Melissa Kelley

About Melissa Kelley

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy with twenty years in the Marine Corps as a Naval Flight Officer, Melissa has experience as an instructor and an editor. Since retiring from the Marines and settling in North Carolina, she has become engaged in local volunteer work to actively support community building in Carteret County.

A Passionate Teacher and Dedicated Writer

By |2024-06-29T18:47:35-04:00June 29th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |

Nathan Branson September 20, 1983 - June 15, 2024 Carteret Writers was saddened to learn of the passing of Carteret Writers member and Carteret Community College English Professor, Nate Branson. Nate was a passionate teacher of English and Creative Writing. His enthusiasm for introducing creative writing and its transformative powers to his students is evident

Ekphrastic Writing Contest winners inspired by 2024 Art From the Heart exhibition

By |2024-03-07T12:56:51-05:00March 7th, 2024|Categories: Poetry|Tags: , , , |

We would like to share the top three poems our talented members wrote for our second annual Ekphrastic Writing Contest in February. The Arts Council of Carteret County’s Art From the Heart show offered a collection of artworks in different forms, and our members wrote poems inspired by many of the sculptures, paintings, and

Why be a Carteret Writers Board Member?

By |2024-01-30T10:32:08-05:00January 30th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: |

Well, to further your goal of world domination of course. In case you didn’t know, the path to the top starts with Carteret Writers.  I decided to be a board member because I didn’t want to see an organization that had been around for so long disappear. I had only recently joined Carteret Writers when

Being Grateful, Intentionally

By |2023-11-20T14:30:21-05:00November 21st, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , |

Here at Carteret Writers, we love words strung together in all their configurations year round, but we do like to focus on certain themes corresponding to the season: ghost stories in the fall, love stories in February, and poetry in April when it’s National Poetry Month. During the months of November and December we turn

NaNoWriMo 2023

By |2023-10-16T17:23:10-04:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|

In 2022 I tried NaNoWriMo for the first time. Here’s where I make everyone else feel good about themselves: I only got to 6,460 of a 50,000 word goal. In retrospect, for someone that was still trying to establish a writing habit that includes more than text messages and emails every day, 50,000 words is

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