Charlotte Lit’s Blog

Welcome to Charlotte Lit’s literary arts blog. What you’ll find here: reviews, interviews, craft essays, previews of literary arts events, and anything else that catches our attention.

Kathie Collins

Heroes and Mermaids: A Deep Dive into Jung’s Archetypal Ocean

/in , , /by

Explore the mermaid archetype with Kathie Collins in “Swimming with the Merfolk: Discovering Archetypal Treasure for the Writing Journey,” live via Zoom, Thursday, March 2, 2023. More info and registration here. If you’re a writer or lit lover (and if you’re reading this blog post, you’re likely both), you’ve no doubt heard of Joseph Campbell’s […]

Read more
Jodi Helmer

3 Ways to Improve Your Writing

/in , /by

I spend a lot of time staring at a blank computer screen, my fingers poised over the keyboard, hoping the right words will find their way onto the page. I check my email every 30 seconds, waste time on Facebook, start typing, decide the writing is crap and hit delete, give up and read trashy […]

Read more
Melissa Neal

Becoming Human: A White Person’s Reckoning with Race

/in , /by

Book Review: Debbie Irving’s Waking Up White and Finding Myself in a Story of Race As a life-long lover of books, it feels particularly special to stumble across a book that profoundly shifts my world view, my approach to life, or my thoughts in a new direction. Waking Up White was one such book. As a woman from […]

Read more
Axel Dahlberg

Novels in Progress: Axel Dahlberg’s “Schmed”

/in /by

Chapter 1 Mom buried Dad in his half of the cemetery plot they bought together then sold her half. Probably one thing you gotta know right up front. And that I had no say. Like a lot of crap when you’re a kid, you got no say. And you got no clue, mostly. But as […]

Read more