well during november i do NaNoWriMo so those are the meetings i attend. the only one that has jews are the tursday night park slope starbucks meetings. you usually get 3-5 frum jews there. they last from around 6 PM to 10:30 PM. its a few blocks from the F train.
my novels are terrible 😛 truly terrible. and thats not me being bashful…novels arent my thing. this november’s novel however IS seeing as its somewhat autobiographical…which means that im gonna miss interacting with new characters but the book will be more passionate. hopefully the narrative will be more colorful, plentiful and descriptive.
the other jews there, like you, dont necessarily write for jews. nothing “non kosher” as it were, just not yair weinstock. (i understood what you meant BTW)
i used to be ashamed (es chatai ani mazkir hayom) of showing stuff i had written for jews to non jews…but im way over that. now i show everything i write to anyone who is interested, jewish or non jewish. some people there share their writin…others, as is common, keep it very secret. you know how it is.
the meetings are really a lot of fun. we talk about our characters, our plots…we discuss plot options and twists and ideas and stuffness. its great 🙂