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• Mountain Wordsmiths, January 25
  by Karen Lauritzen
  I’m honored to be speaking at the Zoom meeting on Thursday, January 25 from !0:30- noon with the North Carolina Writers Network and share reading from my newest book. I’ll also be discussing my writing process. Following my presentation there will be an open mic ( 3-5 minutes) time for those who want to read a poem or a brief writing excerpt they’ve written. This meeting is open to all across the United States who love writing, so you don’t have to be a member of NCWN to listen or participate. Please join us!
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  by Karen Lauritzen
  WHAT PULLED ME IN What pulled me into the group was that it was just for me, just about me and the focus was simply that. My time. For me. It wasn’t necessary to socialize during a break at the mid point of the class. I could just sit quietly and drink my tea, which I did the first few weeks. No brows were raised. There was no expectation to be anything in the circle. With that came an astounding sense of liberation. I went from being a mom, a daughter, a niece, a caregiver, driver and cook to simply… Read more: (no title)
• Finding My Way
  by Karen Lauritzen
  I was fifty years old when I read the small article in the Asheville Citizen Times newspaper: Tell It Like It Is: Writing for Women Over Fifty. The article said an Asheville author, Peggy Tabor Millin, was offering writing classes from her home in Asheville, less than an hour away from my then home in Brevard, North Carolina. The weekly classes were 21/2 hours in length and lasted for 6 weeks and fit into my limited budget. Classes were limited to 12 participants. How bad can it be? Just 6 weeks-6 trips- and in a small group in an informal… Read more: Finding My Way