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Write! London

Calling All Writers to Our 5th Annual Conference

Learn from award-winning writers!

When? Saturday, September 19, 2009; 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (registration begins at 8:30 am)

Where? The Gathering Place & Revival Centre, 858 Dundas Street East, London (in the block west of the Western Fair on the north side of the street)

What? Choose your workshops:

  • Reliving Your Pain While You Write (non-fiction) Mary Haskett
  • Oodles of Options (non-fiction) Denise Rumble
  • Creating that Living Character, Setting & Plot (fiction) Donna Dawson
  • Taking What You Know and Working it into Fiction (fiction) Ruth Smith Meyer
  • and… writing time (bring some of your work), one-on-one sessions with workshop leaders, and a question and answer panel

Who? Anyone interested in writing or who has a story to tell

Why? To learn, meet other writers, enjoy a day out and delicious catered food.


Workshops

1/ Reliving Your Pain While You Write with Mary Haskett

There is a way to tell your story without bogging the reader down with doom and gloom. Learn how to captivate your audience in this practical workshop

Mary Haskett has been published in The Upper Room Magazine, Beyond Ordinary Living, Every Day Grace, Every Day Miracle and FellowScript Magazine. She is a regular contributor to Christian Life in London. Her book Reverend Mother’s Daughter was a finalist in The Word Guild Canadian Christian Writing Awards in 2008 and won an IPPY award in the States. Her second book Because We Prayed has recently been released. www.maryhaskett.com

2/ Oodles of Options with Denise Rumble

Non-fiction offers oodles of options: from book reviews to guest columns to reporting on sports events to article writing and more. How do you get started? How do you find a market? Where do you get the ideas from? Come and learn about non-fiction writing, the best place for any writer to start and the bestest place for some writers to stay.

Presently the Managing Director of The Word Guild, Denise Rumble is also an award-winning freelance writer, who has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines including Focus on the Family Canada and Faith Today, a former business owner and bookkeeper, among other things. She is a professional member of The Word Guild and a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature.

3/ Creating that Living Character, Setting & Plot with Donna Dawson

Fanshawe College creative writing instructor and award winning novelist, Donna Dawson, will take you through an interactive workshop where the whole class will join together to create two characters, a setting and a simple plot. In doing so, class attendees will learn how to bring fiction writing to life.

Donna lives with her husband in rural Ontario where she has written her novels Redeemed, The Adam & Eve Project and The Quinces. Her suspense novel Vengeance won top honours at The Word Guild Canadian Christian Writing Awards. She has written for Guideposts, Beyond Ordinary Living, The Paint Horse Journal, 3.1.6. A Journal of Christian Thinking and Inscribe’s Fellowscript. Donna is a columnist for the St. Marys Journal Argus and for OFTP’s Home Rules newsletter and is a contributing author for Hot Apple Cider. www.authordonnadawson.com

4/ Taking What You Know and Working it into Fiction with Ruth Smith Meyer

Ruth will teach you how to take the familiar and turn it into fiction. She is extremely knowledgeable in this field having written two novels based on this approach.

Ruth Smith Meyer has been a regular contributor to REJOICE! Magazine for six years. Each assignment consists of a week’s worth of 230-260 word devotionals on selected scriptures. She brings a rich background of worship leading, inspirational speaking and life experiences to her writing. Many of her poems have been published in various magazines. Her first novel, Not Easily Broken, has been well received and the sequel Not far From the Tree is now available. http://www.inscribe.org/ruthsmithmeyer


Cost

$73.45 ($69.95 + GST) for members of The Word Guild and full-time students

$83.95 ($79.95 + GST) for non-members

Early Bird Discount (until Sept. 10):

$62.95 (59.95 + GST) for TWG members and full-time students

$73.45 (69.95 + GST) for non-members

Catered Lunch and Breaks included

Non-members may join The Word Guild at time of registration and receive the $10 discount. See membership form here.


Registration Form

Download registration form here.

Fill out and email form to ISmail:smithmeyerbooks%gmail.com, then mail cheque or money order (payable to The Word Guild) to Ruth Meyer at the address below.

Or detach and mail this form with your cheque or money order to:

Ruth Meyer, Registrar Write! London
PO Box 405, 137 Stewart Street,
Ailsa Craig, ON
N0M 1A0


Questions?

For further information contact:

Mary Haskett (519-474-1419) ISmail:marymhaskett%gmail.com