While making the myriad preparations for an upcoming trip, I realized I had not yet published my post on the last conference I attended. So here it is. Central Coast Writer’s Conference I attended the Central Coast Writer’s Conference held annually in San Luis Obispo, California in September. It was a new conference for me …
We were blessed to have a Sisters in Crime conference here in Victoria, BC on 19 August 2018. I’m a bit late sharing my experience but still wanted to tell you about it in hopes you might be encouraged to attend a conference in the future, either with them or another organization. I love when it …
While attending the Central Coast Writer’s Conference in September, I spent a lovely week visiting my friend Beth, whom I met over 30 years ago when we worked with the same Christian missionary organization. We had lost touch over the years but reconnected two years ago when we both attended the 30th Anniversary celebration weekend …
Today, I begin a new theme for my posts on Thursdays. Travel. And it is also a Throwback Thursday this week as I talk about trips before 2018. Trips that continue to inspire me. In 1998, I spent a month in Los Angeles taking part in a Shakespeare acting course with the London Academy of …
I began my annual vacation this year by attending the Spring Writes Festival in Nanaimo, organized by the Federation of BC Writers. I traveled up from Victoria with a friend from my Sunday writing group, arriving on Thursday for the evening Word Slam event. The event began with an open mike where a number of …
I don’t have any pets (I am told that dust bunnies – despite their seemingly life-like movement across floors – do not count). But after spending time with the dogs of friends and family I have adopted a very canine trait. And that is their tendency to be easily distracted by something, even at the …
If you are a writer, and have never attended a writer’s conference I would highly recommend setting aside the time and finances to attend one. For me the return on the time and money investment is beyond calculation. I first attended the Surrey International Writer’s Conference last year and despite my decision to quit my …
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