The Writing Life is a bimonthly virtual get together that meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 1:30-3:30 via Google Meet. Any LRJF member can attend in addition to another writing group they regularly participate in OR exclusively to this experience.
The first meeting of each month offers a Listening Lab, an opportunity for writers to come together, read their work aloud, and receive feedback from other writers. The second meeting of each month offers a Learning Lab, an opportunity for writers to come together and examine a shared topic of interest.
Interested in participating? Click here to go to our Event Calendar and see the upcoming scheduled meetings of The Writing Life.
No pre-registration is required to attend this particular group. All LRJF members are welcome to participate whenever they like. Not yet a member? You are welcome to attend one session as a guest.
FALL 2025 Schedule
- The first meeting of each month will offer a Listening Lab, an opportunity for writers to come together, read their work aloud, and receive feedback from other writers
- The second meeting of each month will offer a Learning Lab, an opportunity for writers to come together and examine a shared topic of interest
September 24 Learning Lab: Publishing Panel I
October 8 Listening Lab
October 22 Learning Lab: Publishing Panel II
November 12 Listening Lab
December 10 Listening Lab
No meeting November 26 or December 24
Meet your facilitator:
Laura Kelley
Laura Kelley has lived and worked in Vero Beach since 1981. When she wasn’t in the dance studio, she earned a Journalism degree, BA from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant MI in the days of the manual typewriter. After graduating she wrote for a weekly string of suburban newspapers and the next year moved to Florida for her grandmother, the sunshine, and a magazine job.
Laura served in writing positions in Florida PR and ad agencies before running her own company, Image Makers Ink from 1985-1990. She served as the first Executive Director of the Volunteer Action Center in Indian River County and from 1993-2003, Laura was the Marketing Director for Saint Edward’s School.
In 2003, she joined the then Indian River Community College’s Institutional Advancement office and the following year was hired to develop and direct the College Foundation’s successful Lifelong Learning Institute until redefining her own retirement in 2013.
A long-time community volunteer, she has enjoyed serving on local non-profit Boards with a focus on education and the arts and served on the first Board of Directors for LRJ. Laura currently serves on the Board of the Indian River Genealogical Society and since 2021 has enjoyed co-facilitating the virtual writing group, Write Life.
With a passion for mindful movement, Laura is a registered Yoga Alliance teacher having completed 2-200 hr. certified trainings in vinyasa and yin. She enjoys off the beaten path travel, sailing, yoga, and dance, and is currently working on her memoir. She and her partner Bob live, work, and play in the Cultural Arts Village.