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• Author's Toolbox: From the Mountains to the Sea: Weaving South Carolina through Your Writing

  • Start
    13 Aug 2026
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  • End
    10 Sep 2026
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    76

  

  Join us for this new Author's Toolbox series that weaves its way through the tapestry of South Carolina. This state has a rich main character energy. Learn more about it to help you improve your characters, settings and plots. From the Mountains to The Sea weaves South Carolina through your writing. Members: $20 per class, $60 for all six classes, with first class free; nonmembers: $25 per class, $100 for all six classes.

  All sessions are via Zoom and start at 7 p.m.; link provided upon registration

  May 28 - Gullah Geechee Diasporas with Dr Elizabeth West and Dr Mohammad Fraser-Rahim
  July 9 -  The Music of the Carolina Coast with Dr. Rick Simmons
  July 30 - Back Country Resistance with Carl Borlick
  August 13 - Charleston: Gateway to the Sea with Dr. Sal Mercoligano
  RESCHEDULED DATE: September 3 - Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes with Chief Lamar Nelson

  RESCHEDULED DATE: September 10 -Batter up with Charles Hall
  

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  August 13 - Charleston: Gateway to the Sea

  Join us to learn about the importance of Charleston in the United States maritime history. From precolonial to today Charleston is a gateway to the world. Charleston has such a connection to the sea that there is no better city in the state with the possibility of setting a historical fiction.

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  September 3 - Learn about the Native American Cultures that formed South Carolina

  Join us as the rich heritage South Carolina’s first inhabitants, dating back 25,000 years, and the tools and ingenuity that allowed them to survive come alive. With vivid detail, learn how these early peoples hunted mastodons and later developed farming, pottery and permanent villages. Learn about the challenges the tribes face today, from the loss of ancestral lands to the erasure of native cultures. 

  September 10 - Batter Up!

  Learn how the sport of baseball helped form the sense of community in the state. From the early mill leagues to today's professional leagues the fingers of South Carolina are spread across America's Game. Learn how the game brings the community together. The game is more than just play ball in South Carolina.

  
  

  
  

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• Author's Toolbox: Mollie Hunt

  • When
    27 Aug 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Cat Writer Mollie Hunt is the award-winning author of two cozy mystery series and asci-fantasy tetralogy. She has also published a COVID memoir and a cat health chronicle, both of which won recognition from the Cat Writers’ Association.

  Mollie is a member of Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA), Oregon Writers’ Colony, Sisters in Crime, the Cat Writers’ Association, and Willamette Writers. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and a varying number of cats. Like the cat lady character in one of her cozies, she is a grateful shelter volunteer.

  You can find Mollie Hunt, Cat Writer on her blogsite: https://www.molliehuntcatwriter.com/

  Follow Mollie's Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/molliehunt

  Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/MollieHuntCatWriter/

  
  

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