Members

Central Texas Writers Society Members

Nicole Metts

Founder

Nicole Metts is the founder of Central Texas Writers Society and a member of the Five Hills Art Guild. She has been passionate about the arts since childhood and is a strong believer that art and word can change the world. Besides being a poet; she is a painter, nature photographer, and enjoys exploring other medias as well. She is currently an MFA student at Chatham University. In her spare time she is exploring and documenting the natural world. You can connect with her at nicolemmetts@gmail.com or
centraltexaswriterssociety@outlook.com

Renee Alter

Editor

Renee Alter is an author, poet, storyteller, health nut, volunteers for several non-profits, and provides publishing and media services. Her hobbies include creating books, writing, blogging, photography, continuous education on a variety of topics, networking, songwriting, and music.

Kristoffer Ian Celera

Vice President

Born in the Philippines, he immigrated to America as a baby and grew up most of his life in Texas. He served in the Marines until he found out that he was bipolar and since then has taken his time to attend college, picking up a love for horses, photography, swing dancing and Dungeons & Dragons along the way. He's been published in Central Texas College's 2015 Byways, Texas State University's 2016 Persona and is currently assembling a collection of poetry.

Mikey Carlie

Mikey Carlie is an Artist/Writer native to Texas. Born from a multicultural family. Calling the town of Lampasas home. Painting and, writing with passion. His writing covers many subjects. Utilizing nature as well to express himself. With a belief that all artist / writers of every spectrum should connect more. A member of the Central Texas Writers Society. Mikey enjoys getting to do just that. Attending workshops for poets, local art shows. When asked how he finds nature relevant in art, writing and, connecting with others he says " Nature is always relevant. We are a mysterious, magical, beautiful part of that. When we stop learning, connecting, relating to nature it is a death to the soul. I choose to live."- Mikey Carlie

David Hardin

Event Photographer

David Hardin is a short story writer who is also a published author. Mr. Hardin currently owns David Hardin Photography where shoots different styles of photography, and has particular interest in being published several more times in magazines with models that he works with. In May 2018, he and his friend Ms. Britt Champagne, had photos published in Victory Girls Magazine, a 40‘s/50’s pinup magazine. David was the first person to join the Central Texas Writer’s Society, and loves being the group's photographer. He enjoys coming together with other writers, at events like the monthly meeting at the Copperas Cove Public Library, the open-mic night at Lil Tex Restaurant, and “Art After Dark”. David was born in La Mesa, California, and is 44 years old. He spent most of his life on the U.S. Island Territory of Guam.

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