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LP wordsolutions recent activities and clients *Ongoing* ~ Literary Editor, Arts Council of Surrey newsletter Spotlight ~ ~ Fraser Valley representative to the Federation of BC Writers ~ ~ Book reviewer for Resource Links ~ 2008 Writing From Life course for Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Serving as judge for the nonfiction category of the Surrey International Writers' festival contest. Writing in Leaps and Bounds - workshop for the CAA Vancouver branch. Awarded a Canada Council Grant to write Sink or Swim, the sequel to Meeting Miss 405 - scheduled for publication by Orca Book Publishers in October 2008. Word by Word - workshop for Surrey Public Library's 'Surrey Reads & Writes' event. Editing Fiction From the Inside Out - workshop for the Editor's Association of Canada BC branch; Short story Grace Enough places Second in the fiction category of the North Shore Writers' Assoc. writing contest. We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Interrogation techniques to help uncover your characters' stories - article in the January 2008 issue of The Writer magazine. Awarded funding by the Federation of BC Writers to offer an Off the Page presentation in a local school. Down the Rabbit Hole - Adventures in Writing for Children workshop for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. 2007 Workshop - Fundraising in General & Grantwriting in Particular; Workshop - Getting Started, Keeping Going; Course - Writing and Selling Short and Long Nonfiction; Workshop - Having Your Say for the Surrey International Writer's Conference. Workshop - Writing and Selling Short and Long Nonfiction - course for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Getting Started, Keeping Going - workshop for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Down the Rabbit Hole - Adventures in Writing for Children - presentation for the Shebeen Club. The Road to Basra - Reading for the Arts Council of Surrey 40th Anniversary Gala. Having Your Say: Writing Personal Essays & Opinion Pieces - Workshop for the Federation of BC Writers. Editing for Everyone - Presentation to the Richmond Writers' Group. Writing From Life - Course for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Writer's Express - a full day of presentations and networking. Organization and presentation Nine Ways to Make Sure Your Words Hit the Target workshop for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Introduction to Creative Writing - Course for the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Hot Off the Press: databases for writers - Workshop for Surrey Public Library / Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Writing From Life - Presentation for the Canadian Author's Association -Vancouver branch. Resume preparation for private client. Novel critique for private client. Contract writing and editing for Ministry of Education, and other business and private clients. 2006 Prose judge, Client - Cecelia Lamont Writing Contest.Words at Work workshops, Client - Surrey Public Library. Writing From Life workshop, Client - Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Fiction Fundamentals course, Client - Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Presentations to writers' groups in Reading and York, UK. Report writing, Libraries in Dialogue with Government Symposium, Client - BC Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education. Launch of literary arts pages in Spotlight newsletter (editor), Client - Arts Council of Surrey. Document preparation: BC OneCard service - staff procedures, customer information, media releases. Client - Province of British Columbia, Public Library Services Branch Branch. Grant proposal, Client - The Young People's Opera Society. Poetry workshop to a class of Grade 10s, Client - Walnut Grove Secondary School School Words off the Page program, offered through the Federation of BC Writers. Workshop - The ABCs and 123s of Self-Publishing, Client - Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Report writing - Public Libraries in the Age of Social Software, Client - Ministry of Education, BC Public Library Services Branch. Résumés / manuscript critique / coaching - Individual clients.
July 13, 2008


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Lois Peterson's published work Courses, workshops & presentations NEW: Writing for children Links Writing Groups Handouts Words @ Play resources for creative writers Words @ Work resources for business writers Blog Home vvvvvvvvvv *LPWS proudly sponsors* v The Surrey Public Library Young Adult Writing Contest v The Surrey Int'l Writers' Conference Writing contest v Surrey Reads & Writes (Surrey Public Library) vvvvvvvvvv	Contact me \| Recent activities & clients With over 20 years of experience, we can help you: v communicate effectively with your readers, customers, staff, and editors; v elicit the response you want through all kinds of communication materials; v and understand the industry and the marketplace. v We can do it for you. Or in a class, workshop, or presentation, we will teach you how to do it yourself. v We work with adults and children, individual creative writers, conferences, writers' groups, small businesses, government, and non profit organizations on a specific project or contract basis. Need more information? Enquire about our writing, editing, and consulting services, and custom-designed workshops and presentations. Or download a copy of our rate sheets: For business, non profit, and private clients here. Critiquing service for creative writers here. Lois Peterson has been a freelance writer and worked in the non profit sector for over 25 years. She's a member of The Association of Fundraising Professionals, The Canadian Authors Association, The Children's Book Centre, CWILL BC, The Editors' Association of Canada, The Federation of BC Writers, The Plain Language Association International, the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers, and the Society of Children's Writers and Book Illustrators. She has served as Coordinator of the Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program, Contest Coordinator for the Surrey International Writers' Conference, and 2007 nonfiction co-judge for the Surrey International Writers' Conference. She also holds a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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	v FREE workshop : Hot Off the Press: Online Databases for Writers Sat. Sept. 27, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Surrey, BC v Attending the 2008 Surrey International Writers' Conference. Oct. 24-26, Surrey, BC v Writing Fiction for Kids Sat. October 25, Surrey BC v *Book launch Meeting Miss 405* and FREE workshops for kids and adults. Sat. November 1 10:30 am - 4 pm, Surrey v Attending Kaleidoscope Children's Literature Conference Nov. 6-8, Calgary, Alberta v Character workshop Sat. Nov 22 (9-12 noon) Surrey v Dialogue workshop** Sat. Nov. 22 (1-4 p.m.) Surrey Check here for complete details	Check here to see what our clients say about our work.