By Don Vaughan, Conference Director It’s hard to believe that the first Write Now! conference took place way back in 2008. Since then, TAF’s annual spring writing symposium has become a truly special event that local and regional writers look forward to each year. Write Now! 2018 will take place on Saturday, April 28 at The McKimmon Center on Gorman Street in Raleigh, and we promise a conference you’ll long remember. Our fiction guest of honor will be award-winning short-story writer [...]
By Mark Cantrell Our monthly meetings are a wonderful opportunity for TAF members to gather in person to share information and good news. Since the association’s founding in 2003, we have met at a variety of locations around the capital city - including book stores, coffee shops, and restaurants. Each time we’ve moved, it’s because our numbers have outgrown the venue. Our previous location has been good to us, but I’m happy to report that we’re on the move yet [...]
By Don Vaughan Did you see the TAF mention in today's issue of the The News & Observer? Their Book Beat column names our spring conference - Write Now! 2018, our fiction guest of honor Megan Mayhew Bergman, and nonfiction guest of honor Mike Sager. They also included a link back to our website with a nod that registration opens February 1. It'll be here before we know it!
By Alison Hill, the-eye.wales and Ms.Horror.com At TAF we talk about writing, we listen to talks by writing experts, and we advise each other on writing. And folks here do all types of writing – nonfiction writing, fiction writing, short writing, long writing, article writing, copywriting … we’re as versatile as Bubba Gump’s shrimp. But once in a while we lay down our mighty pens (or electronic devices) and do something completely different, like [...]