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"Writing suited my temperament, and my lifestyle too. I was extremely shy, and I lived with a large, loud family in which it was difficult to be heard. I turned to the page when I had something to say. It didn’t really matter if anyone read it or not, as long as I got it said."
... more about Nancy Peacock

We are all equals on the writing path and each of us is both beginner and expert.

Life Without Water
Chapter 1
My name is Cedar and I was born in 1969 in one bedroom of a gray and tumbling house in Chatham County, North Carolina. My mother’s name is Sara. My father called himself Sol. My mother has told me over and over and over again the story of their courtship... Read more...

Home Across the Road
Cally was born with blue eyes, daughter of both black and white, but white did not claim her, except as property. Born a slave to a slave mother, Cally became a slave herself and when she was big enough she hauled water to the big house for cooking and cleaning. Read more...

A Broom of One's Own
From the essay, “Enquiring Minds”
Mrs. Clark and I always took lunch together. She set a place at the breakfast bar for me right alongside her place. Two paper towels spread to put our food on. I would pull my lunch out of my soft cooler. It was different things on different days. Read more...

"I now run writing workshops in my studio. I live with my husband, Ben, and a resident box turtle named Caroline in a small house in Chatham County. Well, actually Caroline lives outside and has, so far, graced us with her presence every morning. "
...more about Workshops and Classes

Calendar
Ongoing Writing Groups and Classes:
Wednesday night – Women’s Writing Group
Thursday Morning Women's Writing Class

Prompt Writing:
May 24th, 2008 10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Chapel Hill Library Conference Room

Readings:
April 26, 2008 - 11:00 am - McIntyre’s Fine Books at Fearrington - Pittsboro, NC
reading from A Broom of One's Own

May 1, 2008 - 7:00 pm - The Regulator Bookshop - Durham, NC
reading from A Broom of One's Own

May 8, 2008 - 7:00 pm - Borders Books, Chapel Hill, NC
reading from A Broom of One's Own

May 15, 2008 - 4:00 pm The Country Bookshop - Southern Pines, NC
reading from A Broom of One's Own

May 29, 2008 7:00 pm - Market Street Books, Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC
reading from A Broom of One's Own