By Donna Campbell Smith RJ (Bob) McCarthy has just released the second novel in his science fiction series: The Matchmaker: A Fairy Tale for a Technological Age. In a departure from his crime fiction stories, […]
By Donna Campbell Smith I believe in the existence of bigfoot. My interest is rooted in stories Daddy told when I was a young person. He listened to ‘talk radio” at night and he’d relate […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge spans 153,000 acres lying on the mainland portions of Dare and Hyde Counties, North Carolina. It is well worth taking the time to visit this […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Author RJ McCarthy’s newest novel, released recently by Scuffletown Press, is a departure from his crime fiction stories into literary fiction. One of the Boys is set in a rural Southern […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Many years ago, I rescued a pretty little drop front desk from my grandfather’s basement. My grandmother apparently painted it every time she felt the urge to redecorate. I striped it […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The light swayed rhythmically, its yellow glow appearing and disappearing with the rise and fall of the ocean’s waves, or so it seemed. The ship’s watchman called out, pointing toward the […]
By Donna Campbell Smith If you’ve ever been dive-bombed by a giant hornet while you were sitting on the porch in the evening, most likely it was by a European Hornet (Vespa crabro L.). While […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its 8th-annual FCAC Writers’ Guild Carolina Prize for Writing Contest. The contest is open for previously unpublished works (this includes online […]
By Donna Campbell Smith My daughter and greatgrandchildren were excited at the prospect of seeing a bear at Pungo National Wildlife Refuge in northeast North Carolina. Last year, we packed our cameras and road snacks […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Farming with draft animals might seem like little more than a trip down memory lane, an attempt at bringing back the good ole days. But, with the growing interest in sustainable […]
By Donna Campbell Smith, Franklin County Arts Council Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers’ Guild launched their seventh issue of County Lines: A Literary Journal on Saturday, December 14, 2019, with about thirty writers and […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The deadline for the Franklin County Arts Council’s Writers’ Guild fifth-annual Carolina Prize Writing Contest is August 15, 2019. The contest is open to writers of any age and location for […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The Franklin County Arts Council’s Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its fifth annual Carolina Prize Writing Contest. It is open to writers of any age and location for previously unpublished (this includes […]
By Donna Campbell Smith County Lines Literary Journal is an annual literary journal compiled by the Franklin County Arts Council Writers Guild. They are calling for entries of prose/poetry and art for their seventh edition […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Roaming free in the dunes and forests of Currituck Banks are wild horses. They are descended from horses brought to America by European explorers in the 1500s. This band of wild […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The Franklin County Writers’ Guild is the recipient of an anonymous gift to fund a free fiction writers contest titled DD’s Starving Writers Contest. This will be a one-time only fiction […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Members of the Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers Guild, along with contributing writers from surrounding areas, gathered at Vance Granville Community College the evening of Thursday, November 29, 2018, to […]
Six authors, all members of Franklin County Arts Council Writers’ Guild, will be selling and signing copies of their books at The Rusted Hinge Marketplace in downtown Zebulon Sunday, November 4, 2018, 2-4pm. The writers […]
On Friday, October 19, 2018, 6-8pm, the Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writer’s Guild will hold a social event with a “Six Pack of Authors” — local authors with recently published books. Come and meet representatives […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) is sponsoring an acrylic pouring workshop facilitated by Donna Campbell Smith on Saturday, September 29, 2018, 6pm, at her home studio, 159 Mays Crossroads Road, Franklinton, […]
RJ McCarthy has released Quarry Steps To which is the third crime fiction novel in the Tony Quarry series. The novel is set in the Piedmont area of North Carolina’s tobacco country. In Quarry Steps […]
By Donna Campbell Smith K.F. Whatley has released her first novel, Making Corrections, after twenty years of being a technical writer and journalist. She has also had short fiction and poetry published in literary journals […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Seven Turns by Kim Beall is the story of recently divorced Callaghan McCarthy whose income from her best-selling book, a ghost story, is running out. So, has her inspiration for writing. […]
By Donna Campbell Smith County Lines Literary Journal is an annual publication compiled by the Franklin County Arts Council Writers’ Guild. They are calling for entries of prose and poetry and art for their sixth edition […]
By Donna Campbell Smith The Franklin County Arts Council (FCAC) Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its third-annual FCAC Writers’ Guild Carolina Prize in Writing contest. The contest is open writers of any age and location for […]
The public is invited to Art in the Woods Spring Art Show and Sale at Donna Campbell Smith’s home studio, 159 Mays Cross Roads, Franklinton, North Carolina on Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2-5pm. This event is sponsored […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Thinking Out Loud. is a Jackie Dove-Miller collection of prose and poetry that speaks about some hard issues including sexuality, racism and prejudice. Her bittersweet words are tempered with humor and […]
By Donna Campbell Smith Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born and raised in Chile. Her colorful oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature, expressing her art through the canvas […]
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