Introducing our St. Johns Writers’ Annex

We’ve landed an amazing space for writing groups, readings, weekend workshops, garden parties, intimate literary events… and writing workstations for weekly or monthly rental.

The space is unbelievable, just over the St. Johns bridge on N. Chicago one block from Lombard. It’s a shiny new yoga studio that we’ll transform, on the same property as my brother’s martial arts school. Hence the name we’re contemplating: The Writers Dojo.

There’s plenty of work ahead to transform the location from gorgeous yoga studio to writing lab and literary workspace. Stay tuned for more details on:

• Launch party, reading, and grand opening


• Web site experience


• And the ongoing work to develop the downtown location for full a Writers’ Room

Here are a few quick pics of the main floor. Better shots of the full location and garden to come.

A NoPo Writing Annex

We're in the final stages of making a deal for our first location—the writers house annex in St. Johns. If all goes well, we will have a gorgeous, dedicated place for writing groups to meet just off of N. Lombard. No longer will groups have to do the coffeehouse, vagabond, peripatetic city trek in search of a spacious nook.

I’m reluctant to share more until the lease is signed. But things are looking superb. We’ll have a living room area to comfortably seat up to 12 or so and a beautiful, Zen office environment fully loaded for weekly, monthly, or even yearly rental. It will also be a great spot for readings and garden parties.

More soon. In the meantime, the search for the perfect writers’ room downtown continues.