Ray Wiseman Workshop Oct. 28-12 Photos

I finally downloaded my photos. Yeah! My job is done.

More photos from the Ray Wiseman workshop on October 28, 2012. Kelly is dressed for Halloween.

Sammy our mascot joined us.

Enjoy!

 

HWG Author Day November 17, 2012 - Jayne Self

 

 

 

Congratulations to Jayne on her new book Death of a Highland Heavy Weight.

 

 



A big thank you to Nancy Frater of Booklore for hosting and organizing the event, Jayne Self for helping to organize it, and Diane for posting the other photos of the HWG Author Day November 17, 2012.

HWG Author Day November 17, 2012

Diane Bator reading from Murder on Manitou and trying to ignore the Banner photographer.



Joe Gilbey with his novels.



David Chesterton with Twelfth Night in Royal Blue

June Hustler with Kindred and her new play.

Diane Bator watching Harry do his reading.

Harry Posner



June and David await their turn on the staircase.

Ruth Cunningham and Nancy Frater



Matthew absorbed in a good read.
 

Kelli Curtis reading from Amber and the Fallen Bridge

Author Day writers and their books!

Thank you to everyone who made HWG Author Day a great success! All our authors had ample time to do their readings, answer questions and mingle with the crowd. Special thank you to Jayne Self and Nancy Frater for organizing!

Ray Wiseman Editing Workshops

Finally, I have an almost free day, before the merry season begins. My husband's family is celebrating Christmas on December 1. The older relativees (that includes me) rent a hall and we're expecting approximately 50 people. And if I don't make a post today, it isn't going to happen.

I swear (and you all know I do) I've tried a couple of times to blog, but it took a long time to upload the photos, and I gave up. Time is precious but especially if you're squeezing in time to write.

Ray Wiseman workshops happened on October 14 and 28, 2012.

He certainly is a good speaker and story teller and the workshop was not only informative but fun.

How exactly do you set up your manuscript? Do you write in Canadian or American? How do you begin to edit? All these questions and more Ray answered.

But I thought the most important thing he said is that all writers need an editor. How profound. I would have loved for somebody to tell me this when I first started writing. It took me years to recover from people critiquing my writing. Much later, I realized that it's just part of the writing process.

I agree with him that you want to develop a good relationship with your editor. I want somebody who doesn't make me feel stupid, or doesn't try to change my voice. But the most important thing for me, is that I am comfortable with my editor. Thanks Laura.

At the two workshops, we had writers of all ages, the youngest writer being thirteen.

Check out Ray Wiseman's website. www.raywiseman.ca



Most of the writers at the workshop purchased this excellent book.


Ray provided excellent handouts and Jayne brought drinks and baked goods for everyone.

A special thank you for Ray and for Jayne who arranged the workshops.

For some reason, the photos refuse to be uploaded the way I want them. One more time . . .or two or three . . . I give up. The program won't do what I want it to do.

Maybe, I need a lesson in how to upload photos. This is too complicated for me. I think I'll stop taking photos. And what about the blank space at the bottom. Now to spend another hour trying to figure this out. And why doesn't the final post look like my page. And is there a help section for this wretched program? You would think that I'd be able to make corrections much like Word. It's difficult to move the photos around. No wonder I don't spend time posting to the blog. I could have written another story, some poetry or something.  The big white space is driving me out of my perfectionist mind.

Interview questions from this weeks Guild meeting.

1. Who are you? How would you describe yourself?
2. Why do you write?
3. What do you write about?
4. We are all one-of-a-kind and there is no one else who can write what we write. What is the uniqueness you bring to your writing?
5. How has writing affected you/changed you?
6. What has writing taught you about yourself, life?
7. Is there a particularly meaningful writing-inspired experience you'd like to tell us about?

These are the questions I typically ask writers for my blog christianswhowrite.ca

I invite everyone to visit my blogs and enter two book draws: 

One at http://www.christianswhowrite.ca/mark-buchanan-interview/

The second at http://www.jayneself.com/death-of-a-highland-heavyweight-2

Subscribe to these blogs and you'll be notified of other give-aways.

November 17th, beginning 11 a.m. BookLore is hosting Headwaters Writers Guild Author Appreciation Day.

Nancy Frater requests 2 copies of each book for her store window display.

Be sure to invite your friends, family and neighbours. Most people come to events like this because they have a personal connection with an author. The more folks who join us the more successful the event.

It would be great if as many of group members as possible could be their to support each other.

For those who are participating, please arrive be at BookLore before 11 am.

Here's the plan:

Nancy Frater will introduce each participating author. 

Each author will have 15-20 minutes of their own to read, answer questions, pose for photos.

Each author will have a special spot for them to sign books.

The schedule is as follows:

Jayne Self 11 am

Harry Posner 1120

Ruth Cunningham 1140

Kelli Curtis  1200

Diane Bator 1220

Joseph Gilbey1240

David Chesterton 1 pm

BookLore is providing hot apple cider and cookies for everyone who comes.

Hope to see you there!