Next in the
Growing Together series:
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Thursday, February 11th
at 7:30 p.m.
with author Nora Shalaway Carpenter
The Character Equation: Or, How to Find Your Story's Heartbeat
All great stories have a heartbeat, the emotional core that engages readers so completely they forget to eat or sleep while reading. But how do you find it? In this session, we’ll do writing exercises to help you discover your story’s heartbeat and help it beat a bit stronger. We'll talk about what makes a story great versus just okay. Come with an open mind, prepared to experiment and play, and leave with excitement to write and new tools for your writer's toolbox.
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Nora Shalaway Carpenter's most recent works include THE EDGE OF ANYTHING (a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020) and RURAL VOICES: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America (an NPR Best Book of 2020 and a JLG Selection). She lives in Asheville, NC. Connect with her at noracarpenterwrites.com or via Instagram @noracarpenterwrites.
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Pricing:
$10 for SCBWI Carolinas members,
$15 for SCBWI members outside of our region
$20 for non-members
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We are excited to kickoff 2021 with an initiative to help celebrate new books written by our members: the SCBWI Carolinas Virtual Book Launch program. Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, January 26th at 7:00 p.m. to celebrate the release of middle grade author Chrystal Giles' debut, TAKE BACK THE BLOCK!
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Logo art created by K.A.K. Lecky |
Our Book Fairies program is off to a great start! The purpose of this program is to support our PAL members by getting more of their books out into the Carolinas communities. Each month, our membership will be notified of new PAL member releases and asked to help out by contacting their local library systems, local bookstores, local schools, and other specialty locations that might be interested in a particular title. Thanks to PAL coordinator Derick Wilder and Carolinas author Tara Luebbe for all of their hard work getting this new initiative off the ground. We are excited about this new endeavor and look forward to celebrating the success of our SCBWI-C membership!
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SCBWI Carolinas members are invited to
Ignite the Spark by writing—and drawing—MicroFiction. Fast, furious fun and inspiration...
all within one hour!
Hosted by our very own
John Strong & Linda Gerber
Ignite the Spark is held every
third Tuesday.
The next meeting will be
January 19th @ 7:30
For more information:
To sign up:
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Don't Miss Barbara Bell's
Writers, Entrepreneurs, and the Business of Writing
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
We are still accepting submissions for the SCBWI Carolinas 2021 Blog!
If you are interested in writing a blog post in 2021, please contact Carol Baldwin, our blog coordinator, at [email protected].
Blog posts are approximately 500-700 words long and must include at least one image to be used in the header. (More images to enhance content are also acceptable.) You are also responsible for providing a short bio and accompanying headshot.
Please include the topic you wish to cover and indicate if you have a preference for a particular month. For previous blog posts, please visit the following links:
Deadline for submissions:
January 21st, 2020
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Don't forget about the SCBWI Winter Conference coming up Feb.19th -21st!
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Volunteer Regional Administrative Team
Regional Advisor, Erica Wood
Assistant Regional Advisor, Elizabeth Rawls
Co-Assistant Regional Advisor, Becky Shillington
Regional Illustrator Coordinator, Ashley Belote
Volunteer At Large, Leigh Anne Carter
PAL Coordinator, Derick Wilder
Critique Coordinator, Vijaya Bodach
Membership Outreach Coordinator, Megan Hoyt
Blog Coordinator, Carol Baldwin
Social Media Coordinator, Carolyn Bennet Fraiser
Ignite The Spark Co-Host, Linda Gerber
Social Media Assistant, Chuck Mall
Volunteer Coordinator, John Strong
Webmaster, Kris Black
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Newsletter Banner Art Needed
Be a featured artist in our newsletters!
If you are a Carolinas illustrator, join
Facebook Page (a closed group)
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Critique Group Classifieds:
If you’d like to start a critique group in your area, let us know and we can place an ad for you HERE! The ad will run for two months unless longer is requested.
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DID YOU KNOW that we have a "Critique Group Central" webpage to help members find critique groups all over North and South Carolina AND online? Click HERE for more information! (You must be logged in to your SCBWI account to access this page.)
Please contact our Critique Group Coordinator Vijaya Bodach at [email protected] with any questions!
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Did You Know?
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SCBWI's THE BOOK has a plethora of information ranging from legal contracting questions to local speakers. It also contains a listing of freelance editors. It’s an amazing resource.
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Communication within the chapter is conducted via the Facebook Group and the SCBWI BlueBoards. For those members interested in joining the FB Group, where blogs, announcements, and craft discussion can take place among the membership, find the link on the FB SCBWI Carolinas page and request to join.
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Leigh Anne is a Charlotte-based illustrator. Her ideal projects include illustrating for picture books, middle grade, and visual development for animation. When not drawing, she can be found reading and watching (all the things!) and searching for all the birds (hello, birder!).
Find more of her work here:
Instagram: @lacillustration
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A warm welcome to all of our new members—we are so glad you've joined us! If you have any questions, please let me know!
—Megan Hoyt
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SCBWI MEMBERSHIP
You MUST be a member to join the WIN Facebook page and/or the new PAL FB group.
You can check your membership expiration on your profile page at www.scbwi.org. You can also renew online if necessary.
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SCBWI uses Constant Contact as its main email blast provider. In order to receive emails you must be signed up with Constant Contact. Unfortunately, if you unsubscribe to one scbwi.org email, you unsubscribe to all.
If you believe you have unsubscribed use this link
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SCBWInvite
Don't forget that SCBWInvite is now live on our site HERE and full of listings of book events held by our members. This comprehensive listing of public events, both in-person and virtual, is a great way for SCBWI members to connect and build a literary community. Post your upcoming events by visiting your Member Profile and clicking SCBWInvite in the left-hand column. This is a great way to promote U.S.-based events, International events, and live virtual events such as webinars and Twitter chats. As long as your event is free and on-theme, SCBWInvite will promote it.
This logo is in the lower right of our SCBWI Carolinas chapter homepage.
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