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October 19, 2021 Liam Callanan - Tell it like it is: Crafting Effective Dialogue
September 21, 2021 Charlie Lovett - Thoughts on Beginnings and Endings
May 18, 2021 Panel - Childrens' Writers and Book Illustrators
April 20, 2021 Boris "Bluz" Rogers, Poetry Perfomance and Craft Talk
March 16, 2021 Daren Dean - Writing from the Unconscious
February 16, 2021 Kimmery Martin - No Matter the Genre, Suspense is the Key to a Successful Novel
January 19, 2021 Kevin Winchester - Developing Realistic Main Characters
December 15, 2020 Diana Pinckney - Release the Tiger in The Poem
Panel - Author Publicity and Marketing
October 20, 2020 Critique Group Information Session
September 15, 2020 Phillip Lewis - Literary Fiction
May 19, 2020 CWC Virtual Meeting
April 2020 - Virtual Recap Diana Pinckney - Poet
February 18, 2020 Tim Reinhardt - Playwright and Fiction novelist
January 21, 2020 George Hovis - Suspense novelist
December 17, 2019 Amber Smith - New York Times best-selling Young Adult novelist - 5x5 Writing Tips
November 19, 2019 Mark deCastrique - Clues to Mystery Writing
October 15, 2019 Critique Groups - How Critique Groups Operate and Why You Should Join One
September 17, 2019 Gavin Edwards, New York Times best-selling Celebrity Journalist - Green Rooms are Rarely Green
May 21st, 2019 Judy Goldman - Engaging Your Reader's Empathy: How to Establish Voice in Memoir
April 16, 2019 Dannye Romine Powell - Sending Your Voice into the World: Contests, Journal Submissions, and Other Paths to Publication
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
February 19, 2019 Kathy Izard - Giving Voice to Your Passion: How to Tell Effective Stories about What Matters Most
January 15, 2019 Dede Wilson - CWC History
December 18, 2018 Jeff Jackson - Point of View
November 20, 2018 Patrice Gopo - The Personal Essay as a Vehicle for Social Change
October 16, 2018 Crique Group Information Session
October 2, 2018 Randell Jones - historical nonfiction
May 15, 2018 John Amen, poet
April 17, 2018 Panel, Marketing for the self published or small press author - building an author platform in the digital age.
March 20, 2018 Paula Martinac, creative writing teacher at UNCC and fiction writer
February 20, 2018 Bryn Chancellor, assistant professor at UNCC and fiction writer
January 16, 2018 Members Reading
December 19, 2017 Tracy Curtis, humorist
November 21, 2017 Donald Fidler, script writer, film director
October 17th, 2017 Critique Groups
September 19, 2017 Kazim Ali, poet, essayist, fiction writer and translator
May 16, 2017 Carla Damron, author
April 18, 2017 Adrian Rice, poet
March 21, 2017 Combined Meeting with WNBA - Small Press Publishing
February 21, 2017 Tommy Tomlinson, journalist and author
January 17, 2017 Selected Members' Reading
December 20, 2016 Nora Gaskin, author
November 15th, 2016 Kim Wright, author
October 18th, 2016 Critique Groups
September 20, 2016 Linda Vigen Phillips, author
May 17, 2016 Abigail Dewitt, novelist & short story author
April 19, 2016 Shelby Stephenson, North Carolina Poet Laureate.
March 15, 2016 Tony Morris, Poet & Author
February 16, 2016 John Claude Bemis, Musician & Author
January 19, 2016 Selected Members' Reading
December 15, 2015 Phillip Shabazz, Poet, Author & Teacher
September 15, 2015 Alan Michael Parker, Poet & Author
May 18, 2015 Bob Strother, Author
April 21, 2015 Diana Pinckney, Poet
April 16, 2013 Michael McFee, Poet
February 19, 2013 "From Book Idea to Bookshelf" - Panel Discussion on the Publishing Business (co-sponsored by Women's National Book Association)
January 15, 2013 Selected Members Reading
January 13, 2013 (CWC-North) Multigenerational Program of Reading and Discussion
