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Being Grateful, Intentionally
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 our thoughts and perhaps our writing to gratitude and generosity. We strive not to make it a disingenuous nod but rather an opportunity to all think collectively about something and share a common creative theme. The accountability and camaraderie of a group working with
Member Spotlight: Stanley Trice
This month, in the spirit of gratefulness and thanksgiving, I wanted to get to know Stanley, who stepped up and made the decision to continue Carteret Writers during a time when things were tough. Not only did he serve an additional term to keep the group going, he has since served as an important resource and help for the current board. Happy reading! What would you like readers to know about you? I try to put humor in what I write, although it sometimes comes out as satire or just gibberish. I also like to write quirky scenes in
Adventurers Wanted for NaNoWriMo Writing Challenge
Are you a dragon slayer? If you are reading this, there’s a good chance that the answer is – yes. People who write novels, or aspire to, are, if nothing else, adventurers. They are mixed in with the same brave souls who run marathons, climb mountains, sail blindly across strange oceans, and slay dragons. National Novel Writing Month was created for adventurers. The fifty-thousand-word challenge is not about writing the great American novel. It’s about teaching yourself the business of putting words on paper. It’s about getting yourself to move! Even now, a week into this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge,
Bronte Sparks and the Very Bad NaNo Novel
In March 2004, my son Fain was just over a year old, and I was turning thirty the very next month. Fain had made all his major milestones in record time: rolling over, batting his eyelashes at strangers, but I was nowhere near finishing the novel I’d been half-heartedly working on for eight years. Not even close. I felt sure my writing days were over before they'd even begun. I had a kid, and kids take up a lot of time and energy, in case you didn’t know. I assumed that I would never have time or energy ever
Member Spotlight: Jessi Waugh
This month, I had the pleasure of getting to know one of Carteret Writers most loyal members, Jessi Waugh. Jessi writes a variety of genres and reading about her unique view of the world is always a pleasure. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to her blog https://reader-writer.com, I promise you will not regret it! Favorite book as a child and why? I loved C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series. Although the first few books are the most well known, The Horse and His Boy was my favorite, with its exotic city and talking horse. Fantasies are still my indulge reads
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.
