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Canadian Authors-Alberta: A Capacity for Evil: Creating Villains
Join Janice MacDonald for a discussion of mystery and thriller writing and how to craft effective and believable villains. Janice MacDonald is best known for the Randy Craig Mysteries, the first detective series set in Edmonton. She has written in many genres, and has taught workshops and courses in creative writing across the western provinces. Admission: $0 to $10
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Alberta: Drawing the Line and Crossing It: Morality, Immorality and Amorality in Mystery and Thriller Writing
Join acclaimed Edmonton writer Janice MacDonald for a writing workshop on creating believable villains; during the workshop attendees will learn how bad guys work in mystery, thriller, horror, police procedurals, and much more. Janice MacDonald is best known for the Randy Craig Mysteries, the first detective series set in Edmonton. She has written in many genres, and has taught workshops and courses in creative writing across the western provinces. Cost: CAA & WGA Members: $30 | Non-Members: $70 Register…
Find out more »Webinar: Fanship – A Community of Creators and Fans United by the Love of Reading
Whether you’re a published author, an aspiring writer, or an avid reader, you’ll definitely want to learn more about Fanship and why you should get involved. Join us to get a sneak peak at this exciting new initiative soon to be launched by Access Copyright and Prescient Innovations. So what is Fanship? Fanship will be a new digital community for readers and writers who are united by a love of literature — a community where recommending great books has its…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Peterborough Meeting
At our regular meetings we come together as a group of individuals who share a deep respect for the written word, ready to identify and to explore the implications of what that may invite us to discover, through the various genres both known and unknown to us. Writers Helping Writers. We have established a tradition of sharing our experiences with the written word from the time of one meeting to the next.
Find out more »How To Teach Love: Practical Suggestions from a Dedicated Canadian Romantic Writer
As Valentine’s Day approaches many ponder the age-old question “What Is Love?” Academics and artists across disciplines and cultures have had things to say on the subject. Vancouver author Robert Joseph Greene has a pedagogy of his own… Greene is best known for The Gay Icon Classics of the World (2011) and The Gay Icon Classics of the World II (2012), which anthologize gay-themed love stories from around the world. Wikipedia lists Greene as Canada’s only male author dedicated solely…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-NCR: Writing for Theatre and for Novels with Melissa Yi
Melissa Yi is the author of the Hope Sze mystery series and has penned books and written and performed I am the Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World (and Other True Tales from the Emergency Room). She will share her expertise in writing for theatre and let us know how it can enrich writing in other forms and genres. BIO: Melissa Yi is an emergency physician and award-winning writer. In her newest crime novel, Death Flight, Dr. Hope Sze battles murder…
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Niagara: Niagara Author Series
Come out and listen to local authors read from their published an in-process fiction. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be provided. There will be an opportunity to mingle, buy local authors' books (autographed copies available), and browse Someday Books' well-stocked shelves. Featured authors: Carole Baggott-Forte Sylvia Barnard Jan Barrett Colin Brzezicki Sharon Frayne Karen Gansel Brent Thomas
Find out more »Canadian Authors-Metro Vancouver: THE END. Is Just the Beginning, with Lynn Duncan
Congratulations! After months (years?) of diligent effort, you have finally completed your manuscript. You celebrate briefly before it sinks in—you have no idea what to do next. Should you hire an editor? Approach an agent? How do you find a publisher? What is hybrid publishing anyway? and how much is all of this going to cost? This workshop will provide an overview of the publishing process and suggest a process to help authors navigate it successfully. Participants will leave with…
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