Gemini Ink

Teen Writing Circle with Daniel Ramirez
2026-10-31 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-11-28 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-12-26 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Mexico_City) | Online via Zoom
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Last Saturday of Every Month 12-1:30pm cst via Zoom
For ages 13-19 years old
Are you a teen who enjoys writing in their free time? Or are you someone who’s never had the chance to write on their own? If so, this Online Teen Writing Circle is for you!
In this once-a-month writing circle, teens will enjoy writing in a judgment free zone. We’ll break the ice with one another and perform various writing exercises. You are encouraged to share your work with your peers and get constructive feedback, but it is not required. Our only goal is to keep you writing!
This course is open to teen writers of any skill level.
Participants will leave the writing circle with:

New, unique written work
Listening and sharing experience
Constructive feedback to help improve their writing

Want to learn more about our Teen Writing Circle? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions!

Daniel Ramirez has been an educator for more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling, he has developed interests in calligraphy, puppetry, poetry, and block printing. A San Antonio native, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas.

Finding Your Audience: A Guide to Book Launch Success with Violeta Garza
2026-11-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online via Zoom
Tuesdays, Nov 3 & 10
6:30pm–8:30pm CT, Online via Zoom
Nonmember: $100; Member: $85; Student/Educ/Mil: $70
*EARN CPEs; SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

You published a book. Now what? Promoting your work can feel daunting if you have no marketing experience. Learn how to build a clear pre- and post-launch plan that will ensure your book finds its readers!
In this two-session workshop, we will develop your brand; craft an elevator pitch; draft promotional materials for your new or forthcoming book, or big book idea; and build a marketing plan. We will use Canva, LinkTree, Instagram, and more. If you don’t have access to any of these platforms, no worries, you can still follow along and learn. Students will have the opportunity to create their own content and receive instructor and peer feedback.
This course is for writers of all skill levels and genres with a new, imagined, or forthcoming collection of work, 18+.
As a student, you will leave this class with:

An understanding of your own brand identity
An elevator pitch that gets potential readers excited about your work
A plan of action for marketing and promoting your book in-person and online

A multilingual poet, educator, and performance doula, Violeta Garza is a classic middle child in a family of Mexican immigrants. She has performed her original poetry for Texas Public Radio, The Alamo Chapter for Human Rights, The Center for Refugee Services, and elsewhere. She is a Macondo Writers Workshop fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest semifinalist, and a Top Ten Debut Latine Author of 2025 on LatinoStories.com. Her bilingual collection of poetry, BRAVA, was published by First Matter Press, and was featured on New York University’s Latinx Project list La Treintena: 30 Books of Latinx Poetry for 2026. For more info, please visit violetagarza.com.

LitMinds Book Club: The Death of Ivan Ilych & Spare Room
2026-11-11 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Gemini Ink, 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
Join us as we discuss The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy and Spare Room by Helen Garner.

November’s LitMinds selections pair two remarkable works that explore illness, mortality, and the relationships that shape our lives—one a timeless classic, the other a modern literary masterpiece.
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
A masterpiece of world literature, The Death of Ivan Ilych follows a respected judge who, faced with a terminal illness, is forced to confront the life he has built—and the life he may have missed. At once unsettling and deeply compassionate, Tolstoy’s novella explores mortality, meaning, and the search for authenticity with remarkable clarity. More than a century after its publication, it remains one of the most profound reflections on what it means to truly live.
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is one of the world’s most celebrated novelists, best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina. His works continue to shape conversations about literature, philosophy, and the human condition.

Spare Room by Helen Garner
In Spare Room, acclaimed Australian writer Helen Garner tells the story of two longtime friends brought together under difficult circumstances when one arrives seeking alternative cancer treatment. What begins as an act of generosity becomes a powerful exploration of friendship, caregiving, hope, and the emotional complexities of loving someone through illness. Written with honesty and emotional precision, Spare Room is both intimate and unforgettable.
Helen Garner is one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary writers, known for her novels, essays, and nonfiction. Her work is celebrated for its psychological insight, moral complexity, and beautifully restrained prose.

Visit our LitMinds page to see what we’re reading next!

Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
2026-11-18 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-12-16 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Mexico_City) | Online via Zoom
The Veterans’ Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest, positive, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.
The VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.
If you would like an invitation to this class, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org

Sarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.

Open Writers' Labs
2026-11-30 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-12-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Mexico_City) | Online via Zoom
These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.

Online Via Zoom
For the online workshop, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link.
This workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction, mothers, and missing graves. And a novel, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners), a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale, The Little Matchgirl.

In-Person at Gemini Ink

Join our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office, 1111 Navarro St., San Antonio, TX 78205.
Robert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review, the Texas Poetry Calendar, Voices de la Luna, di-verse-city, the San Antonio Express-News, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups, classes, and open mics, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab.
Parking at Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.

Fun with Forms: An Intermediate Poetry Workshop with Jonathan Fletcher
2026-11-30 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Gemini Ink, 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
Mondays, Nov 30 & Dec 7, 14, & 21
6:30–8:30pm CT, In-person at Gemini Ink
Nonmember: $200; Member: $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140
*EARN CPEs; SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Are you a poet with a regular writing practice? Are you looking for new craft tools to add to your poetic toolbox? Join us for this intermediate workshop and dive deep into form poetry!
In this four-week class, we will review the history of poetry, study contemporary poets and their craft, and explore advanced poetic forms, including ghazal, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, and more. Using these new texts and forms for inspiration, we will write and give poetic shape to our own experiences and dreams. Participants will receive light feedback and resources to keep them writing.
This course is open to poets with a regular writing practice, 18+.
Students will leave this class with:

Knowledge of intermediate contemporary poetry and craft tools
Drafts of work generated from class readings, discussions, and prompts
Resources and materials to further their own study and poetic work

Jonathan Fletcher holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University School of the Arts. His work has been featured in numerous literary journals and magazines, and he has won or placed in various literary contests. A Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction nominee, he won Northwestern University Press’s Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize contest in 2023, for which his debut chapbook, This is My Body, was published in 2025. Currently, he serves as a Zoeglossia Fellow and lives in San Antonio, Texas.
