Related Writing Links

NC Writers' Network and their blog, the White Cross School Blog. gives established and emerging writers access to state-wide conferences, workshops, residencies, contests, jobs and more! Membership is $75 a year, less for students/seniors. I've been a member for over 5 years and the NCWN has been invaluable to me and my career.

A Place for Women to Gather and Wellsprings of Wisdom Not-for-profit ministries sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. A Place for Women to Gather provides a welcoming place, programs and services to foster spiritual and human growth development for women. Wellsprings of Wisdom provides programs and services that foster a positive, conscious, transformative experience of aging for men and women in their mature years.

Morning Glory Center for Creative Healing provides traditional psychotherapy and expressive arts therapy: visual arts, creative movement, creative writing, journaling and storytelling. They offer workshops and retreats and they are located in historic downtown Wake Forest.

Coffee and Contacts: Power Networking for Women provides women business owners and entrepreneurs a place to network, gather for seminars and exchange information and referrals. I've been a member of this group for over a year and it's made such a positive difference in my life.

Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh's independent bookstore where readers meet authors! These booksellers know their stuff.

The Regulator, Durham's Independent bookstore on Ninth Street, celebrating 30 years of operation!

Falls River Books, independent used and rare book store in North Raleigh owned by Steven Elliot.

Press53 is headquartered in Lewisville, NC, and is co-owned by Kevin Watson and Sheryl Monks.

Megan Cutter. Megan and her husband's communications firm, Cutter’s Word, LLC, specializes in writing, editing, and photography. Megan is a poet and creative nonfiction writer.

Bull City Press is run by Ross White which has published Michael McFee (THE SMALLEST TALK) and Ellen Bush (LICORICE).

Pedestal Online Magazine Founder John Amen's online literary magazine. Charlotte, NC.

NC Arts Council Grants issued every other year. See NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Striping Byer's Poet of the Month page.

Stammer! Performance poetry and music. Every other month at Artspace, in Downtown Raleigh. Facilitated by Mz Julee. Click here to find out more about Mz Julee.

Durham Arts Council Gallery space and classes offered in dance, painting, drawing, clay, jewelry, digital Arts, theater, photography, and more!

Sertoma Writers' Club Meets 1:30-3:30 the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at the Sertoma Arts Center, 1400 W. Millbrook Rd. in Raleigh. Members read their poetry, articles and fiction aloud or come to listen to constructive criticism and mutual encouragement. E-mail Sertoma Club chair Geni Fitzgerald for more information.

Author Links

Quinn Dalton. Author of Stories from the Afterlife, Bulletproof Girl and the novel, High Strung. Check out her article, "The 10 Most Important Things I've Learned About Writing Fiction" in this month's (December 2007) issue of The Writer.

Juliet Patterson. Author of The Truant Lover (Nightboat Books), which was selected by Jean Valentine for the 2004 Nightboat Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in Bellingham Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, American Letters & Commentary and other magazines. Juliet teaches poetry at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and also in Minneapolis through the College of St. Catherine, Hamline University, The Loft Literary Center, and the Perpich Center for Arts Education.

Jane K. Andrews is a short story writer, essayist, poet and editor. Check out her website on WordShop if you need editing help with nonfiction, fiction and/or poetry.

Leslie Hobbs, blogger of Mit Moi and fiction writer who is working on a historical fiction novel set in California mining country in the 19th century. Leslie's blog is chock-full of poetry, writing tips, creative nonfiction and how-to's for pairing which beer with which food.

Peggy Payne, Author of NY Times Bestseller, Sister India
Check out her Boldness Blog which offers inspiration to writers at all levels of their writing careers.

Suzanne Ballantyne is a writer, artist, educator, mother, and practicing peaceful spirit. She is a lifecoach and facilitates workshops with NC State's Encore program, the Town of Cary and YogAsana South, among others.

Christy English. Christy is a talented writer of historical fiction and chick-lit. Check out her musings on her blog as she lives and writes in Manhattan.

Therese Fowler. Author of the forthcoming novel, Souvenir (St. Martin's Press, 2007). Therese also blogs about getting her big break and the life of being a writer.

Matt Mullins is a poet and he reviews local arts and culture. He's been recently published in the Asheville Poetry Review and RealPoetik. Check out his blog here.

Sherry Pederson-Thrasher is a poet and culinary artist. Check out her delicious poetry and recipe blog here. Sherry also writes the Three Sisters Memoir blog.

Emerging Poets encourages poets to workshop with each other and share a poet’s desire to improve his or her poetic skills through helpful critiques. Register today and get inspired!

Tonya Mitchell Peele is an author and workshop facilitator who inspires others to Get Renewed and transform their lives! Check out her blog here.

Katharine Giovanni Author of God, Is That You? (2002) and The Concierge Manual (2006, 3^rd Edition), a manual for new business owners to take charge of their business from the inside out.

Triangle Concierge Katharine and Ron Giovanni's concierge training website featuring products, resources, and workshop information.

Christopher Salerno is a poet and author of Whirligig (Spuyten Duyvil 2006), his first full-length collection of poems. He's currently working on his second book, There Are Airs. Chris teaches English Composition and poetry at NC State. Check out his blog here about his writing life.

Tom Lisk, NCSU poetry professor and author of These Beautiful Limits and Aroma Terrapin. Check out his blog, Oilcloth and Linoleum.