Non-Fiction

Writer’s Block, or Overcoming the Writerly Urge to Not Write

By Autumn Ware|2023-06-30T09:34:26-04:00June 27th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: creative process, encouragement, inspiration, novel writing, overcoming challenges, perseverance, self-discipline, support, William Goldman, writer's block, writing, writing community|

You’ve either read the American author William Goldman, or you’ve watched a film adaptation of one of his novels. I’d put money on it. He wrote a slew of cult classics that covered wide swaths of literary territory – from the tongue-in-cheek fairy tale adventure of The Princess Bride to the Nazi-driven conspiracy thriller Marathon

Eddy Says: We Caught You Doing Something Right!

By Jan Parker|2023-07-15T15:30:02-04:00June 20th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: editor, encouragement, motivation, publish, writer|

Encouragement from the Desk of Eddy For your motivation, below are a few positive notes Eddy, as an acquisitions editor, has made re: submissions she has received over the last few years. The bold type words concern the major elements most editors pay attention to (if the narrative is intriguing). I really like the voice

Letter Written by a Friend

By Amy Copley Tilly|2023-06-12T10:26:45-04:00June 13th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: composition, hook and lines, literature, Walt Whitman, workshop, writing|

At the Hooks and Lines workshop on creative non-fiction, we were tasked with writing imaginatively about writing itself. I was admittedly somewhat triggered by the meta-ness of this topic, no fault of the excellent presenter, but rather an echo from my turbulent academic past where rhetoric and composition people fancied themselves in opposition to literature

Inspirational Writing in Carteret County

By Jennifer Heironimus|2023-06-04T10:26:26-04:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: Carolina Home and Garden, fanstay, inspiration, magical, mystery, romance|

Recently I was asked about my favorite writing locations in the area and Carolina Home and Garden immediately came to mind. Since we had such a successful writer’s workshop in their Sun Room, I thought it would be easy to write about and share. However, my mind went blank trying to describe the feelings I

Sarah Maury Swan’s Little Bits

By Autumn Ware|2023-06-02T13:24:47-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: book release, news, poetry, publication news|

Sarah Maury Swan's latest book Little Bits: A Collection of Short Stories is now out. The stories originally appeared in the first six issues of Next Chapter Literary Magazine. The first and last stories have title illustrations by the very talented eleven-year-old Brooklynn Moore. Pick up your own copy of Little Bit.