Thanks goes to our great newsletter editor, Karen Paul Holmes. She will be relinquishing her volunteer role as editor (but staying with us!), and while the newsletter is in transition, I am posting information recently submitted. So read about your fellow writers below and celebrate with them. If you are interested in taking over the duty of the newsletter please contact me at rosemary28rr@gmail.com. Thanks, Karen, for years of great work!!
JC Walkup, Penny
Morse, and Buffy Queen, co-publishers and editors of fresh...stories, poems, ideas, a twice-yearly published literary
magazine distributed throughout Western NC, want to let all Netwest authors
know that they are seeking short stories, poems and commentaries loosely
relating to the theme "the elements: wind, water, air, earth and
fire". If anyone wishes more information, contact JC at
jcwalkup@bellsouth.net or Penny at fairlight_inc@hotmail.com or Buffy at
jafrabq@aol.com. The next issue of fresh will be published in late spring/
early summer.
Brenda Kay Ledford’s poem, “Art
Quilting,” appeared in Wild Goose Poetry Review, winter issue, 2012. Her
poem, "The Rock," was published in fresh magazine (issue IV). Brenda Kay Ledford was the featured poet in The Poets Art Issue #45.
Janice
Moore’s manuscript titled “Windows Filled with Gifts” was
selected as a semifinalist for the Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize
presented by the University of Arkansas Press. Moore appeared as one of three
featured poets reading original works at the Poetry Road Show presented by the
Georgia Poetry Society and the University Press of North Georgia in Dahlonega,
April 14.
Jack J.
Prather
announces his new book, Twelve Notables
in Western North Carolina. Visit www.futurenowpublishing.com
to view the book cover and photos of the 12 Notables, who are:
•
Rev. Dr. Dan Matthews, O.B.E. - Waynesville
Priest at Ground Zero on
9-11 / Recipient Order of the British Empire
•
Musician David Holt - Fairview
Grammy winning
Musician-Storyteller / PBS-TV and NPR-Radio Hostf
•
Captain Ray F. West, Jr., USNR, Ret. - Flat Rock
Moldova World Childrens
Fund Founder / UNCA Distinguished Alumnus
•
Judge Harry C. Martin – Biltmore Forest
Former
NC and Cherokee Supreme Court Justice / Honorary Cherokee
•
Olson Huff, MD, FAAP - Black Mountain
Founding
Medical Director of Mission Children’s Hospital, Asheville
•
Glenis Redmond – Asheville
Hall
of Fame Performance Poet / Kennedy Center Teaching Artist
•
Douglas M. Orr, Ph.D. – Black Mountain
President
Emeritus Warren Wilson College / Author / Musician
Billie Ruth Sudduth –
Bakersville
Basket
Artist / Smithsonian Collection / 1st Female NC Living Treasure
•
Matthew J. Hayes, M.D. - Hendersonville
Pioneer
of National Emergency Medical Services / ACEP Fellow
•
Joe Epley, APR - Tryon
Global Public Relations
Leader / UNC Journalism School Hall of Fame
•
Richard Ritter – Bakersville
Glass
Artist / NC Living Treasure 2011 / Governor’s Award as Fire Chief
•
Julyan Davis - Asheville
Southern Art Oil Painter /
Galleries on East-West Coasts and Europe
Prather is donating a portion of book proceeds to
the new Young Writers Scholarship he founded at Warren Wilson College
scholarship.
To e-mail Jack J. Prather: prathergroup@aol.com
Betty Reed’s “Grandmother’s
Pattern” was published in the winter 2011 of Lucidity Poetry Journal.
Martha O. Adams presented It’s
Your Resume’ Caves; 18 Wheelers; Beetles & the Blues on April 16 at the Henderson
County Library. In advertising She her program, she said, “I’ve been digging
deep this year for poems that will resonate in your bones. I promise new poems
that fly like bats from great grandmother’s cave; poems that capture events and
sounds like July 4th fireworks; poems that finger the pain of impending loss,
and make acquaintance with wee spiders in my garden. I’ll be bringing back a
strong favorite; the poem “Tommy and the Generals” from my collection What Your Heart Needs to Know. A new
major poem “I Am the Great Granddaughter of the Kansas Soddy and Thundering Buffalo”
will come even more alive for you through family treasures that will be on
display.
From
Robert S. King:
I
thought you might like to know about a free Amazon service of benefit to
writers.
If
you have books for sale on Amazon, you can take advantage of Author Central,
authorcentral.amazon.com. This allows you to set up an author page that links
to all books you sell on Amazon. In addition, you can link to your blog posts
easily; e.g., Blogspot articles. A nice bonus feature is the ability to post a
public calendar of your events.It's
a nice, neat package and is free. Simply go to the link above and create an
author account, then follow the easy instructions to add content to your author
page.
If
you'd like to see an author page in action, please go to my shameless,
self-promotion at http://www.amazon.com/Robert-S.-King/e/B00724NI3I.
A
little free advertising never hurts!
May 17 Liars Bench show Osley Bird
Saunooke: "Colorful Chief of the
Cherokee" had a full house at
Mountain Heritage Center.
WRGC morning personality Roy Burnette
did a great interview with Gary Carden on
May 11. They talked about everything from Gary's new play "Outlander" (opens Saturday June 2 at the Parkway
Playhouse in Burnsville) to the next Liars Bench show about former
Cherokee Chief Osley Saunooke, Thursday May 17 at 7:00 pm at WCUs
Mountain Heritage Center. The Liars Bench Bunch looks forward to seeing you at the Liars
Bench in Burnsville Saturday June 2 at the
Parkway Playhouse. Recently, The Liars Bench, in
conjunction with the Mountain Heritage
Center, developed a grant proposal
that was funded by the Jackson County Arts Council. The North
Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State
where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant
communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled
with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in
partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations
that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North
Carolinians-young and old-who enjoy and participate in the arts. The Arts
Council is a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Thank you Liars Bench fans for your
continuing support. We couldn't do
it without you!
The Mountain Heritage Center at WCU: 828.227.7129
I appreciate very much Karen editing the "Netwest Newsletter" for these years. She has done an excellent job and I am very grateful for her hard work and dedication to the NCWN-W. Thanks for the outstanding job, Karen!
ReplyDeleteAs with most organizations, NCWN West is only as good as the volunteers who do the work that keeps things going. Karen has done a very professional job with the Netwest News even under personal hardships the past few years. Thank you, Karen, for all your work with Netwest.
ReplyDeleteShe was a major player in completing our anthology, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, and Karen started up the Writers Night Out program. I'm very happy she is not leaving us. We would all miss your bright smile, Karen, and your poetry.
I found your comment at the Write Game today, and was delighted that you stopped in for my Monday Moods post. Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading from the Wild Goose Poetry Review. So many wonderful poets there.