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Study Guides and Classroom Resources

[image error] Each of my novels can provide teachers with a wide variety of ways to explore projects in the classroom with their students and study guides for The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse and The Heretic's Tomb can be found here on my website. The study guides are by no means exhaustive and teachers are always welcome to use the books as they see fit. The Fun Stuff and Puzzles page features word searches related to the text and character names...

The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference, November 27, 2010

[image error] The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference featuring local children's authors and illustrators in Calgary and the surrounding area, will be held on Saturday November 27, 2010 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre in north west Calgary.






The Calgary Children's Book Fair and Conference represents a fabulous opportunity for children to meet local writers, chat with them about their work and obtain an autographed and personally inscribed copy of a favourite book. All...

Virtual Author Visits by Video

Children are almost always inspired when they meet a real life author or illustrator, but it may not always possible to have an author visit your school. However, why not put technology to work for you? Now you can arrange a virtual author visit via video using Skype. These can be conducted with large groups in a library or gym or with individual classes. You can get an idea of what a virtual visit looks like by viewing the video below, or by checking out the videos on my website or on span

Writing Historical Fiction - Classes for Writers with Chinook Learning Services in Calgary, October/November

[image error] The Calgary Board of Education provides adult and continuing education through Chinook Learning Services. This fall, I am pleased to be offering the following classes in Calgary.
Writing Historical Fiction - Tuesdays, October 19 to November 9 Do you want to bring history to life? Then you need to know what history to put in and what to leave out. In this course you will examine the writing of historical fiction and the need to fully immerse yourself in a particular time period to make your...

Writing Children's Books - Classes for Writers with Chinook Learning Services in Calgary, October/November

[image error] The Calgary Board of Education provides adult and continuing education through Chinook Learning Services. This fall, I am pleased to be offering the following classes in Calgary.
Writing Children's Books - Mondays, October 18 to November 22 Examine the writing process from initial concept through to the finished manuscript, including how to turn ideas into stories, the creation of outlines, story structure, character development, the role of research and the importance of editing and...

Creative Writing Programs for Home School Students at Southwood United Church - November and December 2010

Join me this fall for classes in creative writing especially for home school children at Southwood United Church in SW Calgary. Classes take place every Monday from November 1 to December 13, 2010. The cost is $99 per student for seven classes and registration details are available by e mailing me at sorcerersletterbox@gmail.com.

Ages 7 to 10 - Inspiration, Imagination and Invention: Story Creation 
In this series of interactive, fun and lively creative writing sessions, turn your own ideas...

Writing and Publishing Your Children's Novel - University of Calgary, October 2, 2010

[image error] Each year, the Continuing Education department at the University of Calgary serves over 20,000 lifelong learners and offers thousands of courses taught by more than 1,000 instructors – all experts in their fields.
Writing and Publishing Your Children's Novel - Saturday, October 2 This workshop deals with getting started as a writer for young readers and the subsequent path to publication. You will examine the writing process from initial concept through to the finished manuscript, including...

Gargoyles and Grotesques - The latest article at Dark Roasted Blend

Check out the latest article at Dark Roasted Blend, entitled Gargoyles and Grotesque, Part One.
We've all seen them, those odd looking carved faces, some with horns, some half animal or half human, often looking miserable, scowling at us from the outer walls of buildings. Often they're spotted on churches and other older structures, but the practice of adding these ornamentations to more recently constructed buildings is quite common too. This article looks at the origin of gargoyles and...

Author in Residence Program for Schools

For my Author in Residence program, I can be at your school for a week or longer. This allows me to cover certain topics in much more depth than would be possible during a regular author visit. We can also look at working with the students on a specific project.A week in residence can be designed however you would like, to best meet the needs of the students. Here's what a week could look like, based on a school where I spent five days working with students from grade one through seven...

Words4TheWebwise – Copywriting and Website Design and Development.

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Don't procrastinate - Delegate.
Excuses are a dime a dozen. If not two dozen. The most favoured by just about anyone in any position, is that they don't have the time. Since I haven't discovered the secret to making time (which I always presume is simply better time management, not the actual creation of time itself) the answer to not having enough time, is to delegate.
As an author, or perhaps other type who is in business for themselves, there are reasons why you go into the business in...