{"id":652,"date":"2023-03-07T06:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T06:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=652"},"modified":"2023-03-07T23:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T23:08:18","slug":"author-talk-writing-yesterday-and-today-with-vickie-jensen","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/events\/author-talk-writing-yesterday-and-today-with-vickie-jensen\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Talk &#8211; Writing: Yesterday and Today with Vickie Jensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tonight&#8217;s Topic, by Vickie Jensen: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vickie Jensen will tell what tough but essential lessons she has learned in 50 years of writing and publishing non-fiction. Specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What advice she would give her younger self.<\/li>\n<li>What are the advantages and challenges of working with traditional publishing houses (U of Wash Press, Douglas &amp; McIntyre, Harbour Publishing) vs self publishing (her own company is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westcoastwords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.westcoastwords.com\">Westcoast Words<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>How can a writer make a living in today\u2019s world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>Wednesday January 18th<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: <\/strong>7pm PST &#8211; The program will be approximately 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Zoom meeting &#8211; link will be sent to registrants (see below for registration form).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About The Speaker:<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-551 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/About-the-author-1-9420801B-75C0-4C16-B9E1-2E9B24970CD5_1_105_c-683x1024-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/About-the-author-1-9420801B-75C0-4C16-B9E1-2E9B24970CD5_1_105_c-683x1024-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/About-the-author-1-9420801B-75C0-4C16-B9E1-2E9B24970CD5_1_105_c-683x1024-1.jpeg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Vickie Jensen<\/strong>\u00a0is a writer of non-fiction, photographer and editor. Vickie\u00a0has written about Aboriginal culture and people for more than 30 years, and with\u00a0her husband Jay Powell has produced nearly 40 schoolbooks issued in a several Aboriginal languages.That focus has resulted in 14 non-fiction works on topics ranging from carving totem poles, to women who work B.C.\u2019s workboats and how to build an underwater robot.\u00a0Mary-Anne also volunteers with the Global South and recently travelled to Ecuador and Kenya on assignment with Global Affairs Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Vickie&#8217;s website at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westcoastwords.com\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.westcoastwords.com\">https:\/\/www.westcoastwords.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight&#8217;s Topic, by Vickie Jensen: Vickie Jensen will tell what tough but essential lessons she has learned in 50 years of writing and publishing non-fiction. Specifically: What advice she would give her younger self. 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