Fireside

Structure, community
+ inspiration for people
who want to write.

Build a place in your life for writing.

We believe in what happens when we put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard.

Fireside Community for Writers is an online gathering place where we come back to writing, over and over. We kindle our curiosity, light up our creative dreams, and move our words and stories out into the world, sentence by sentence.

It helps to write with others.

Even when we love writing, it can be really hard to sit down and do it. Without structure, inspiration, and community, it becomes the thing that waits, while other priorities fill our days.

There’s is always a way back to the page.

Fireside gives structure to our writing ache, and puts it on the calendar. A co-writing hour when your focus is scattered. A themed writing session when your imagination needs to go somewhere new. A conversation with people who understand how strange, challenging, and fantastic writing can feel.

Welcome to our living room. You’re in good company here.

Registration will re-open from January 5–15, 2027.

We bring in new members in January, May, and September, and we take welcomes seriously. This is our time to greet new writers, host a big orientation session and mixer (both optional — don’t worry, introverts!), and then hunker down to write, write, write.

If you don’t want to miss the party, you can sign up for our waiting list below to get a nudge when it opens up again!

Community rate: $35/month or $385/year

We have five free spots each season for anyone who can’t afford to join us — apply here.
If funds are a barrier and you don’t get a bursary, reach out, and we’ll lower the price, no questions asked.
There’s no minimum commitment. You’re in charge. Here are our full financial policies.

January only — benefactor rate: $995/year

At the start of the year we offer an elevated level of membership that includes everything on the community level, plus:
- Three 1-on-1 coaching sessions
- An invitation to an informal “board meeting” at the end of the year to weigh in on how next year should go
- A chance to pay it forward — 10% of our benefactor fees go to our financial aid program

What’s Included?

Structure to get you writing

Lots of points of contact for your writing, some on a regular basis, to tune into your own rhythm.

Monthly live “Writing Reset” sessions to connect the threads together
2–3 co-writing sessions each week
Themed writing sessions to get your imagination going
Annual intensives, including an intensive writing “push” weekend this January.

Our always-growing resource library

Tricks and tools to keep you going at your own pace.

Guided meditations for writers
Plot and character development tools
Recordings of past events
Any other stuff we dream up

Writing thrives in community. Low-pressure ways to connect and find your people.

A community notice board full of other kind and curious writers
A dedicated space just for BIPOC folks to connect and write together twice a month
Mixers and other special events to bring new inspiration and ideas
Panels and author evenings

Such good people

We love to treat our people right.

Early bird access and half-price “rush seats” for small-group workshops
A chance to weigh in on Firefly decisions and ideas.
Any other goodies we think up

And extra stuff

Questions?

Your answer is probably on this page. Otherwise, drop us a line. You can also see a little tour of the space with this walkthrough video.

Already a member? You can access the page at firesidecommunity.circle.so.

Credit where credit is due:
The photo we’re using to promote this page was taken by Timon Wanner (via Unsplash).

What our members are saying…

The most supportive writing community on the internet (and planet).

Lara Stokes
Writer
Fireside is everything I love about Firefly, on a regular basis — skilled facilitators, lots of co-writing time with or without prompts, and a supportive group of writers. Plus access to early bird discounts on most of the workshops. Also special events like author talks, and a resources section, all in an easy to navigate platform. I am loving it!

Sandhya Singh
Author
Fireside is a welcoming, soft space. It's necessary — like a unique and beautiful coffee shop on a road trip of writing. Fireside is filled with writerly offerings, connection, and delicious words. Here, I can pull up my chair and choose my own writing adventure. I can sink into familiar writing and reach out to touch unexpected new experiences. The warmth of Firefly magic flickers in the glow that warms this space. I would recommend it to every writer.

Shauna
Writer
Fireside has been a refreshing breath of kindness. As someone constantly critical of their own work, it’s been so wonderful to find a community rooted in uplifting and supporting each other. Focusing on what’s going well has helped rejuvenate my love and commitment to my writing. I’m so glad I found Fireside.

Bree S.
There’s many ways Fireside has impacted me but a couple standouts are the sense of community. Every few days, there’s something happening — a gathering to write, a new writing exercise or prompt made available, an interesting thread added — people are chatting and encouraging each other. Secondly, the sense that I am a writer — even when I’m not writing everyday I am hearing about similar experiences, trials and tribulations — I see myself in others experiences and that solidifies my own.

Paula Turner
Poet and Coco to some amazing wee humans
Suuuuuuper-cozy here. I recommend it in here because there's so much to play with, use, and to share. At the same time, it's a loud and loving commitment to my writerly self in a supportive structure we call community.

Erika
Graduate Career Advisor
Fireside has made me feel connected and given an actual feeling of being surrounded by community around a fire when I used to go to cottage country. With events like the monthly resets it has let me sink into the writing and the goal setting / check ins on wins has helped my confidence boost.

Ben