The North Carolina Writers Network & The Brandy Bar Cocktails present NANCY MARTIN-YOUNG & L.E. (Laura) TOWN as next in their series “In the Company of Writers” The program offers a series of personal and conversational dialogues featuring guest writers/poets followed by an open mic forum. These inspirational gatherings will elucidate and entertain those attending. The guest authors speak from 7-8 PM with an open mic from 8-9 PM. The original music of Gregg Davey welcomes you, continues during intermission, and closes the evening. Open mic sign-ups are posted at the entry.
L.E. (Laura) Towne has written nine books including The Crescent Moon Chronicles, published by Literary Wanderlust, and indie works–a novella, an urban fantasy duology and an MM paranormal romance series. She’s also published short fiction and poetry. At fifty, Towne decided she didn’t want to live the rest of her life working in a cubicle. She attended a small writing workshop at Warren Wilson College and found her people. Throwing all caution and common sense to the wind, she went back to Northern California, quit her job, packed up her Prius, and drove to North Carolina with the world’s best dog and an ADHD-afflicted cat. She now resides in Raleigh where she pretty much does whatever the hell she wants.
Nancy Martin-Young has played with words as a college professor, an editor, a reporter, a poet, and a novelist. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. She’s published three spooky romantic suspense novels set in Raleigh (Seeing Things, Hearing Things, and Sensing Things,) Wit and Prattles (a Regency novel spun from Austen), a short story collection, and a poetry chapbook, The Last Girl Standing. Her awards include a Pushcart nomination, honorable mention for her poetry collection Headstrong, and awards from Kakalak, Pinesong, Flyleaf Books, and the Randall Jarrell competition. She lives in Lake Lure with a spoiled basset hound, a frenetic Cavalier, a serial killer cat, and the guy who took her to the prom.
Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Writers Network and The Brandy Bar + Cocktails, the program, “In the Company of Writers” is featured the 2nd Wednesday of each month.