Thank you to the many Network members who responded to Monday’s Call to Action. We thought you would want to see the update below, especially the news that legislators took note of your many phone calls and e-mails. They have learned—in case they didn’t already know—that we’re paying attention. Please note that this is just [...]
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How Do You Publish?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
How do you publish? Have you been published by a traditional publishing house, or are you a self-published author? If self-published, are you distributing your book yourself or through a distributor? Jane Friedman, the web editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, walks authors through five different publishing models in her recent blog post here. Don’t [...]
Proposed Senate Budget Slashes Arts Funding: Call Senator Brunstetter Today!
Monday, May 20, 2013
From our friends at the North Carolina Arts Council: Last night the Senate released its Biennium budget for 2013-2015. We are profoundly disappointed and concerned that Senate leadership has disproportionately targeted the North Carolina Arts Council for debilitating cuts of $1.78 million to the grants programs and administration. This recommendation represents a 8% reduction in [...]
The Network Needs Your Help
Thursday, May 16, 2013
If you’re a loyal reader of this blog, then the Network has probably helped you in some definite, demonstrable way: You found an agent or publisher through our Manuscript Mart. Our critiquing service gave your manuscript the final polish it needed to find a publisher. You won one of our writing contests, or one that [...]
The One Call You Need to Make
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
From the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits: Last week, state Senate leaders said their tax reform plan would eliminate your non-profit’s sales tax refunds. Your non-profit also would have to pay sales tax on all services you buy, such as accounting services, legal counsel, and many other non-personnel expenses. This adds up to nearly $1 [...]
Call to Action for All Members
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
North Carolina’s senate has proposed a plan to make North Carolina’s sales tax base one of the broadest in the country and “subject nearly all consumer activities and products to the combined local and state rate, currently at 6.75 percent.” The Senate plan would curb the ability of nonprofits to get refunds on sales taxes [...]
Books for Your Summer Reading List
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Southern Indpendent Booksellers Association (SIBA) has just released its its 2013 Okra picks—great southern books, fresh off the vine. These twelve books have two things in common: they are southern in nature, and there is a southern indie bookseller that wants everyone to read each one! A Place at the Table by Susan Rebecca White [...]
NC Arts Council to Host Public Meeting Near You
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
From our friends at the North Carolina Arts Council: The North Carolina Arts Council staff and board want to connect with you as we develop our 2014 — 2018 Strategic Plan. Please join us as we conduct a series of public meetings across the state. We need your thoughts and ideas to help us create a [...]
Charles Wright Can’t Tell Stories (According to Charles Wright)
Friday, March 29, 2013
Did you know that poet Charles Wright was never officially admitted to the Iowa Writer’s Workshop? Or that despite the fact that he was born in Tennessee and went to college at Davidson, he considers himself a Southern writer only by association, because he believes he isn’t a good storyteller? Vox Populi, Georgetown University’s “Blog [...]
New Walker Percy e-Books, Video
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Open Road Integrated Media recently released several of acclaimed author Walker Percy’s novels as e-books. This NYC-based publishing compnay also sat down with Walter Isaacson and Paul Elie to produce a short video about Walker Percy’s life and works (see video above). “Percy was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century [...]