E. Izabelle Cassandra Alexander writes short stories, creative nonfiction essays, flash fiction, plays, and poetry. She’s also working on a few novels and a series of children's books along with illustrations.

 

In January 2013, Izabelle became a member of a writing group at the Des Plains Public Library and several other writing and poetry groups thereafter. She also founded a small writing group named Izabelle’s Oakton Creative Writing Group in 2017 (ask to join in person if you live near the Des Plaines campus, do not need to be enrolled at the college, or reach out to join online) and created a public Author's Facebook page for sharing about writing, fb.me/E.IzabelleAlexander. She also has another private Facebook group connected to her author’s Facebook page, Izabelle’s Readers/Authors Corner, for writers and readers, where she shares writing prompts, information about the craft, calls for submissions and contests, publications, etc. Admissions to this group are on a case-by-case basis. Qualifications: You must love writing and/or reading. She also meets online, one-on-one with a few of her writing friends to do critiques, writing prompts, and keep learning together about the intricacies of writing. 

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She’s also active on Scribophile(https://www.scribophile.com/authors/izabelle-alexander/) where writers critique each other’s work (a valuable resource), and on Discord.

 

Izabelle has been participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) each year since November 2013, at the annual NaNoWriMo showcase by the Des Plaines Public Library, at the Beautiful Minds events and Spark Release events at Oakton Community College, and has been nominated several times by Oakton to compete at Skyway Competitions in the last seven years.

 

Izabelle’s work has been published in Spark Literary Journal, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020, on the Illinois State Poetry Society’s (ISPS) website, 2017, 2018, and in their Anthology, Distilled Lives, 2018, in Yearning to Breathe Free by The Moonstone Art Center, 2019, by The Scarlet Leaf Review in 2018 and 2020, WOW! Women on Writing, 2019, 2020, 2021, The Book Smuggler's Den, 2019, in Unlimited Literature Magazine(ULMag) 2020, Ariel's Dream Literary Journal 2020, L.eX | Literary Excellence, Beautiful Words by Ariel Publishing 2020, Tint Journal 2020, Pages & Spine 2020, and more.

 

Find Izabelle on her Author & Critique Website: izabelle2012.wixsite.com/izabelle and support her work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/IzabelleAlexander and connect with her by visiting her page at fb.me/E.IzabelleAlexander on Facebook and on Twitter.com/IzabelleAlexan3 and listen to her podcasts below: