Mandy Monath has once again secured the Carrow House for the Pamlico Writers’ to host their events. We will be teaming up with the Alternative Stage who will be performing excerpts from various Pamlico Writers throughout the day. We will be selling and signing books, and sharing our writing adventures. Come join us for a day of Pirate fun.
And don’t forget our regular Tuesday events:
Wine and Word on the 7th at 5 pm “What are you reading?”
Critique Group Meeting at The Turnage Theater the 14th at 7 pm
Open Mic at Main Cup at Little Inn 5 pm on the 21st
Writers Meeting at the Turnage Theater 7 pm on the 28th
April has five Tuesdays! See what’s going on, below. Looking forward to seeing you all whenever you can make it.
As the month rolls on, each week we will check in about our preparation of pieces for our staged readings at Bath Fest. The more the merrier. Remember to keep things appropriate for a general audience.
Finally, April is National Poetry Month. The Poetry in Plain Sight program run by the North Carolina Poetry Society will be sending us posters featuring contest-winning poems, which we will post at various locations in Washington and Beaufort County. This program lasts all year, so be on the lookout for each month’s new poems.
APRIL 2–WHAT ARE YOU READING? 5PM, WINE AND WORD GOURMET, 220 W. Main St., Washington, NC. Let’s get readers and writers together and talk books! Bring whatever book you are currently reading, or bring your all-time favorite, and share what you like (or don’t like) about it and why. All are welcome!
APRIL 9–CRITIQUE SESSION, 7PM, Turnage Theater. Submit your work-in-progress and get supportive and helpful reactions from your fellow writers and readers. (Submit pieces by Friday, April 5.)
APRIL 16–OPEN MIC FOR SPOKEN WORD, 5PM, Main Cup, 210 West Main St., Washington, NC. READ, RECITE, PERFORM, DECLAIM any literary work, your own or someone else’s. Tell a story. Act out a scene.Tell some jokes. Recite your favorite Shakespeare sonnet. We’re all ears!
APRIL 23–LOCAL AUTHOR SUSAN MCINTYRE will read from and discuss her new novel, The Last Time She Skipped: The Story of a Yemeni Bride. 7PM, Turnage Theater Gallery.
APRIL 30–LUNCH WITH FORMER NC POET LAUREATE, SHELBY STEPHENSON, 11:00am – 1:00pm, China Bay Buffet Restaurant, 2871 US Highway 17S, Chocowinity, NC 27817
🎙️ Get ready to dive into the world of arts and creativity with us as we launch the very first episode of the Beaufort County Arts Council Artcast!
Join us this Monday, February 19th at noon for a captivating conversation with author Mandy Monath of Beaufort County in celebration of the vibrant arts community in Beaufort County.
Don’t miss out – mark your calendars and tune in for an unforgettable debut!
The Beaufort County Arts Council Artcast will be available for streaming on Spotify and YouTube. • • •
In prompt writing, we choose a few words or phrases and then write freely about them without stopping for 15-20 minutes. This exercise will center around using these prompts as a springboard for developing a character you would like to write about. This is a fun, stress-free exercise! All are welcome!
Flex your writing muscles. Test your muse! Come join Mandy and the gang at the theater!
Tuesday, January 23rd, 7 pm at the Turnage Theater 150 West Main Street, Washington, North Carolina 27889.
We Pamlico Writers are motoring through October. We continue to offer something every Tuesday, and we hope you can join us for one or both of the following:
PROMPT WRITING–OCT 24!
Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines! We will gather at the Turnage, choose a couple of random words and write like heck until the buzzer buzzes. Write anything that comes into your head–just keep that pen moving. The creative magic of prompt writing has cured many a case of writer’s block. Come surprise yourself. 7pm at the Turnage.
LUNCH WITH SARAH SWAN–OCT 31!
Have lunch with PWG friends and New Bern writer, Sarah Maury Swan. Find out about Sarah’s Young Adult novels and more! 11am-1:00pm at China Bay Buffet, 2871 US-17 BUS, Chocowinity, NC. It’s a buffet; no reservations required.
The Pamlico Writers have a small part in this upcoming event. The Carnival of Darkness Film Festival begins Friday, September 22nd, 5-10 pm we will be on hand to announce the winners of our 2023 Haunted Pamlico/ Pamlico Writers Writing Contest. Join us at Raised in a Barn Farm 2100 NC 33 E Chocowinity, North Carolina
Tickets are available at the door or through Arts of the Pamlico
Saturday, September 23rd, 10 am to 5pm the Haunted Pamlico will present a selection of the winning film submissions for their fifth annual Carnival of Darkness Film Festival. The films will be screened at the historic Turnage Theatre, 150 West Main Street Washington, North Carolina.
Sponsors of Carnival of Darkness include Nights of Fright/Raised in a Barn Farm; Haunted Pamlico/Alternative Stage, our developing nonprofit; Ken and Marj Harrington; Russ and Robin Woolard; Pamela Anderson/AdMix Agency; McCabe’s Costumes of Winterville and anonymous donors. The festival is supported through box-office and marketing services by Arts of the Pamlico and the Turnage Theater. Our partners include Rock the Pamlico and the Pamlico Writers Group. Our festival is staffed by actors, directors, makeup artists, screenwriters, and technicians who have been involved in theater and independent filmmaking for many years. Some of Haunted Pamlico’s short films have enjoyed viral success and have been seen at festivals from Canada to Wilmington, N.C. We co-produce films by sci-fi, horror, and suspense filmmakers living in eastern North Carolina. We host screenings of original work. With our parent organization, Alternative Stage, we’ve presented original plays that have helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for area charities. We are honored to bring you a festival that supports the films of artists the world over.
We were thrilled to have copyright attorney, Rob Monath give a presentation Tuesday, August 22nd. It was a full gallery. Rob is the husband of Pamlico Writers’ program director and secretary, Mandy Monath and they are a dynamic duo. We will definitely have to have Rob back because I know there were many unanswered questions. There are so many layers to copyright law depending on whether you are writing books, poetry, or even blog articles. Rob did his best to give us the basics but I think he could offer a program every quarter and there would still be more questions to ask.
The one thing I took away as an author is this, fixation. Fixation is an important part of the legal process for copyright. Make notes, document everything. It has to exist in some format in order to be protected.
Copyright law was designed to protect the appropriation of intellectual property (Elizabethan period).
You don’t have to register your copyright for it to be protected. BUT…you cannot go to Federal Court without having registered your copyright prior to going to court. If you wait until you need copyright you might miss out on financial compensation for damages and loss of income prior to the date of registration.
"I have enough time to rest, but I don't have a minute to waste". Come and catch me with your wise words and we will have some fun with our words of wisdom.
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