Anyone for Anthologies?

Carteret Writers hosts Ann Wicker November 10 at Golden Corral in Morehead City. The "Dutch treat" lunch begins at 11:15 and the program starts at noon. Wicker will discuss her experience pitching, compiling and publishing an anthology. There is no program fee and anyone interested in writing is welcome.

A North Carolina native, Wicker holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University in Charlotte. She is one of the co-founders of The Weathers Creek Writers’ Series.

Over the last 29 years, she has worked as a reporter and editor at a daily newspaper, a weekly paper and a monthly magazine. During her twelve-year tenure at Charlotte’s alternative newsweekly, Creative Loafing, she served first as associate editor, then as managing editor and won several awards for feature writing.

In 2008, Novello Festival Press published Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas, a collection of essays and articles about the musical legacy of North and South Carolina. As she developed her idea for the collection, Wicker sought out writers and musicians with authentic voices and strong, interesting stories to tell. Making Notes was a finalist in ForeWord magazine’s annual contest for books done by independent publishers.

As a freelance writer/editor, she works with individual clients as a writing coach and copy editor. Her work has appeared in Creative Loafing, SouthPark Magazine, Charlotte Magazine, Lake Norman Magazine and other publications, as well as the story/cookbook anthology, Hungry for Home. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, a national organization for women mystery writers, and the North Carolina Writers’ Network.

For further information, see www.carteretwriters.org or call 252-504-2968.

Founded in 1983, Carteret Writers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating camaraderie between writers and promoting the art of writing. Besides monthly meetings held on the second Tuesday of the month, smaller genre critique group meetings are available to members.