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Writing for Children and Young Adults – Classes at Mount Royal University in October
Writing for Children and Young Adults Evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from October 4 to 25, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished manuscript. Registration is available here at the Mount Royal University...
read moreWriting for Publication – Saturday, October 21 at Mount Royal University
The Writing for Publication class takes place at Mount Royal University on Saturday, October 21, 10 am to 4:30 pm. Have you ever read a novel, short story or nonfiction article and thought, “I could have written that”? This workshop shows you where to find ideas and turn them into a marketable venture. Half the class is spent exploring novels, short stories and non-fiction projects from concept to draft, the other half discussing how the various markets operate. This class is ideal for novice writers wishing to write material for...
read moreAn interview with V. L. Jennings
My guest today is science fiction author V.L. Jennings who has published two novels for teens and young adults. She runs a rather large writers group on Facebook called ‘Where Writers and Authors Meet’ and is also in school for her degree in Electrical Engineering. Her second book Visionary From The Stars is undergoing edits and is currently out of print at the moment. However, she is currently celebrating the Re-release of her book The Alien Mind. Do you mind if I ask why you are re-releasing The Alien Mind? Not at all, Simon. For the...
read moreWriting for Children and Young Adults – Classes at Mount Royal University in October
Writing for Children and Young Adults Evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from October 4 to 25, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished manuscript. Registration is available here at the Mount Royal University...
read moreAn interview with Suzanne de Montigny
My guest today is author Suzanne de Montigny. Do you like historical romance? Crying and laughing? Then you’ll enjoy Suzanne’s latest novel, Fields of Gold Beneath Prairie Skies, based on a true story. Suzanne is also offering free downloads of one of her earlier novels at the end of the interview. Welcome Suzanne, so what’s your latest book about? Well, Simon, my blurb says it better than anything else. French-Canadian soldier, Napoleon, proposes to Lea during WWI, promising golden fields of wheat as far as the eye can see. After...
read moreWriting for Publication – Saturday, October 21 at Mount Royal University
The Writing for Publication class takes place at Mount Royal University on Saturday, March 12, 10 am to 4:30 pm. Have you ever read a novel, short story or nonfiction article and thought, “I could have written that”? This workshop shows you where to find ideas and turn them into a marketable venture. Half the class is spent exploring novels, short stories and non-fiction projects from concept to draft, the other half discussing how the various markets operate. This class is ideal for novice writers wishing to write material for...
read moreWriting for Children and Young Adults – Classes at Mount Royal University in October
Writing for Children and Young Adults Evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from October 4 to 25, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished manuscript. Registration is available here at the Mount Royal University...
read moreBook Signing at Chapters Crowfoot, July 29
This Saturday, I’ll be at Chapters Crowfoot in Calgary from 11 am to 5 pm. I’ll be signing copies of The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, and Future Imperfect. Chapters is located at 66 Crowfoot Terrace NW in Calgary. Hope to see you...
read moreWordsWorth 2017 – Kamp Kiwanis, Bragg Creek, AB
This week I’ll be working as an instructor at WordsWorth 2017. WordsWorth is a week-long creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But the experiences don’t begin and end with the classes, WordsWorth is a place where young writers come...
read moreBook Signing at Indigo Signal Hill, July 22
This Saturday, I’ll be at Indigo at Signal Hill in Calgary from 11.30 am to 5 pm. I’ll be signing copies of The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic’s Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, and Future Imperfect. Indigo is located at 5570 Signal Hill Centre SW in Calgary. Hope to see you...
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