Writers and poets in the far western mountain area of North Carolina and bordering counties of South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee post announcements, original work and articles on the craft of writing.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Judy Pierce Will be Signing her New Book on November 22
Judy Pierce will be signing copies of the second book in the Tales from Farlandia series, Ozette's HeartStone, on November 22 from 1-3pm at the White Squirrel Shoppe at 2 West Main in Brevard, NC. during their 26th annual Christmas Open House. Copies of her first book, Ozette's Destiny, will also be available.
More about Judy and her books can be found on her website, or on her Amazon page.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Interview on You Tube with award-winning Netwest Poet
Brenda Kay Ledford, award-winning poet from Hayesville, NC was interviewed by Pam Roman of the Clay County Chamber of Commerce regarding her new book, Crepe Roses.
See the complete interview here.
Congratulations, Brenda Kay.
See the complete interview here.
Congratulations, Brenda Kay.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
November 8: Last Writers' Night Out for 2014
Local favorite Bob Grove and formerly local, award-winning Eva Nell Mull Wike will entertain us with their stories.
Please Note: There's been a slight change to Writers' Night Out: We no longer have a formal dinner service. Many of us just meet in The View Grill upstairs at the Union County Community Center for dinner or drinks. Then we have our program in the Ballroom (or other room as directed by signs) at 7 p.m. For directions to the event, click here (the Holiday Inn Express on the map is now a Comfort Suites). As always, you can sign up at the door to read for 3 minutes in the open mic.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Nancy Purcell's poem accepted for Anthology
Kudos to Nancy Purcell,
former Transylvania County Representative for Netwest. Her poem, Hard Frost was
accepted for inclusion in the anthology, Life is a Roller Coaster from Kind of
a Hurricane Press. http://www.kindofahurricanepress.com/
Nancy’s prose has been
published in various print media, and she teaches Creative Writing at Brevard College in their Creekside program
for adults. She also facilitates a writing group made up of her students.
A Southern fiction writer, Nancy has learned to tap
into readers’ emotions and keep them riveted right up to the final
sentence. As a student of relationships, she explores family dynamics that
include romance, old age, deceit, even murder. She is also a prose judge
for the Carl Sandburg Home Writer-in-Residence program at Flat Rock, NorthCarolina.
Congratulations, Nancy.
We look forward to seeing more of your poetry. Visit Nancy online here.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Paul Schofield, novelist, reads at Coffee with the Poets and Writers
Coffee
with the Poets and Writers meets the second Wednesday of each month. Murphy
resident, Paul Schofield, novelist, is featured November 12 at
10:30 a.m. at Blue Mountain Coffee and Grill on the corner of Hwy 141 and
Hwy 64 in Cherokee County, NC. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina
Writers’ Network-West (Netwest), and the community is welcome. Visitors are
invited to participate at open mic by signing up to read a short prose piece or
a couple of poems.
Paul’s vocation is
architecture, but he is also a writer. He has written The Trophy Saga, an
action-packed, pure science-fiction trilogy, in the classic style. The Saga
features time-travel, chase and battle scenes, fusion powered star-ships, a
computer-controlled society, tender moments and scary episodes. Exciting and
refreshing to read, the Saga is free of explicit sex, profanity, graphic
violence and paranormal themes.
Born and raised in Montana,
immersion in the natural world around him was inevitable. As he grew up he
learned the complexities of language, and the joy of humor, by the daily
exchange of witty puns with his father. An avid reader, Paul’s favorite genre
was science fiction.
His interest in the
night skies sparked a love for amateur astronomy. Coming of age during the time
of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Babylon V, his love of science fiction grew, and
his desire to craft and share his own stories was ignited.
When he became chilled
to the bone in Montana, he moved to Florida, where he became quite well
done…seasoned. Now he and his wife Ellen live in western North Carolina with
their highly intelligent cats, contentedly fulfilling their role as “halfbacks.”
Learn more about Paul Schofield and his books at his website, http://www.paulmschofield.com/
For more
information about Coffee with the Poets and Writers, call 828-389-4441. Visit
the NCWN West website, www.ncwriters-west.org
Friday, October 24, 2014
Randolph P. Shaffner, Netwest member has a new book
“A fascinating, well-researched and long overdue biography of the Virginia
Military Institute’s most unheralded founder and underappreciated champion of
educational reform.”
̶ Dr. Bradford A. Wineman, Marine
Corps University
Read more about Randolph Shaffner on his website.
"This is a fascinating and extremely readable book, deeply researched but
never pedantic. It presents a thorough and persuasive defense of Col. Preston’s
unique role in the founding and preservation of V.M.I. and paints a vivid and
often surprising picture not only of this one eccentric, determined
reformer—schoolmate of Edgar Allan Poe and brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson—and his family, but also of Virginia society before, during, and after
the Civil War."
̶ J J. B. McAfee, Richmond,
Virginia
"This biography from McFarland Publishing has the type of massive
bibliography and expansive scholarly documentation seen in quality original
works. I can't say I am familiar with this particular fellow (Civil War readers
encounter a lot of Prestons), but, as the title indicates, he was a key figure
in the institutional development of VMI. Preston and Stonewall Jackson both
married Junkin sisters, and the professor would also serve on Jackson's staff
during the war."
–"New Arrivals," Booknotes IV, Oct. 11, 2014, by
Drew at Civil War Books and Authors
Friday, October 17, 2014
Brenda Kay Ledford's Poetry Book Published
Brenda Kay Ledford's poetry book, CREPE ROSES, was published by Kelsay Books, Aldrich Press in October, 2014.
The following blurbs describe the book:
CREPE ROSES, by Brenda Kay Ledford, is tithed to the deep mountains of the poet's beloved western North Carolina. This stirring collection is the plat of the heart, a litany of memory that becomes palpable as the land itself. Indeed memory, along with the Adamic impulse to name every signpost-to list those names in sorrow and triumph, to wander among them, crying out, as if they are lost, though they remain underfoot-is this book's constant, thrumming trope. As the speaker attests in the poem, "Ceaseless Verse," "The poetry of the earth never ceases." Nor does the reader's pleasure with these elegant poems.
--Joseph Bathanti, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina
CREPE ROSES by Brenda Kay Ledford is a patchwork quilt of experiences and memories pieced together with the skillful words of an established poet. The multi-hued fragments give a view of the Blue Ridge where "moments tick like hours on the wrap-around porch." The ancient Appalachians come alive in her poems as a "breeze ricochets across the porch resurrecting buried dreams." A dedicated writer, her remembrances bring much to us all. Settle down and visit Chunky Gal Mountain, Winding Stairs Gap, and Shewbird Mountain where a Full Wolf Moon spills honey. A delightful read!
--C. Pleasants York, North Carolina Poetry Society President, Author of "Pleasantries, Weaver of Destiny" and "Dream Within A Dream
Brenda Kay Ledford's poetry book, CREPE ROSES, is available on www.amazon.com.
The following blurbs describe the book:
CREPE ROSES, by Brenda Kay Ledford, is tithed to the deep mountains of the poet's beloved western North Carolina. This stirring collection is the plat of the heart, a litany of memory that becomes palpable as the land itself. Indeed memory, along with the Adamic impulse to name every signpost-to list those names in sorrow and triumph, to wander among them, crying out, as if they are lost, though they remain underfoot-is this book's constant, thrumming trope. As the speaker attests in the poem, "Ceaseless Verse," "The poetry of the earth never ceases." Nor does the reader's pleasure with these elegant poems.
--Joseph Bathanti, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina
CREPE ROSES by Brenda Kay Ledford is a patchwork quilt of experiences and memories pieced together with the skillful words of an established poet. The multi-hued fragments give a view of the Blue Ridge where "moments tick like hours on the wrap-around porch." The ancient Appalachians come alive in her poems as a "breeze ricochets across the porch resurrecting buried dreams." A dedicated writer, her remembrances bring much to us all. Settle down and visit Chunky Gal Mountain, Winding Stairs Gap, and Shewbird Mountain where a Full Wolf Moon spills honey. A delightful read!
--C. Pleasants York, North Carolina Poetry Society President, Author of "Pleasantries, Weaver of Destiny" and "Dream Within A Dream
Brenda Kay Ledford's poetry book, CREPE ROSES, is available on www.amazon.com.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Writers' Night Features 2 Young Harris College Poets
October 18: Please come hear the newest poets in town!
Chelsea and Jim both teach at Young Harris College and are award-winning poets.
Please Note: There's been a slight change to Writers' Night Out: We no longer have a formal dinner service. Many of us just meet in The View Grill upstairs at the Union County Community Center for dinner or drinks. Then we have our program in the Ballroom at 7 p.m.
Click here for James May's wonderful poem that just placed in the prestigious Rattle Poetry contest.
And read a fun Chelsea Rathburn poem here.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Keller and Gratton read at JCCFS October 16
John C. Campbell Folk School
Brasstown, N C
Mary Mike Keller and Lucy Cole Gratton
will read their poems and stories
The reading is free and open to the public.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Netwest Scholarships for Fall Conference
The NCWN-West Scholarships are open to applications from NCWN members in NetWest counties who need aid to attend the conference. For more information, please e-mail mail@ncwriters.org.
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