This month’s Writers Station is set for Saturday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Train Depot, #1 Railroad St. in Alderson. The Writers Station is an open mic for writers, so bring your original work or something by another author that you would like to share. Poetry, prose, memoirs, fiction, and essays – all are welcome. Storytellers are invited to bring their favorite short tales.
This is the last Writers Station for the year, so on behalf of Alderson Main Street, Cheryl Mansley, and Reni Fulton, we wish you a wonderful holiday season, and we will see you in the spring of 2026.
November arrived, bringing sweater weather. All Saints Day on the first and Day of the Dead on the second were spooky welcomes for entering winter’s realm. We honor veterans on Nov. 11 with Veterans Day, which also happens to be Fulton’s daughter’s birthday and Mansley’s brother’s, who was a veteran. You may miss your chance to score a date if you don’t take the opportunity on the Nov. 13, Sadie Hawkins Day, when women traditionally do the asking! Thanksgiving is ahead, and we look forward to its bounty of food, family, and friendship. This year, we meet with gratitude on Nov. 27.
Fortunately, we have the whole month to celebrate Native American Heritage and National Novel Writing. A number of the world’s most renowned novelists have birthdays this month, including Louisa May Alcott, Bram Stoker, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The birthday stars shine bright in Hollywood, too, as Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Gosling, Matthew McConaughey, Emma Stone, and Demi Moore celebrate their November birthdays. The month of November feels, in many ways, as though it belongs to writers, so we hope you find your writing inspiration this month.
The Writers Station is free, open to all readers as well as those who would like to listen. It is sponsored by Alderson Main Street and is produced and hosted by Reni Fulton and Cheryl Mansley. For more information, text Reni at 304-994-1703 or contact Cheryl at 304-702-0554 or cherylmansley@gmail.com.
