workspace for writers

These are really cool. Kind of like a more casual version of a turn-key office for writers. Or like a gym for writers, where the equipment is chairs, desks, and comfy couches, and the exercises tend more towards the grammatical and literary than muscular and aerobic. Workspaces for writers are basically shared quiet space to write in, and some easygoing social space to gossip and network with one's peers. (like a kitchen or...the classic water cooler). Perfect for freelancers who get cabin fever from working at home all the time or who tend to procrastinate by baking brownies or doing laundry.

some links:

NYC: paragraph, village quill, Brooklyn writers group

PHX: writers' bloc

St. Paul Writers' refuge