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| Write! Canada 2008 - June 12-14, Guelph, OntarioCanada's Largest Christian Writers' Conference
The Word Guild helps writers who are Christian achieve excellence, whether they write for business, community or church readerships, whether they write inspirational or secular material. If you write, this conference is for you! You will be able to schedule 15-minute appointments with literary agents and editors from Christian magazines and publishing houses. You can take advantage of the manuscript critique service, available only to Write! Canada registrants, and meet with professional editors who will evaluate your writing and give you marketing tips. Write! Canada is a conference for writers of all types and at all stages. It offers three days of solid instruction, stimulating interaction, exciting challenge, and worshipful community. Writers from beginner to professional will sharpen their skills through classes by top-notch instructors on writing their personal experiences, writing for newspapers and magazines, screenwriting, blogging, book publishing, promotion, media relations and much more. Meet experts from mainstream and Christian book publishing, consumer and church press magazines, newspapers, film, television, radio and new media. Take advantage of networking opportunities, manuscript critique services, appointments with literary agents and editors, question and answer panels with industry professionals, open-mike reading sessions and a well-stocked bookstore. Read the news release about Write! Canada.
Tracing My Journey: Canadian Writers Share Their Stories
Carolyne Aarsen - Romance NovelistLiving on a farm at the intersection of No and Where, Carolyne Aarsen wondered if her dream of publication was foolishness or something that required the same pig-headed stubbornness she saw in her livestock. The latter, it seemed. Twenty-two books later, she still feels surprise when she sees her name on the cover of a published novel. Join her as she talks about a journey that took her from unpaid columns for local newspapers to that elusive contract with a New York publisher.
Connie Brummel Cook - Historical NovelistConnie Brummel Crook began her writing career after she attended her first God Uses Ink conference in 1988 (the previous name of Write! Canada)—and after she retired from 30 years of teaching in Ontario’s public secondary schools. This reading specialist decided that she wanted to bring Canadian history alive for students in the classroom by writing historical fiction that captures their imaginations. Connie will share how she dealt with challenges in her life, including being widowed as a young mother.
Denyse O'Leary - Journalist, Science WriterHow did Denyse O’Leary go from secretary, to editor, to full-time writer? Well, slowly, but surely. Her talk will tackle difficulties that writers face today, the risks and the costs, and practical problems that can sink your writing career no matter how much you believe in yourself. These include understanding today’s publishing market, working with booksellers, and helping your book after its publication. Fortunately, practical problems invite practical solutions, and we will look at where and how to find them.
You will meet other writers who are Christian and who share your calling and passion. Over coffee breaks and delicious meals, you will trade ideas, share experiences, and make new friends. You will enjoy other popular conference features, including open mike reading sessions, worship times and a bookstore. See the conference schedule.
Registration fee of $359 includes all sessions, all meals, coffee breaks. Accommodation is extra. No partial registration available. Save up to $60!Get $20 off for each of the following conditions, as many as apply to you:
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Click on the poster to download and view or print the PDF. (Note: the reverse side lists all classes, for those who prefer to see a printed brochure to select their options.) Everyone on the Write! Canada mailing list was sent the poster in March.
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Please send your donation, clearly marking your cheque with the word “Bursaries,” to:
Notes: You will receive a charitable tax receipt in early 2009 from Christian Info Canada. Please note that donations earmarked for specific people cannot be receipted by law. All contributions made to the bursary fund will be dispersed based on need, potential as a writer, pastoral affirmation, and funds available. We can issue tax-deductible receipts for donations given to "The Word Guild," "Write! Canada," or "Christian Info Canada."
We can only issue tax receipts for donations, not for membership dues or conference fees. Those items may, however, be claimed as business expenses.
Miss the 2006 or 2007 Write! Canada Conference?You can still hear many of the classes and workshops on CDs. You may download the 2007 conference order form as an Excel document here. You can find the form for 2006 here. Please contact Swordfish Digital directly at 1-877-543-8607 or by email at ISmail:conferences%swordfishdigital.com. The cost is $10 per workshop or $40 for the continuing class set of 5, tax included, plus shipping and handling. CDs of previous conferences will be for sale at Write! Canada 2008.
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