2025 Calendar of Events
Our regular meetings are the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the
Watauga County Library in Boone.
Our meetings are co-sponsored by the Library and are open to the public.
A Zoom link is also available, and can be obtained by contacting:
In addition, we meet the first Thursday of the month for a workshop at the
Arts Council on State Farm Rd in Boone.
HCW – CALENDAR - 2025
January
1/1 – Library – Maryrose Carroll
1/2 – Workshop – Leslie Perry – Adding A+ content to your Amazon page.
1/9 - Program – Recorded talk by Paul Carroll, “What is Poetry”
1/23 - Critique - Maryrose Carroll
February
2/1 – Library – Leslie Perry
2/6 – Workshop – Maggie Christenbury – Library Fundraiser (Clue)
2/13 - Program -- Katherine Snow Smith (Zoom)
2/27 - Critique - Instead of a critique, we'll be focusing on the
Clue game/play we're writing for the
Friends of the Watauga County Library
March
3/1 – Library – Marge Maycock
3/6 – Workshop – Judith Geary - Writers Digest Magazine
3/13 - Program – Meagan Church
3/27 - Critique - Sharon Howard
April
4/1 – Library – Joan Huffman
4/3 – Workshop – Leslie Perry - Great-Grandma's Outlaw Cousins
4/10 – Program -- Jim Minick
4/24 - Critique - Denise Everheart
May
5/1 - Library - Terri Fabel
5/1 - Workshop - Denise Everheart
Mystique and Perspective - a workshop on Flash Fiction
5/8 - Program – BOY Awards (?)
5/22 - Critique - Richard Metcalf
June
6/1 – Library – Leslie Perry
6/5 - Workshop - Leslie Perry -- Amazon A+ Content
6/12 - Program - Clarinda Ross
6/26 - Critique - Ree Strawser
July
7/1 - Library - Mar Startari
7/3 - Workshop - Ray Ruble
7/10 - Program - Sharyn McCrumb
7/24 - Critique - Sara Padroni
August
8/1 - Library - Ree Strawser
8/7 - Workshop - Critique Guidelines
8/14 - Program - Picnic at Valle Crucis Park:
Bring food and your poetry or other short writing to share.
8/28 - Critique - Karen Hodges
September
9/1 – Library – Ray Ruble
9/4 - Workshop - Researching Family Histories -- Leslie Perry
9/11 - Program –
9/13 -- "Fall into Books" sponsored by
Friends of the Watauga County Library
9 a.m. Panel "Your Platform" with
Terri Fabel, Joan Huffman & Sharon Howard
10:30 a.m. "Independent Publishing" with
Judy Geary
9/25 - Critique - Ray Ruble
October
10/1 - Library
10/2 - Workshop
10/9 - Program –
10/23 - Critique - Sharon Howard
November
11/1 - Library
11/6 - Workshop
11/13 - Program –
11/20 - Critique - Mar Startari
(week 3 to accommodate for Thanksgiving)
December
12/1 - Library
Holiday Luncheon - 12/11