2019 Writers' Night Out, Blairsville

Featured Readers plus Open Mic!

Second Fridays at 7 pm

 (Arrive by 6 for dinner or drinks - The View Grill - self pay)

Union County Community Center, Blairsville

                       

 

               2019 Schedule of Prose Writers and Poets

• April 12:           Chelsea Rathburn & James May
• May 10:            Glenda Beall & Mary Mike Keller
• June 14             James Davis & Dan Veach
• July 12:             Victoria Barken & Ryvers Stewart
• August 9:          Mary Ricketson & Loren Leith
• September 13:  Kathy Nelson & Karen Paul Holmes
• October 11:       Linda Jones & Alan Cone
• November 8:     Rosemary Royston & TBA

Sign up at door for Open Mic. Limit 3 minutes per reader.

For more info: kpaulholmes AT gmail DOT com

Mountain Writers Meeting Tuesday, March 12

Carroll Taylor and Glenda Beall will be presenting a program for Mountain Writers in Waynesville, NC at noon on Tuesday, March 12, at Panacea Coffee House and Café on Commerce Street.

Glenda Council Beall

Glenda Beall is program coordinator for the NC Writers’ Network – West, the mountain program of the state organization, NCWN. Her poems, fiction and creative nonfiction have been published in journals, magazines and reviews since 1996. Recently she and her co-author, Estelle Rice of Marble, NC published a collection of stories, poems and color photos in a book titled, Paws, Claws, Hooves, Feathers and Fins; Family Pets and God’s Other Creatures.

Beall is the owner/director of Writers Circle around the Table, a writing studio in Hayesville, NC where instructors from Asheville to Atlanta teach workshops in the spring, summer and fall. She will discuss her experience of co-writing and self-publishing as well as successful marketing.

Carroll 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 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.

She and her husband retired to Hiawassee, Georgia, and she’s always looking for adventures, whether it’s standing on Prime Meridian, studying in Oxford, watching alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp, or taking pictures of flowers and critters.
She is a member of North Carolina Writers’ Network, North Carolina Writers’ Network-West, and the Georgia Poetry Society. She recently won an award in the Georgia Poetry Society contest. Readers may find her journal blog at www.chinaberrysummer.com and follow her at facebook/chinaberrysummer.
Contact Charley Pearson, charley.pearson@gmail.com  for more information.

Brenda Kay Ledford Featured in The Laurel of Asheville

Brenda Kay Ledford's latest poetry book, Red Plank House, was featured in The Laurel of Asheville
(February 2019).  This collection was printed by Kelsay Books.


https://thelaurelofasheville.com/arts/literature/red-plank-house

Words from Joe Perrone, Jr.

NCWN-West member, Joe Perrone blogs and today I thought his post was especially good.
Many of our members are senior adults and Joe is speaking to them today.

Last-ing Memories

https://joetheauthor.wordpress.com/2019/03/02/last-ing-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-5930

Learn more about Joe, the author, here .

Gary Carden - City Lights Bookstore, Saturday, March 2 at 3:00 p.m.

Gary Carden: The Hanging of Bayless Henderson

 Folklorist and storyteller, Gary Carden will visit City Lights Bookstore on Saturday, March 2nd at 3 p.m. to tell the story of The Hanging of Bayless Henderson. 

Convicted of murdering N.S. Jarrett, Bayless Henderson was hung in Webster, NC on June 6th, 1873. Gary will tell the story and share the details of this unique piece of Jackson County history. 

This is a ticketed event and seats are limited. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through City Lights Bookstore by calling us at 828-586-9499, or come by the store at 3 E. Jackson St. in Sylva, NC.

ART - a new writers' critique group

Thanks to Bob Brooks, we can announce a critique group for writers in the northern part of Netwest and in Asheville. 

Appalachian Roundtable (ART)

A Writers Critique Group

The Appalachian Roundtable (ART) is a group of experienced writers who meet every two weeks to critique each others’ work, provide feedback on strengths, and suggest possible improvements.  Members write both fiction and nonfiction and have published short stories and novels.

ART requires hard-copy handouts of up to twenty pages in standard submission format in advance. Up to three submissions are reviewed with written notes at each meeting. The tenor of meetings is open and supportive with the aim of suggesting improvements and recognizing what works.

If your writing could benefit from this input, consider joining us.  ART meets on alternate Wednesdays from five to 6:30 p.m. in locations convenient to the attendees.  We have met in Brevard, Mills River, Hendersonville, and Asheville.  

For more information, please contact Bob Brooks at brooksrr136@gmail.com.

Bob Brooks

R.R. Brooks

Author, Fantasy, Mystery

Justi the Gifted

The Clown Forest Murders

www.brooks-authors.com