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How to be a Bookmaker
I often get questions about getting published. My answer? I have no clue. I'm definitely not an expert. I admit I'm sometimes a little surprised when I look at my backlist. I have a lot of published books. And I've learned a lot about how to publish them. I know how to format a manuscript, how to upload it to Amazon and Smashwords, I'm usually able to edit my own stuff, and I'm slowly learning the ins and outs of designing my own covers and illustrating my books when necessary. And every kind of book I publish is a
Creative Nonfiction: Where Art Meets Science
This Wednesday, our president Meganne Smith will lead a workshop on creative nonfiction. What is creative nonfiction, you ask? Creative nonfiction is where the arts meet the sciences - a mixture of perspective and personal truth. The most familiar form of creative nonfiction is memoir. We tell the facts as best we can, but who can remember it all? We make room for imagined dialogue, change names, and shorten the time between events. These are small liberties, but they can grow and turn our simple stories into something more. Perhaps you decide to start your tale at the end,
Winter Hauntings: From a Bare-Bones Idea to a Full-Fledged Literary Experience
Photos from Winter Hauntings were taken by local talent L. Terrell Gould, III. A risk worth taking When I first set out to organize Winter Hauntings in 2023, I’d never coordinated a writing contest with judges and radio ads and cash prizes, much less planned an event around one. I had a secret weapon, though: experience serving on the Carteret Writers board and working on the group’s conference planning committees—where I’d seen first-hand what it takes to pull off a successful literary gathering. That background gave me just enough confidence to take a risk on my own vision for
This Is What Putting Yourself Out There Looks Like
This is my annual blog post about rejection—I mean my annual blog post in which I tell you how many writing submissions I made in the previous year and then tell you how many times literary magazines said YES and how many times they said NO WAY. (Your job is to say BOO to all the rejections.) This was an epic year for literary submissions in that I tried really hard to submit many pieces to lit journals and magazines. If you have been reading my own personal blog for a while, you know that I aim for 100
Carteret Writers Community Poem
Carteret Writers Group Community Poem During our December Meet-Up at Clawson's Restaurant in Beaufort, Carteret Writers members participated in a Community Poem activity led by our president, Meganne Smith. Our poem was inspired by Tennyson's "Ring Out, Wild Bells," with each member contributing a stanza. We hope you enjoy the final poem. Contributing authors (in alphabetical order): Lindsay Bailey, Mike Barton, Rose Culbreth, Marian Goetzinger, Melissa Kelley, Tom Kies, Bobbie Sawyers, Susan Schmidt, Sarah, Don Sheldon, Sara Shelp, Trish Sheppard, Meganne Smith, Susan Smith, Autumn Ware, Jessi Waugh. Ring in holiday cheer The foolish shopping rush The crazy
Member Blog Roll
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