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Dealing with Rejection Part Two - This month's teleclass at the Children's Writers' Coaching Club, Wednesday, September 15

[image error] Join me on September 15 at 7 pm, Mountain Standard Time,
at the Children's Writers' Coaching Club at the National Writing for Children Center. 
In this month's class, entitled Dealing with Rejection - Part Two, we examine how writers can actually make the most out of being rejected, the next steps to take after receiving your rejection letter, ways to keep marketing your work to publishers and how even the most successful writers have suffered rejection and learned from their experiences.
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Author Visits, Presentations and Workshops for Schools and Libraries

Throughout the school year, I offer presentations, readings, author in residence programs and conduct workshops for children at schools and libraries all across Canada, the United States and around the world.

An author visit can be highly inspirational, inviting children to unlock their own creative potential, whatever form that may take, and encouraging them in their own writing. 
Younger students especially are almost always thrilled to meet a published author, particularly if they have read...

Mega Dashboards and Instrument Panels - The Latest Article at Dark Roasted Blend

Check out the latest article at Dark Roasted Blend, entitled Mega Dashboards and Instrument Panels. 
Ever since man invented machines for transportation, we've had instrument panels and dashboards - from the steamships of the nineteenth century, the first cars and planes, through all the developments in land, sea and air transport throughout the twentieth century, not to mention spacecraft. For this article, I've avoided car and aircraft dashboards and panels, which we're all quite familiar...

Advice for Writers: Part Eight - Remember, Everybody Gets Rejected

In any profession, everyone has to start somewhere and writers are no different. Every published author out there was once an unpublished author. Even writers who have sold millions of books were told at some point early in their careers that they would never be published. And of course if they had stopped submitting their work, they would never have been successful. Yes, it can be daunting, but no one ever succeeded by stopping trying. Fourteen publishers, including big names such as...

Classes with Chinook Learning Services in Calgary, Saturday November 20

[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 courses.

Writing Children's Books: Intro - 9.30 am to Noon November 20In this workshop you will discover how to balance youthful imagination with adult professionalism, and gain awareness of writing for various age ranges. This workshop explores the do's and don'ts of writing for younger readers, turning ideas into stories, the writing...

Creative Writing Classes for Home Schoolers @ Cardel Place, Calgary - September 2010 to June 2011

Join me for classes in creative writing especially for home school children from the northern part of the city of Calgary and in the surrounding area at Cardel Place, located at 11950 Country Village Link NE, Calgary, AB T3K 6E3. Classes take place every Thursday, from September 16, 2010 to June 23, 2011. Registration details are available here. 
Thursdays - September 16 to November 4, 2010: Time Travel Tales10.45 am to Noon, Ages 8 to 10 * 12.15 pm to 1.30 pm, Ages 11 to 16

In these sessions...

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...

Advice for Writers: Part Seven - The Numbers Game

If a publisher rejects your work, they will not be publishing it, pure and simple. However, it also means that you are at least getting your writing out there. I've lost count of the number of people I speak to who have written a novel and still not sent it out. Yes, you have to feel its ready and in some ways it never will be, but some people are so fearful of rejection that they never submit anything at all. 
Rejections can often come with constructive criticism and suggestions for...

Propaganda Posters of World War Two - The Latest Article at Dark Roasted Blend

Check out the latest article at Dark Roasted Blend, entitled Propaganda Posters of World War Two. 
During World War Two, propaganda posters became something of an art form and some examples are very well known even today. It's been claimed that truth is often the first casualty of war, and it is very interesting to see how the events of the time were depicted in this selection of posters and leaflets from both sides of the conflict. 

You can also check out my other World War Two articles at...