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A Poem a Day: Start Your Engines
Some poets I know are trying to write one poem each day for the month of April—National Poetry Month. If you, like I, tend to write not according to a schedule, but only when inspiration strikes, this is a challenge that puts even experienced poets back at the starting gate. Fiction writers or memoirists, for example, have the arc of a plot or the development of a character that, with discipline, they can pursue even when the creative well seems to have run dry. How to approach a poem, when no compelling theme or epiphany seems to be working
Celebrating National Poetry Month: Ekphrastic Writing Contest winners inspired by Art From the Heart exhibition
In honor of National Poetry Month, we would like to share the poems that our talented members wrote for our inaugural 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 textile art on display. Carteret Writer Deborah Llewellyn was our contest winner with her poem “Butterfly Lessons,” which was inspired by artist Jill Harner's "Great Spangled Fritillary." Butterfly Lessons Deborah Llewellyn Inspired by Jill Harner's "Great Spangled Fritillary" The
Interview with Tom Kies
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Announcing the Carteret Writers Quadrennial Conference lineup
Are you ready to celebrate 40 years of writing with the Carteret Writers community? Join us April 15 for an exciting one-day conference filled with learning, inspiration, and community building. The conference will feature experienced writers leading workshops on craft, and publishing industry professionals will share their insights in an afternoon panel. The day will end with a lively cocktail hour featuring live music. Here's a closer look at the talented faculty who will be leading the conference: Thomas Kies - Conference MC As an Edgar-nominated mystery writer and Carteret County legend, Thomas Kies will guide us through
Herding literary cats: how one Carteret Writers members organized a local writing event
On April 30, the New Bern Farmer's Market will be hosting its second Author's Day at the Market thanks in no small part to our legendary member Sarah Maury Swan. We were so impressed with the turnout at the last event in November, we asked Sarah to share with us how she managed to wrangle all those cats. This post is her response. Thanks, Sarah! In the early summer, of 2022, Julie McKeon, organizer of the New Bern, NC, farmers market where I sometimes sell my books, asked me if I would organize an “Authors Sunday.”
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