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Where I'm going to be
I'm going to be at Mancunicon (UK Eastercon) in late March and VCon in Vancouver in the fall. I'll probably do Orycon in November, and for sure if I'm shortlisted again for the Endeavour Award. And I've just bought a membership for WorldCon in Kansas City in August.
I'm going to do some kind of how-to presentation, maybe story mechanics, at a writers festival called Creative Ink in Burnaby, BC, Canada in early May.
I'm thinking about World Fantasy in Ohio for October.
I'm going to do some kind of how-to presentation, maybe story mechanics, at a writers festival called Creative Ink in Burnaby, BC, Canada in early May.
I'm thinking about World Fantasy in Ohio for October.
Creative Ink Writers' Festival
The weekend of May 6 to 8, I’ll be doing panel and blue-pencil work and presenting a workshop at the Creative Ink writers’ festival at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre, In Burnaby, BC, where I went to high school and university, all those years ago.
I’m doing three panels:
Getting Started – how to begin a writing project. It’s on Friday, May 6, at 4 p.m.
Creating Believable Characters – tricks and techniques to take the cardboard out of characters. That’s on Saturday, May 7, at 0 a.m.
Adding Mystery to Your Fiction – there are different rules for writing mysteries compared to other genre categories. Saturday, May 7, at noon
The workshop is Elements of Story. I’ll run through the basics of story mechanics then we’ll make up a story or two from the usual components. Saturday, May 7, at 6 p.m.
On Sunday, May 8, from noon, I’ll be doing Blue-Pencil Café, a standard part of writers conferences. Individual writers bring a pro author, editor, or agent a few pages of their work and get an instant critique. Tip: it’s best to bring me the opening pages of a novel or short story. I can tell a lot (and often help a lot) from an opening.
I’m not the only attraction at Creative Ink. Guests of Honour are bestselling author Carrie Vaughan and World Fantasy Award-nominated artist Galen Dara. Good old Robert J. Sawyer, who always gives excellent value for money at writers’ conferences, will deliver a keynote speech.
This project is the brainchild of my SF Canada colleague, Sandra Wickham, who deserves a medal and a big slice of cake for putting her heart into helping other writers. I wouldn’t be surprised if the conference sells out, so get over to the website now and sign up.
http://www.creativeinkfestival.com/re...
I’m doing three panels:
Getting Started – how to begin a writing project. It’s on Friday, May 6, at 4 p.m.
Creating Believable Characters – tricks and techniques to take the cardboard out of characters. That’s on Saturday, May 7, at 0 a.m.
Adding Mystery to Your Fiction – there are different rules for writing mysteries compared to other genre categories. Saturday, May 7, at noon
The workshop is Elements of Story. I’ll run through the basics of story mechanics then we’ll make up a story or two from the usual components. Saturday, May 7, at 6 p.m.
On Sunday, May 8, from noon, I’ll be doing Blue-Pencil Café, a standard part of writers conferences. Individual writers bring a pro author, editor, or agent a few pages of their work and get an instant critique. Tip: it’s best to bring me the opening pages of a novel or short story. I can tell a lot (and often help a lot) from an opening.
I’m not the only attraction at Creative Ink. Guests of Honour are bestselling author Carrie Vaughan and World Fantasy Award-nominated artist Galen Dara. Good old Robert J. Sawyer, who always gives excellent value for money at writers’ conferences, will deliver a keynote speech.
This project is the brainchild of my SF Canada colleague, Sandra Wickham, who deserves a medal and a big slice of cake for putting her heart into helping other writers. I wouldn’t be surprised if the conference sells out, so get over to the website now and sign up.
http://www.creativeinkfestival.com/re...
