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Because of the current state of emergency in Calgary, the board will make a final decision whether or not to hold our AGM (scheduled for this Thursday) on Wednesday evening. Please check your e-mail on Wednesday evening for confirmation. Hope everyone is safe, well and dry. If any members need assistance, please contact Diana on … Read more
Last day of what has been a great retreat. Here’s a recap from Lori. Being a writer is sometimes like being a sailor in charge of your own craft. It’s exciting, dangerous and exactly what you want to do. But sometimes there’s that great big ocean and no one to talk to about your exciting, … Read more
ARWA Retreat – Day 2 by Victoria Smith From Didsbury to Edmonton to Lethbridge and flooded Calgary, ten ARWA members managed to meet this afternoon thanks to modern technology. Skype, we thank you. There was definitely heated debate and discussion. We looked at the relationship between music and writing. How does music inspire a scene … Read more
Despite the flooding here in Calgary, nine of us managed to get together for the first day or our retreat – five in person and four later on in the evening via Skype. Our discussion brought up a few interesting topics. 1) Should we dumb down our writing – especially vocabulary – for our readers? … Read more
The City of Calgary has ordered the evacuation of certain neighbourhoods. As of Friday 10.30am, my house (Diana) is safe and dry. If you need somewhere to stay to sit this out, please contact me. Everyone stay safe.
Congratulations, Lorraine, on the release of your first book, Devin’s Second Chance. May this be the first of many!
Saturday, June 8th. St Marks. 10am-3pm. A reminder for our upcoming Saturday workshop on Writing the Short Story. We’ll be discussing what we learned from Elona Malterre’s presentation last month and then putting theory into practice, so bring along your laptop. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Many thanks to Jessica L. Jackson who stepped in when our scheduled speaker had to cancel at the last minute. Jessica offered us a wonderful workshop, packed with humour and information, on everything – and I mean everything – you need to know about self-publishing your novel. Thanks again, Jessica!
Saturday Workshop, May 11th, 10am, St Marks. (members only) E-PUBLISHING AND BRAINSTORMING Due to unforeseen circumstances, Richard Patzer, the scheduled speaker is unable to give the workshop on Saturday. We are pleased to announce that Jessica Jackson has graciously stepped in and will talk about E- Publishing and how to upload to Kindle. We will … Read more