Read, Write, Wander: Adventures in Literature and Life

On the Teri and Edith Show, Teri recaps a Weymouth, North Carolina writers’ retreat where she chose activities beyond writing, including library visits, a retirement village book club, an author talk, a craft fair book table, a poetry group, a bookstore event, and a local podcast, gaining networking and submission tips and selling books. She discusses feedback on Daughters of Green Mountain Gap (noting it won a major North Carolina award) and her new, funnier book Pagan Hinged, and warns listeners about Netflix scam emails, especially those from Gmail addresses. The conversation shifts to reading: library audiences skew older; many young people prefer fantasy or avoid reading, influenced by phones, instant gratification, and shrinking attention spans. They argue reading builds vocabulary, imagination, critical thinking, and cultural understanding, praise reading aloud and audiobooks for kids, criticize flat AI narration, and share current book recommendations.00:00 Welcome Back Intro00:10 Retreat Goals Tradeoffs02:14 Readings Libraries Events03:45 Networking Author Lessons05:54 Artsy Southern Pines Vibe07:53 Greece Roots Dreams09:15 Netflix Scam Emails12:12 Audience Feedback New Book13:53 Herbal Remedies Disclaimer16:04 Who Reads Today19:56 Kids Reading Habits21:58 Books vs Movies Debate23:28 Is Reading Coming Back25:36 Instant Gratification Worries30:18 Why Reading Matters36:55 Phones Attention Spans38:15 Text Speak and Vocabulary Loss39:32 Reading Builds Young Minds42:01 Phones Replace Conversation44:09 Reading and Math Foundations46:58 Stories Over Screens50:43 Why AI Narration Falls Flat55:02 Future of Reading and Patience01:00:08 Book Talk and Recommendations01:05:21 World War I and Learning History01:11:04 Read and Write GoodbyeMusic: artlist.io