NEXT CWC CLUB MEETING DETAILS

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Judy Goldman is the author of a two memoirs, Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap and Losing My Sister; two novels, Early Leaving and The Slow Way Back: and two books of poetry, Wanting To Know the End and Holding Back Winter.

 Losing My Sister was a finalist for both Southeast Booksellers Alliance’s Memoir of the Year and ForeWord Review’s Memoir of the Year. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, Kenyon Review, Gettysburg Review, Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Crazyhorse, and Real Simple magazine; her book reviews in The Washington Post and The Charlotte Observer; her commentaries on public radio in Chapel Hill and Charlotte. and is a member of Charlotte Writers’ Club.

Judy is a member of the Charlotte Writers' Club and lives with her husband in Charlotte, NC. They have two married children and four grandchildren.

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Click on the link below to view photos and program recap from previous meetings.

MEETING RECAPS

Theme: Finding Our Voices

Whether we're communicating the day's traffic report or our heart's deepest longing, as writers we must develop voices that suit our specific projects and that resonate with our particular ways of being in the world.  We have to give our fictionn characters authentic-sounding dialogue, focus on letting the voices of real people shine through our creative nonfiction, and hear the music that invites our poetry to sing.  And after we've written, we need to know how to find the clearest routes for sending that voice into the world.  This season, Charlotte Writers' Club programming will highlight the myriad of ways voice matters and operates in our writing lives.

The theme for the speaker series this year is voices, so come join us to learn how best to get your voice into the world.

October 2, 2018 - Randell Jones, Giving Life to Historical Voices: How to Identify Your Subject, Research, Write, Market, and Sell Historical Nonfiction
October 16, 2018 -- Critique Groups, How Critique Groups Operate and Why You Should Join One
November 20, 2018 -- Patrice Gopo, Where Your Voice Meets the World's: The Personal Essay as a Vehicle for Social Change
December 18, 2018 -- Jeff Jackson, I Said, You Said, She Said: Selecting the Best Point of View for Your Work
January 15, 2019 -- Dede Wilson, Charlotte Writers' Club Voices from the Past
February 19 2019 -- Kathy Izard, Giving Voice to Your Passion: How to Tell Effective Stories about What Matters Most
March 19, 2019 -- Gail Martin & John Hartness, Panel Discussion: Pros, Cons and Tips for the Three Major Paths to Publishing: Big Press, Small Press and Self-Publishing
April 16, 2019 -- Dannye Romine Powell, Sending Your Voice into the World: Contests, Journal Submissions, and Other Paths to Publication
May 21, 2019 -- Judy Goldman, Engaging Your Reader's Empathy: How to Establish Voice in Memoir

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