FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE AND CREATE
A COMMUNITY OF WRITERS
We host a free online community, as well as virtual monthly memberships with craft talks, accountability meetups, and more.
a community of writers
Subscribe to our podcast, Cabana Chats, browse Resort-exclusive classes, and learn more about virtual & in-person events below.
MEMBERSHIP
Virtual Membership includes amazing resources and opportunities for writers, like:
24/7 access to recordings and resources of over 20 past classes and craft talks
Exclusive craft and publishing classes available to members
only each month
Immersion in an inspiring and vibrant community of writers
Live virtual group writing sessions with other members
Weekly virtual coffee meetups with members and Resort founder Catherine LaSota
See what our members are saying:
"The writing sessions are trees I've tied myself to while the madness of this time rages all around."
Rascher
"Joining is the best decision I've made all year!"
Sarita
"You've really created something special with this virtual community."
Jules
Here's how to join:
1. Become a member of The Resort virtual community
2. Go to Clubs in the menu bar and select Cabana Club to sign up
Events & Offerings
Cabana Chats
Podcast
Cabana Chats is a podcast about writing and community, hosted by Catherine LaSota, founder of The Resort. Join us weekly on Tuesdays!
Full transcripts of each episode are available inside our free virtual community.
Cabana Chats is pure joy. So much insight, encouragement, and salve in these talks.
– Jules
The Multitudes
Class
In this two hour class exclusively tailored to the Resort community, Cinelle Barnes shares strategies for setting scope, organizing ideas, pitching collections and anthologies (including sharing successful pitches of her own) and playing with form. This class includes Resort-exclusive tools and take-home visual aids, and is for writers of all levels, whether in the beginning stages of collecting short-form works or at the developmental revision phase of their manuscripts.
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Fiction is Friction: How to Make Dialogue Talk
Tuesday, November 9th (6-8pm ET)
Live Class
Take a deep dive into what makes dialogue work by examining a few all-time greats and studying what's left unsaid. Emily Stone will unpack some of the mysteries that make scenes sink or swim. Class includes a dynamic lecture, writing prompts, and a Resort-exclusive handout.
Make Your Memoir Remarkable
Class
A recorded two hour lecture by Amy Jo Burns that will expand your thinking on memoir and inspire new and authentic writing. This offering also includes a worksheet of ten writing prompts to push your memoir to the next level, a list of helpful resources, plus access to a community of fellow memoirists.
The memoir lecture with Amy Jo Burns at The Resort was one of the best writing lectures I've been to, ever, and I've been working in creative writing for 30+ years.
– Nancy
OUR STORY
Conveniently located in Long Island City, Queens, the Resort was originally founded as a "third space" for writers to create their work and build community, by writer and LIC Reading Series founder Catherine LaSota, along with her husband, filmmaker Karl Jacob.
As we weathered the pandemic together, we shifted our focus
from in-person desk rentals to a vibrant online community
supporting writers around the world.
We also plan to continue offering in person support to writers,
via special offerings, as we enter 2022.
We invite you to explore options for virtual community at the Resort, and to help us keep this vital creative space active as we weather the storm of this difficult time for so many in Queens and beyond.
Check out the website for our current options - we have a lot of exciting craft talks, writers accountability groups, and more on tap!
Subscribe to our mailing list in the Contact Us section or write to us at TheResortNYC@gmail.com for more information.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Resort online now, and in person in the future for special events and offerings.
