Pen-to-Paper
Windmore’s first writing group published two anthologies in 1992 and another in 1996. The group slowly became inactive. In 2007 the group Pen-to-Paper was started. They met in the office spaces at the Culpeper Train Depot on the first Tuesday of every month. When the changes were made to the depot space, the group moved to the Culpeper Library. The writers met at 10 AM and started a 5 PM writers meeting months later. This time was established so that people who worked could also join the group. When the group first started meeting, only two older writers had published their books. They shared their experiences with getting an agent, formatting the books, and then finding a publishing company to accept their books. Self-publishing was just becoming popular.
Since that time, many of the writers have self-published or used publishing companies to print their books. The members of Pen-to-Paper vary in age and abilities. We have people who write poetry, fiction; mysteries; children’s or young adult stories; family histories; and historical books. These members of Pen-to-Paper acknowledge that the writers’ group gave them the encouragement and support they needed to continue writing to reach their goals. There are now six anthologies that Windmore published. The editors are currently reviewing submissions from Windmore Foundation for the Arts members who have submitted writings to be considered for the anthology.
For more information contact Pen-to-Paper@windmorefoundation.org. If you are a writer, you are encouraged to come to a meeting of the writer’s group on the first Tuesday of every month. Meetings are only canceled if the Culpeper Schools are closed due to inclement weather.

Pen-to-Paper News & Events
Lois Griffin Powell Book Reading 2022
Lois G. Powell had a successful book reading and shared information about her children’s and young adolescent’s books
Sally Humphries New Book: America’s Adolescence
Sally Humphries new book America’s Adolescence: A Young Nation Beats the Odds is now available on Amazon
Pen-to-Paper Authors’ New Books
Books make excellent gifts. Windmore writers appeal to every age. Support local arts with your purchase now and throughout the years.
Narration and Perspective Seminar
Presenter: Lucie-Gabrielle Jolicoeur-Rousseau Location: Online Workshop: This workshop is divided into two sessions. Please make sure you can attend both sessions and participate in the writing/feedback activities. The cost includes both sessions. Session 1 is...
Verbs: A Tense Topic
The Narrative NOW of your story, whether it is in the Past or the Present, affects your choice of verb tenses. In this online seminar, we will discuss what each choice entails, how to stay consistent throughout a story, and how to use the different forms more...
Fifth Writers Workshop: Close Narration
Fifth Writers Workshop: Close Narration Part 1: April 21, 2020, 10AM-2:30PM, Culpeper County Library Part 2: April 28, 2020, 10AM-2:30 PM, Culpeper County Library Give your reader ‘the feels’. Make your readers live the story and connect to your characters by...
Weaving Life into the Story: Action, Dialogue, Pace and Structure Workshop
Weaving Life into the Story: Action, Dialogue, Pace and Structure Taught by: Lucie-Gabrielle Jolicoeur-Rousseau Quiet river flow? Or Action-packed? In this seminar we will learn how to structure the text to either speed up or slow down the pace of a story, and how to...
Show vs. Tell


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Windmore Foundation for the Arts
P.O. Box 38
Culpeper, VA 22701
Office Phone:
540-547-4333