You have only one more week to register for the 2012 Squire Summer Writing Residency. And when we say one week, we mean one week. Registration for this year’s Residency (SR12) will close at 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 27 – with finality, without exception.* So if you want to immerse yourself in the craft of [...]
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“As the Leaves to a Tree”: Some Thoughts on Inspiration and Poetic Technique
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
By Morri Creech Few statements about writing unnerve me as much as this from John Keats: “If Poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.” Now, just what is it that the poet means by this? Certainly not that poems should be easy to write: [...]
In This Country We Call Creative Nonfiction
Friday, June 1, 2012
Pat MacEnulty is the author of four novels, a short-story collection, and a memoir. Her most recent book, Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter’s Memoir, was nominated for the 2012 SIBA Nonfiction Book Award. She will lead the Creative Nonfiction workshop at the 2012 Squire Summer Writing Residency at Queens University of Charlotte, July 19-22. She [...]
Is Our Fiction Autobiographical?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Robert Inman will lead the Fiction Workshop at the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s 2012 Squire Summer Writing Residency. This conference runs July 19-22 at Queens University of Charlotte. Here’s what Inman has to say about writing fiction—the idea that at heart, we always “write what we know.” Kris Kristofferson: that gravel-voiced singer/songwriter/actor who came to [...]
Jan B. Parker Says: “Park It” at this Year’s Squire Summer Writing Residency
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Registration is still open for the 2012 Squire Summer Writing Residency, July 19-22, at Queens University of Charlotte. Author and NCWN Board Member Jan B. Parker attended back in 2009, and here’s what she had to say about her experience: My first experience with the Squire Summer Writing Residency occurred in the heat of 2009 on [...]
What are Folks Saying About the Squire Summer Writing Residency?
Friday, May 18, 2012
Well, we don’t know what everyone is saying, but here’s what author and 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency attendee Danny Bernstein had to say about her experience: Last summer, I attended the NC Writers Network’s Squire Summer Writing Residency. I had just finished walking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, a thousand miles through North Carolina. I wanted [...]
A Fringe Benefit . . .
Thursday, July 14, 2011
. . . of having the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency in eastern NC: A good lunch on the drive down.
A Thank-You, and a Reminder
Friday, July 1, 2011
Thank you, all you lovers of literature who responded to the Network’s end-of-fiscal-year request for donations this week. Each of you soon will receive the Official NCWN Donor Thank-You Letter to wave in the tax man’s face (just don’t tell him I said so), but in the meantime, please know how much we appreciate your [...]
Come to New Bern, find a farthing
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday is the last day to register for the 2011 Squire Summer Writing Residency. That means you have less than a week to sign up for this unique opportunity to hone your writing, form close and lasting bonds with other writers, and find nearly 300-year-old colonial coinage. We’re not saying you definitely will find a [...]
Squire Summer Writing Residency Update
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Hilton New Bern/Riverfront, site of this year’s Squire Summer Writing Residency, told me today that the Network has filled its block of reserved guest rooms, and that they have no more vacancies for the weekend of July 14 – 17. All three SR11 workshops are still open for registrants, but those who wish to [...]