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For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Building Characters – Jessica L. Jackson Please, join us for an examination of how we build the characters that inhabit our stories! Jessica L. Jackson is our presenter for our Saturday workshop this month. … Read more
Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, St. Mark’s Lodge, 2612 14A Street SW, Calgary. For members and invited guests Speaker – M. Jane Colette M. Jane Colette riffs off her Organized Creative workshop (and workbook) to tell you why not being able to find matching socks, your notebook, and the time to write all stem … Read more
For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Historical Fiction – Bret Cousins Historical fiction is a broader genre than you might think. Any story set in the past can be considered historical, be it romance, adventure, a spy story, or … Read more
Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, St. Mark’s Lodge, 2612 14A Street SW, Calgary Speaker – Tammy Lyn Carbol How important is physical touch to intimacy? “The 12 Stages of Intimacy” was originally presented by Desmond Morris, a behavioural scientist in 1971, and adapted for romance writing by Linda Howard. When writing, these steps help … Read more
For members and invited guests Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. SUBTEXT – Diana Cranstoun Learn about Subtext through discussion using movie examples. If you have any segments of favourite movie scenes of your own that you would like to share, please bring them … Read more
Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, St. Mark’s Lodge, 2612 14A Street SW, Calgary Speaker – Vi Peace Reading is a spectator sport. The reader needs to have a vested interest in the story action. By raising the emotional stakes it will involve the reader and have them cheering on the protagonists as the athletes … Read more
Saturday, August 17 at 10 AM If you didn’t burn out over When Words Collide… come do more crazy book stuff with MJ Colette and some of the CaRWA authors on Sat! MJ Colette will be doing Tarot card readings and ms consults. And spreading of the word and inviting peeps would be much appreciated. … Read more
Calgary’s annual literary conference starts this Friday at the Calgary Delta South Conference Centre, 135 Southland Drive SE. See our ARWA members give presentations, participate on panels and meet up with us at our table in the Merchant Room where you can get our books. See you there.
Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, St. Mark’s Lodge, 2612 14A Street SW, Calgary Learn the best way to navigate WWC Whether it is your first time attending [and ARWA encourages you to do so] or if you have attended a time or few, join this discussion of what works and what doesn’t when attending … Read more
B.G. Cousins will be at the Indigo Signal Hill location today, Saturday, June 29th from 11-4 signing copies of his book series, The Rainey Chronicles. Come on down and talk history and adventure with the author.