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wordsolutions recent
activities and
clients
Ongoing
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Literary Editor, Arts Council of
Surrey newsletter
Spotlight ~
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Fraser Valley representative to the Federation of BC Writers ~
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Book reviewer for
Resource Links ~
2008
Characterization workshop
for Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program; Dialogue workshop
for Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program;
Book signing, Dave's Book Bar, Invermere,
Class visits with students at Windermere
;Elementary; Presentations to Gr. 11 & 12 creative writing
students at David Thompson Secondary School, Invermere, BC. Workshop: Writing Fiction for Kids
for Surrey Creative Writing Diploma Program. Workshop: The View From
Here (Point of View) for the Federation of BC Writers. Workshop: Online databases for
Writers. Host: Fraser Valley-area Writers' Meet 'n Greet; Writing From Life course
for Surrey
Creative Writing Diploma Program. 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
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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
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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
P rose 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
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manuscript critique / coaching - Individual clients. |
