Winter & Spring 2013 Workshops
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 6-7:30 p.m.
Waterloo Community Arts Centre
Literary Contests & Literary Journals Demystified
For most writers, literary journals and contests provide the foot in the door. Kim Jernigan, who was for 30 years the editor of The New Quarterly, will help you understand how to engage with such journals. Cost: $20/person or $30/two people. Please register in advance at susan@storywell.ca.
Saturday, February 24, 2013, 2-3:30 p.m.
Waterloo Community Arts Centre
Public and Private: Writing from Life
Governor-General Award nominee and Waterloo writer and blogger Carrie Snyder will talk about blogging, memoir and using real life in writing fiction in this interactive workshop. Cost: $20/person or $30/two people. Please register in advance at susan@storywell.ca.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 2-3:30 p.m.
Waterloo Community Arts Centre
How and Why to get a Literary Agent
Carly Watters of P.S. Literary Agency has served as a literary agent for many writers and will help you figure out how and why to find an agent. Cost: $20/person or $30/two people. Please register in advance at susan@storywell.ca.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 6- 730 p.m.
Waterloo Public Library Boardroom
Self Publishing: Is it for you?
Rejected by more than 100 publishers, Martin Crosbie self-published his first novel and sold more than 100,000 copies. In this workshop, he will share insights about the emerging self-publishing market to help you determine whether this approach is for you. Cost: $20/person or $30/two people. Please register in advance at susan@storywell.ca.
Saturday, May 11, 2013, 2-3:30 p.m.
Waterloo Community Arts Centre
Not Your Grandma's Grammar
Join Kelley Teahen, a longtime editor with a passion for helping people become better writers, for this highly interactive, completely unintimidating and even fun workshop where your grammar struggles will be addressed. Cost: $20/person or $30/two people. Please register in advance at susan@storywell.ca.
Workshop Policy: When you register for a Storywell workshop, you are committing to pay for the workshop whether you attend or not. If something unforeseen comes up more than a week before the workshop, we will refund your fees; if something comes up less than a week before the workshop, fees are non-refundable, but half the fees will be applied to another workshop of your choice.
