Next week is Write Canada in Toronto. The committee has been working for months to get it organized and the registrar’s been busy too. Instead of the intensive like last year, I’ll offering a two-part workshop on writing Creative Nonfiction … Continue reading →
Some of my best learning experiences as a new and then more experienced writer have come from conferences or happened there. Aha moments and meeting other writers who, like me, had much to learn yet. While I was initially … Continue reading →
Outside the dining hall, and it’s time to say good-bye. Darcy Neil Croteau (left) and Carolyn Wilker (Photo by Darcy’s husband, used by permission.) Lessons I learned at Write! Canada this year: There’s always more to learn. Be open … Continue reading →
Thinking back on my first conference in 2001, I remember being excited about trying something new. There was also a bit of anxiety as I approached Guelph and the conference grounds. That was my inner critic. I had paid my … Continue reading →
Conference is a great place to meet fellow writers too I learned when I began writing for print just how much I didn’t know. There’s more to it than knowing about good spelling and grammar, though those things are … Continue reading →
Only a few days to Write! Canada conference in Guelph, Ontario. Yippee! http://www.writecanada.org/ Thinking of Belinda, who is in hospital, and her love of exclamation marks. May she be exclaiming soon, ” I am feeling much better!” What an encouragement … Continue reading →
