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Writer Roundup: A few more Golden Lines from our Cabin Fever Challenge
Our fifteen-day Cabin Fever Challenge came to a close yesterday. Read some of the glistening Golden Lines shared by participants in the post below.
Eddy Says: 5 tips for improving your odds of publication
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. 5 tips for improving your odds of publication Read your work aloud and record it. You can get free voice recording apps for your phone. You will find both awkward parts and absolutely lovely parts. Just do it. Write a little something every day. Writing can save us, but we have to save writing
The Legos in the Cupboard, Chapter 3
In 2023, Carteret Writers will be 40 years old (though we hardly look a day over 18). To begin celebrating our organization's long and storied history of supporting, connecting, and inspiring local writers, we asked our members to think back to some of the best stories, poems, and essays of the year before the group was founded. Member Jessi Waugh and her son Bradley offer an imaginative response to the 1982 bestseller The Indian in the Cupboard in the form of a short story in three parts. Stay tuned for the next three weeks to read Jessi's serial
Writer Roundup: A few Golden Lines from our Cabin Fever Challenge (so far)
We’re seven days into our fifteen-day Cabin Fever Challenge, which seemed like the perfect time to share some of the glistening Golden Lines shared by participants so far.
Writing Personal Essays for Chicken Soup for the Soul
On January 19, 2023, Carteret Writers member Erika Hoffman will be leading a workshop on writing personal essays for publication in paying anthologies like Chicken Soup for the Soul. She generously wrote this blog post ahead of time to give members an opportunity to bring a work in progress to the workshop (and to get a head start on submission deadlines). Thank you, Erika, for your contribution.
Member Blog Roll
If you’re a CW member with a blog you’d like to share on our blog roll, email us the link at carteretwriters@gmail.com with the subject line: [Your Name] Blog Link.
