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Creative Nonfiction: Where Art Meets Science

By |2025-03-16T21:23:43-04:00March 16th, 2025|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , |

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

Three Lane Living

By |2024-11-20T14:26:09-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , |

Recently, I shared a reflection on Facebook. I thought little about it afterward and went on with life, letting it slip into the background. Now, as I approach the final stages of publishing my book, Beach Nights and Blue Lights, these words have resurfaced, resonating with all I’ve been through since starting this writing thing.

Beach Nights and Blue Lights

By |2024-11-21T14:32:14-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , |

Book Title: Beach Nights and Blue Lights Author: David Bratton Genre: memoir Beach Nights and Blue Lights is currently available in paperback at BookBaby and as an eBook on Amazon.   Summary: The amusing adventures of law enforcement in a 1970s eastern North Carolina beach town. From beach brawls to baffling burglaries, these stories highlight

It Only Happens To Me…

By |2024-10-08T08:14:34-04:00October 8th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , |

Book Title: It Only Happens To Me...Author: Helen Aitken Genre: Humor Memoir Summary:It Only Happens To Me... is based on Helen Aitken's humor blog with the same name, and the addition of creative nonfiction short stories. It looks at what's humorous: our actions, interactions, and situations that tickle our funny bones.Every day is an

Is Self-Publishing Right for You?

By |2024-10-01T20:52:32-04:00October 1st, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , |

Is Self-Publishing Right for You? On a gray, blustery day in late February, I clicked the last period into the manuscript of my memoir, Boys on the Edge. All the writing, workshops, professional editing, critique groups, and beta readers concluded with that period. Thoughts of how I might celebrate quickly gave way to the question

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