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Eddy Says: Your first hello
The power of politeness: how playing nice in your cover letter can help you succeed in publishing For those of you who’ve not ridden the submissions pony before, for those of you who’ve already wet your toes in the pool with publishing, and for those of you who’ve proudly got an agent and a house, this little article is for you.
What to expect from our 40th birthday celebration
Carteret Writers is turning forty next year. That makes our organization the same age as my high school yearbook, my dusty rose prom dress, my driver’s license, my Kristy McNichol hairstyle, and my intense love affair with Chili Cheese Fritos. Since I heard John Boy Walton summarize episodes in his journal, I knew I wanted to write non-fiction and that flame never went out. It dimmed when I pursued other work to feed and shoe the small people that lived in my house, but writing was always there, sometimes as a friendly sidekick, other times as a feral animal
Remembering memoir
Recently, Carteret Writers Veep Emily Carter spoke to a rapt audience at Bogue Banks Library, where she shared her thoughts on defining creative nonfiction, distinguishing between the writing of fiction and nonfiction, and capturing moments in time with personal essays. You can read her funny, nostalgic, wise personal essays at her blog A Chick's View. In this post, she writes about her experience at a 2022 Red Bud Writing Project workshop on Experimental Memoir. This past summer I enrolled in a course through Redbud Writing Project. It was called “Experimental Memoir: Innovative Ways to Tell Your
Falling in love with writing again: ten romance writing prompts
She stared wistfully out over the gray waves washing onto the shore below her window. She was remembering the early days, when her passion was new and wild, when just the thought of clean white sheets caused her to quiver with anticipation. The excitement had gone though, and the empty sheets seemed coarse and uninviting now. How could she save her romance with writing? How could she reignite that flickering flame of inspiration she’d felt as a young girl? Has your writing life become boring and routine? What about a Valentine’s Day fling with a romance writing prompt to
Eddy Says: A word on critique
Congrats to all of you fiction writers getting published out there. For those of you running into walls, here’s help. In this series, pick up one-minute pointers from the Fiction Acquisitions Editor of a NC Indy press. Take what you need and leave the rest. A word on critique If you agree to critique another writer’s work, first ask what they want to receive from you—general comments or ones regarding the elements of skillful writing, such as character development, setting, point of view, dialogue, plot? Et cetera. Agree to be quiet while the writer is reading their work aloud.
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