So not only did you teach me about writing memoir, you also taught me about reading and thinking about how others write memoir. Thank you so much! Rebecca

Accepting what is to come

You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Poetry Class with Rosemary Royston

Rosemary Royston

NCWN-West is holding a poetry workshop with outstanding poet, Rosemary Royston, author of several books. She teaches annually at the John C. Campbell Folk School in their writing program. To learn more about Rosemary, Google Rosemary Royston poetShe holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Read some of her poetry here.

Rosemary’s chapbook, Splitting the Soil, is available through Finishing Line Press and Amazon.

I have known Rosemary for many years. 
She was a member of the North Carolina Writers' Network. She served as Program Coordinator for NCWN-West


We always had a full class when Rosemary taught at Writers Circle around the Table, my studio in Hayesville. 

I like this description of Rosemary's book, Second Sight:

Rosemary Royston’s poems speak in the tongues of rural folks in a way that only a linguistical conjurer could have managed. She takes her readers on a tour through Appalachia and its cultures—showing the reader creek bottoms, retold Garden of Eden stories, and her grandmother’s medicine cabinet. Royston is an eloquent wordsmith who tenderly crafts each word, each line, and each stanza. This collection of Royston’s is honest, timely, and beautiful. It is a love letter to Appalachia and rural people everywhere who often don’t get their stories told in such a powerful and compassionate manner.

If you write poetry, no matter what level, you will enjoy and learn from taking this class. 
Location: 355 Main St. N, Suite C, Hiawassee, GA 30582
Date and time: July 26, 2025  - 10:00 AM- 12:00 
Registration: Fee: $40  For registration information contact gcbmountaingirl@gmail.com 


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Words Are All We Have - Dana Wildsmith

Dana Wildsmith will be teaching Words are all we Have at Writers Circle around the Table on Saturday, April  25. Mark that date on your calendar now.

To see some of her work and see the way she thinks as a writer, visit her blog site: