About Us
Management Team
Grant Koo, former Director of Content and Strategy at WebMD Global with 18+ years experience leading high performing content & creative teams across NY/NJ, London, and Mumbai. BA in English Literature from Williams College; Educator (5+ years), Writer (4 novels and a collection of short, autofiction-esque stories), Publisher (new online literary quarterly).
Serena Koo, MLIS, Lead Research Librarian at a top law firm, Former Agency Owner with 7+ years experience exclusively representing Thompson Dialog data solutions throughout South Korea. Market Research & Information Systems Expert.
The Writer’s Gym—an idea
born in fiction & birthed in fact
Operating as a co-working space for writers of all persuasions and stages in their careers to come practice their craft & teach their practice, The Writer’s Gym aims to nurture an inclusive community—even if you’re not quite persuaded you are a writer (yet)—around the written word and to spread the joyful practice of weaving them into and out of the social fabric of our peculiarly solitary lives.
Most days during the week, The Writer’s Gym does a rather convincing impersonation of a library’s hushed atmosphere. Though calling it a sanctuary may be overselling it, feel free to call it that yourselves. The space fosters a sense of “silent camaraderie” with the support of other gym rats/enthusiasts always hanging around the place.
In the evenings and on weekends, the space relaxes into an intentional program of community-building events with a distinctly literary bent—from film screenings, writing workshops, live music, and karaoke for English majors in the soundproofed studio to salons, book groups, writer meet-ups, reading series, book launches, and other author events in our well-appointed lounge & cafe.
Our affordable, value-packed memberships start at $250/month* and grants access to a growing catalog of innovative classes & inspiring events sure to get your sentences in shape.
*Though the 19th-century French writer Honoré de Balzac reportedly drank up to 50 cups of coffee a day, for most writers residing in 21st-century Brooklyn, $250 is likely a more reasonable monthly budget for coffee, which is always complimentary at The Writer’s Gym, you guys!