The page was blank
This morning I opened a new page on my blog. It was white and grey– without any words or photos. For a short moment, that blank page was intimidating, as though it were challenging me to fill it. But I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: books
The Word on the Street 2013–Kitchener
A group of us—authors and a cartoonist— joined forces and rented a table for Word on the Street in Kitchener. What we do not know when we book ahead like that, is what the weather patterns will hold for us, … Continue reading →
Write! Kitchener 2013 by The Word Guild
On September 28, 2013, I will be giving a workshop at Write! Kitchener on writing Creative Nonfiction for The Word Guild. It’s a great day for a new or intermediate writer. Place: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 54 Queen Street N., … Continue reading →
Writing classes open to registration at the Rockway Centre, Kitchener
Writing classes for the fall term at the Rockway Centre, Kitchener, Ontario, are open to registrations until the end of this week. Writing Class with Carolyn Do you want to write but don’t know how to start? Participants will … Continue reading →
Through the eyes of a two-year-old–Carolyn R. Wilker
Today I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian with my title Through the eyes of a two-year-old . Go on over and read it and while you’re there read other authors who post there as well. You’ll … Continue reading →
Part 2 Making the most of her life–Annie Searam
“Some friend I am,” Annie said on the phone one day, then chuckled. “I never call you.” This was the way it went; I called and left messages, sometimes to hear later that she’d been ill or had just been … Continue reading →
Halifax in June–after conference
Early in June, I was in Halifax for the Editors’ Association conference, Between the Lines. We sailed on the SV Mar on Sunday evening after conference was over. I met Zofia, translator and fellow editor, talked over dinner at Murphy’s … Continue reading →
Canadian Writers Who Are Christian–Summer Solstice
Last evening I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go there and read Summer Solstice about the Cambridge Toastmasters’ meeting when I gave a reading from my book Once Upon a Sandbox. [To read the selection “What a … Continue reading →
Canadian Writers Who Are Christian–Beautiful Words and Beautiful Writing
Today I blogged over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian on the topic of Beautiful Words and especially the writer, Lucy Maud Montgomery. “When was the last time you put down a book to ponder the words and then reread … Continue reading →
Book Signing this Saturday, May 4th for Once Upon a Sandbox
I am excited about my book signing at Waterloo Chapters this Saturday, May 4th from 11 am–1 pm, in Waterloo, Ontario. Come and get your copy of Once Upon a Sandbox and get it signed. The book makes a great … Continue reading →