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An Interview with Rose, New Carteret Writers Secretary

By |2025-07-20T09:14:55-04:00July 20th, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Carteret Writers welcomes Rose Culbreth as our new Secretary - thank you, Rose, for taking the position and keeping us writing & rolling. We interviewed Rose to learn more about our new board member: 1.     Rose, what did you want to be when you grew up? Jo March, a writer. 2.     How has your upbringing

Submit your local ghost story to Winter Hauntings!

By |2024-09-08T14:12:35-04:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Last year, I launched EPIC Carteret to experiment in a new mode of storytelling – the podcast. It’s been fun to learn some of the tricks of the trade – like “nonlinear, narrative interspersion,” a way of breaking up a story to add layers and depth and to create a more dynamic listening experience. In

Save the date for an evening of ghost stories to celebrate local storytellers

By |2023-12-18T12:05:46-05:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Writers from Down East to downtown Newport and beyond, including a number of Carteret Writers, submitted a cursed county’s worth of terrifying tales to the recent EPIC Carteret ghost story contest. Let me tell you, these are not children’s stories. There’s no Caspar the Friendly Ghost in this lot. They'll test the boundaries of your

Mystery Series Week Update from Boucheron 2023

By |2023-10-03T10:35:55-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Categories: News|

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending Bouchercon 2023. The Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention is an annual conference of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honor of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher, and pronounced the way he pronounced his name, rhyming with "voucher." Unarguably the

Carteret Writers Contribute Talent and Enthusiasm at Local Authors Festival

By |2023-07-17T12:42:49-04:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are delighted to share the success of the Western Carteret Library's Friends of the Library Authors Festival fundraiser event that took place on June 10, 2023. It was a truly remarkable gathering, showcasing the talents of several Carteret Writers and leaving a lasting impression on all who attended. The event was flawlessly organized, thanks

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