020: The Detective's Second thought by C Flynt
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Andres Castro. Clif Flynt. Jade Gardner. Gregor Hartmann, Matt McHugh. Anthony Pawlak.
..........August 17, 2020: Face Off by Carol Gyzander (read by A J Bartholomew) / Swag of a Different Earth by Matt McHugh (read by Carol Gyzander)
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Andres Castro. Jason Edwards. Clif Flynt. Jade Gardner. Gregor Hartmann. Matt McHugh. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........July 20, 2020: All the Little Things We Remember, Part 1 by Matt Mc Hugh
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Jason Edwards. Clif Flynt. Peter Gutierrez. Matt McHugh. Tony Pawlak. David Willison.
..........June 15, 2020: Because Our Bed Is the Sea, Part 1 by Gregor Hartmann
CAROL GYZANDER. Ken Altabef. A J Bartholomew. Jason Edwards. Jade Gardner. Gregor Hartmann. Tom Kidd. Matt Mc Hugh. David Willison.
..........May 18, 2020: CYBERSPACE, Chapters 1 & 2 by Carol Gyzander
CAROL GYZANDER. A J. Bartholomew. Jason Edwards. Jade Gardner. Matt Mc Hugh. Anthony Pawlak. David Willison.
..........April 20, 2020: NOT ANOTHER URBAN LEGEND, Chapter 11 by A J Bartholomew.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Gregor Hartmann. Matt Mc Hugh. Julie Saad. David Willison.
..........March 16, 2020: HARPY SEQUEL, Chapter 1 by David Willison.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Robert Stava. David Willison.
Writers' Space Saloon Critique Sessions:
..........Sunday, 03/17/19 @ 12:30 PM: One Story Critique A TOWN CALLED PEACE, Chapters 1 & 2 by Ben Parris.
CAROL GYZANDER. A J Bartholomew. Karen Cavalli. Kathy Kovalcik. Ben Parris.