Your Correct Email Address

 To all members of NCWN-West,

Please be sure you update your email address with the Network if you have made a change recently or if you have recently renewed your membership. 

Some complain that they do not get reminders to renew membership, and I find that often the emails I send are not opened or delivered due to a wrong email address. 

To get the full benefit of your membership in both NCWN and NCWN-West, we need your current email address. 

Visit charles@ncwriters.org or Deonna@ncwriters.org to be sure your membership is up to date and your information is all correct.

Don't be left out

Some of you who have been members for a long time are no longer on the list I receive from NCWN because you have not renewed. If you are not on the list, you will not receive emails from Netwest nor the Network.

I am deleting old membership lists so only the latest lists will be in my computer and only those people will get the news about events that are local as well as those that are statewide.

If you subscribe to this site, you can see most of what is offered each month. Take a minute to do that.

See you on Zoom for Writers Night Out in August when our guest will be Kanute Rarey, storyteller, writer, and man of many talents. Members will be sent the link to attend.

Glenda Beall

Program Coordinator for NCWN-West

glendabeall@msn.com

gcbmountaingirl@gmail.com 

 

Carroll S. Taylor to be Featured Reader at Mountain Wordsmiths

Mountain Wordsmiths’ host, Carroll S. Taylor, will be the featured reader for the group on Thursday morning, July 22, at 10:30 a.m.

This event, sponsored by North Carolina Writers’ Network-West, is being held via Zoom because of COVID concerns. We hope to meet again in person in the Fall of 2021; however, we are happy that not only local writers are attending our meetings but writers outside our state are also joining us.

Carroll S. Taylor

Carroll Taylor grew up on a dirt road in rural West Central Georgia. A graduate of Tift College (Mercer University), she holds graduate degrees in French, English, and Educational Leadership. She retired after teaching for over forty years. 

She is the author of two young adult novels, Chinaberry Summer and Chinaberry Summer: On the Other Side. Her books emphasize generational storytelling and her love for reptiles and amphibians. Her children’s book, Feannag the Crow, introduces young readers to the joy of making new friends. Her poem, “Final Wishes,” is included in a newly released anthology, Poems to Lift You Up and Make You Smile. Her poetry has also appeared in The Reach of Song published by the Georgia Poetry Society and in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International's online gallery.

She and her husband live in Hiawassee, Georgia, and she’s always finding adventures, whether it’s standing on Prime Meridian, studying in Oxford, watching alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp, or hoping to be photobombed by Nessie while sailing on Loch Ness.

Taylor is a member of  North Carolina Writers’ Network-West and the Georgia Poetry Society. Readers may find her journal blog at chinaberrysummer.com and follow her at Facebook/chinaberrysummer.

Mountain Wordsmiths meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. We welcome those who were regulars at Coffee with the Poets and Writers which met at Moss Memorial Library prior to COVID-19 restrictions. 

Those wishing to attend Mountain Wordsmiths may contact Carroll Taylor at vibiaperpetua@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. Anyone who wishes to participate in Open Mic may sign up upon entering the meeting, and we welcome those who would simply like to listen to the beauty of wordsmithing.