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.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Fiction Writers, Take Note!

The North Carolina Writers' Network 2013 Squire Summer Writing Residency will be held July 11-14, 2013, on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. If you've already registered, thank you! If not, consider signing up to experience the Network's smallest and most intensive conference of the year.

This year's weekend-long fiction workshop will be led by Elizabeth Lutyens. Scenes are the building blocks of a story or novel. Through dialogue, gesture, action/reaction, setting, and sensory detail, scenes give fiction the illusion of real life. For this workshop, excerpts from published fiction will model effective scene-work; in-class exercises based on scene will enhance skills and trigger inspiration. Your own writing will play an essential role. Using sample pages of your fiction, you will explore, within a supportive and constructive atmosphere, the most effective ways of honing existing scenes and creating new ones.

To read Elizabeth's full bio, click here. You can register online at www.ncwriters.org or by calling 336-293-8844.
from email by Charlies Fiore


This is an opportunity for mountain writers who need and want special attention for that novel or short story collection. The Squire Summer Writing Residency is one of those events people talk about a long time after attending. If you write poetry, or non-fiction, see more at www.ncwriters.org


Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken on giving poetry readings


While reading on the Poets and Writers blog, I came across this post by Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken. The subject is about reading poetry aloud and how you can often see what is wrong with a poem by reading it aloud. She also discusses planning for a reading. I like what she says, so I am including the link to her post. 


What do you think? How do you plan for a reading? If you aren't a poet or writer, do you go to hear readings? 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Dr. Gene Hirsch's Class at Writers Circle Sunday afternoon

Today at Writers' Circle we enjoyed Dr. Gene Hirsch who taught a class built around the theme of Humanism. In depth discussion from all six participants and Gene motivated us all to to write for meaning and to see how the reader brings her understanding of our words to gain her meaning of our poetry.

We appreciate Dr. Hirsch so much for his generosity to Writers Circle and to the writers in our area. He donated his time today so that the fees for the class can be used to purchase much needed equipment for the studio. The discussions about the poems we read, both those written by students in the class and from books, brought out interesting concepts on meaning and on humanism.

We hope Dr. Hirsch will visit Writers Circle again when he is in this area.

We have good news!


Congratulations to blogger and reader, Abbie Johnson Taylor, author of We Shall Overcome and How to Build a Better Mousetrap: Recollections and Reflections of a Family Caregiver

 A few poems and a short story of Abbie's were recently published in the spring/summer issue of Magnets and Ladders, an online magazine featuring stories, poems, and essays by people with disabilities. You can read the current issue, find more information about the magazine, and read submission guidelines at http://www.magnetsandladders.org/wp/


Visit Abbie's blog and website
http://abbiescorner.wordpress.com
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com

Friday, May 17, 2013

Congratulations to reader Pat Daharsh

We celebrate our readers' accomplishments and tonight I want to congratulate Pat Daharsh.


Honorable Mention in the 2013 ukiahaiku Contest.

halfway home
a tugboat’s horn
splits the fog

Pat has won numerous first place awards for her haiku as well.



Send your success stories to me at nightwriter0302@yahoo.com
Write:  Writers Circle in the subject line

WNC resident Kathryn Stripling Byer is elected to the NCWN Board of Trustees

NCWN West member Kathryn Stripling Byer has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Writers' Network along with a writer from the far eastern part of the state and one from the Raleigh area. Read more here.



http://www.ncwriters.org/news/network-news/3567-three-elected-to-ncwn-board-of-trustees

Monday, May 13, 2013

Joan Howard and Glenda Beall in Wild Goose Poetry Review now

I am happy to have a poem published online in The Wild Goose Poetry Review, and I am happy to announce that Joan Howard also has a poem in the Wild Goose.


Click on this link to read our work. http://wildgoosepoetryreview.wordpress.com/.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Glenda


Friday, May 10, 2013

Author Interview you might like.

Check out this interview with C. Hope Clark, author of Low Country Bribe, an exciting mystery. This is Hope's first published book. She talks about her writing history.