Thank you, Jillian!

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A huge thank you to Jillian for putting on a fantastic workshop last night. While anything extroverted can be intimidating for writers, those that were there had a great time and really learned to sink into our characters. Conversations between all of our characters were hilarious! Thanks, Jillian, for sitting in the Hot Seat and … Read more

Thursday Workshop – October 23rd

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 ARWA Workshop 7:00pm, St Mark’s Lodge. Members only. Connecting With Your Characters with Jillian Long Have a character that’s hiding from you, or one that you’d simply like to know better? Come prepared with a character that you’d like to get to know, or make one up, while we work through different … Read more

Registration Reminder!

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Reminder! If you haven’t already, please pay your 2014-2015 membership dues! You can click here for more information about how to join or renew your membership at AWRA.

Saturday Workshop – October 11th

October 11, 2014 ARWA Workshop 10:30am, St Mark’s Lodge. Members only. Police and Paramedics Workshop Presented by Brenda Fisk and Stacey O’Sullivan Q&A style. Brenda will discuss issues related to her career in policing. Stacey will discuss her experiences as a rural and urban paramedic. The day will end with a hands-on tour of a … Read more

Thank you, Sherile

Thank you to Sherile Reilly for her talk about the James Scott Bell workshop on Thursday evening. We had a fantastic turn out and some new faces in the crowd!

ARWA Member Book News!

Two ARWA Members have stories published in the What Follows anthology, published Sept 24, 2014! What Follows Anthology editted by April Steenburgh and C. Lennox Anthology Summary Blurb: How would an Immortal deal with the End Times? The world will inevitably come stumbling into apocalypse, and They will be there to witness it. Dryads, demi-gods, … Read more

Thursday Workshop – September 25th

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September 25th ARWA Workshop 7:00pm, St Mark’s Lodge. Members only. Good to Unforgettable Fiction We all have to be skillful, competent, literate and ultimately unforgettable in the stories we write. But how do you do it? Sherile Reilly will discuss new methods she learned at the James Scott Bell workshop in May. See you there! … Read more

Saturday Workshop – September 13th

Novel Marketing

Saturday, September 13th, 10:30am, St Mark’s Lodge. Members only. Novel Marketing – ARWA edition! by Kate Larking To sell books, you need to market your fiction. But you don’t want to market if you come off like a smarmy used-car salesperson. What is the best way to market your fiction? Relationship and content marketing. When … Read more

ARWA Members at When Words Collide – Part 5!

ARWA is delighted to introduce both members who will be participating in this year’s When Words Collide conference in Calgary August 8-10th, 2014 and also other ARWA sponsored panels. Members activities include sitting on panels, offering workshops and reading at the ARWA Social, held in the Yorkshire 1 room at the Carriage House Inn, on … Read more