tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39443012103191441662024-03-17T23:03:02.477-04:00Quick Brown FoxCreative writing courses & workshops and other great stuff for writersBrian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-71255478017281714812024-03-17T21:32:00.000-04:002024-03-17T21:32:53.098-04:00Kudos to Natalie, Nella, Denisha, Barbara, and Jeff ~ for getting short pieces published, landing an agent, and on the upcoming publication of your new novel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGGdoXGs5u8fT6A1cKsGtyCn03_FCig5bLarS-wjpf7koOT5Lbt0_kbG7Lcs4XfuuS8aqQJtI9XfqR3IFEUG-uOBL4TZTaXKAHfQxznNyuJ_ipwqLdnfzmosIIvch2dq-uTTQl2tA4d7zbLxiywHd_vOwNGhOu4O5Z24Ufd9-nv7tAdz6ilYHgrQMKSdo/s521/Barbara%20Baker's%20books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="521" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGGdoXGs5u8fT6A1cKsGtyCn03_FCig5bLarS-wjpf7koOT5Lbt0_kbG7Lcs4XfuuS8aqQJtI9XfqR3IFEUG-uOBL4TZTaXKAHfQxznNyuJ_ipwqLdnfzmosIIvch2dq-uTTQl2tA4d7zbLxiywHd_vOwNGhOu4O5Z24Ufd9-nv7tAdz6ilYHgrQMKSdo/w640-h494/Barbara%20Baker's%20books.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">If you’ve had a story (or a book!) published,</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">if
you’ve won or placed in a writing contest, if you’ve gotten yourself an agent,
or if you have any other news, send me an email so I can share your success. As
writers, we’re all in this together, and your good news gives us all a
boost. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Also, be sure to let know if you're looking for a writers' group or beta
readers; a notice in Quick Brown Fox, will help you find them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Email me at: </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tUBwUQfPn6U6LJTp82hRVj-dO-E3BvEALrVXNVR3RuD0pSWZqOFxiUGxzeZ4hQzRrtajw-FsMeY46RlwO6vMaQ3tnij7j6byAmehzIXj_h3ubrC9SD_yd7BRGOhcpsXS2wWCdDweVQ2z78Hsd8EbFRGBwMuHeV7XoRV07DA8CUidCPipKbEL26SB1htD/s457/Jeff%20excited.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="261" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tUBwUQfPn6U6LJTp82hRVj-dO-E3BvEALrVXNVR3RuD0pSWZqOFxiUGxzeZ4hQzRrtajw-FsMeY46RlwO6vMaQ3tnij7j6byAmehzIXj_h3ubrC9SD_yd7BRGOhcpsXS2wWCdDweVQ2z78Hsd8EbFRGBwMuHeV7XoRV07DA8CUidCPipKbEL26SB1htD/s320/Jeff%20excited.jpg" width="183" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hi, Brian.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The dopamine/rewards center of my
brain is VERY excited to share with you that I’ve just signed a contract with a
literary agent. Officially, as of yesterday, T.E. Bean is represented by
Katharine Sands at the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency in Manhattan. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">My novel, </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">THE INFINITE MATTER OF KAT WATBURN,</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">which I
workshopped with you online and at two in-person retreats before having you
assess the first draft, has found its champion! No. More. Bloody. Querying.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thank you so much for helping me
get here, Brian. The role you play in supporting authors cannot be overstated.
My gratitude for all you do is infinite.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jeff Renton (T.E. Bean) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/tebeanwrites" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">www.instagram.com/tebeanwrites</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Note:</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> We have a writing retreat coming up in
just three weeks at the historic Sherwood Inn, in Muskoka. Details <a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2023/11/early-spring-writing-retreat-at.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.
</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For information about submitting to
Katharine Sands and other agents at the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, see
<b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/03/three-agents-at-sarah-jane-freymann.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b>.
</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LHJzN_GdFfZLFGMhC4aktGtYd0BXAXDxLhXT7FRvQ34PIlmdoOFtrrklybcEtDhBBiof7o9_C2vd9rFBM0SPyAdRQafVGE7vLtoSCMxwIGI_Edo4yHOcYp_NC65ru-iWUMJ4C9wzipCB1mrMcEkHkeL66jNLcRZLH4VMjF2-_KqARrDsZVXHcyfJNqnf/s449/Barbara%20Baker%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="449" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LHJzN_GdFfZLFGMhC4aktGtYd0BXAXDxLhXT7FRvQ34PIlmdoOFtrrklybcEtDhBBiof7o9_C2vd9rFBM0SPyAdRQafVGE7vLtoSCMxwIGI_Edo4yHOcYp_NC65ru-iWUMJ4C9wzipCB1mrMcEkHkeL66jNLcRZLH4VMjF2-_KqARrDsZVXHcyfJNqnf/w290-h290/Barbara%20Baker%202.jpg" width="290" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Hello, Brian.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">On February 6th, <i>The Globe
and Mail</i> printed my essay in their First Person section. It's a look back
at my high school girl's hockey team and how I brought the team picture back to
life. Here's the link for it </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-this-gramma-once-played-minor-hockey-and-now-i-can-prove-it/#:~:text=As%20a%20gramma%2C%20who%20played,and%20stepped%20onto%20the%20ice." target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: blue;">.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And then Reader’s Digest <i>Our
Canada</i> magazine printed my story about my 90-year-old dad and another ski
day with him. I've attached the article below, which will appear in the
March issue. It is such a shame Reader's Digest is closing their
doors. Apparently, readership is more online these days versus in print. They
have been a wonderful platform for many writers to get their stories out to
Canadians.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In closing, I
have been working my way through edits on my fiction novel, and on
November 1, 2025 <b><a href="https://bwlpublishing.ca/authors/submission-guidelines/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BWL Publishing</span></a></b>
will release my third book, </span><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Jillian
of Banff X O</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. If you
haven't yet read </span><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Summer of Lies</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (available <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Lies-Barbara-Baker/dp/0228615771/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2QOC20GUGNUC4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qjJCDuaQNqtWz-eGFL01XhmGXr5zScBEwln40edRo3MhZnNuFEJuTgF-76p3Se7GqpuwHj95X7qX1ohRMLS6QlaAaMQsCXjJ1baErhUnhesjGNgfifrWyBOQbUjb59qu9RGLHYJlebCHo9hTRC7nKbxhlC8QzMF93LI4x5VlwVL9Uylt4aGZpczyKi6E_OzVmpu03w4XJrjmszkDQXs1jUZJso1bsYBDbOnjspfZLtZWZ9aJrMS6_7ShyHbA-kSPU4UCkI7Tue54pDh4_WrkqIfruUzP-Bw4PU0Ri81PxnY.5kNWHIM_ydTnvO377q6ZYLrdc1VxqnBI-Oon7fNrR0k&dib_tag=se&keywords=summer+of+lies&qid=1708102146&sprefix=summer+of+lies%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-2" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>)
or its sequel </span><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">What About Me?</span></i></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">(<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/What-About-Me-Sequel-Summer/dp/0228622832/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T3G91R5FH0KG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PdSVan7GuQ9C4Yzcr3Ie4UPZehcgh6nvafNtA07Y1VIPNH0kH8t1gW_1WI61ShdAKYqfAj-AVb_Ouu_jaMDInazK1eQJFYiCsiHpIYU8u84yDF4W6y6cEpNge3E03po5a2vQu-LmgGkXiB1apwXTTfkGsPuaUtVyoDkFQXJbxYCZMAJpahblVhx-PXNI1Znb-tFSQnADnJAbngvXEw662f3QlrSFy9h27Tpht3kFFhLAv2i17CmkxUm-sPQtPArIaAjPZiueYtFHoN0Gl_RULES2YohC_8S2dwO-Gbc5nag.H5UdgM_6YYksOazMakyrOsJ6poiAPwqKoR-xMDMsVks&dib_tag=se&keywords=what+about+me%3F+barbara&qid=1708102183&sprefix=what+about+me+barbara%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>),
you have time to catch up with Jilllian's tales before release date.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I hope you are still climbing walls
and enjoying the crazy weather Mother Nature throws at us. Take care.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Barbara Wackerle Baker<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For information on submitting a
First Person essay to the Globe and Mail {and a few other great places to submit},
see<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/03/six-great-place-to-send-your-short.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: #006600;">.
</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;">And here's a video of me climbing a wall. (This is from a year ago; I'm better at it now :-).... </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPhFNHeWNHv5LjE16V8SeBW5QWJFK1o3KquTkmu3aMbz4oKOTOvaHXZhQFZmxG5NjQoqxgddcYKMfP7L5MUw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjROqrRNHv2tbSic4y_adFRQkh601zQE6RXi50adcGZsThg_T201pAts0bH_IT8RMZbhKP3blE3KRHwjVXFuj28r0sZfQ27QnCbbH4Upc5XBG5N_7-mPSPt4EhZvgTcU4k61EZ_Dn-LyfSqsoqzzdlKe4MLg-ghlJDQvjkcVQaJ3CFKX5HvfXSKarhLtAT/s727/Denisha.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="657" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjROqrRNHv2tbSic4y_adFRQkh601zQE6RXi50adcGZsThg_T201pAts0bH_IT8RMZbhKP3blE3KRHwjVXFuj28r0sZfQ27QnCbbH4Upc5XBG5N_7-mPSPt4EhZvgTcU4k61EZ_Dn-LyfSqsoqzzdlKe4MLg-ghlJDQvjkcVQaJ3CFKX5HvfXSKarhLtAT/w181-h200/Denisha.jpeg" width="181" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hi, Brian.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I wanted to share my news, <i>Amazing
Stories </i>has accepted<i> </i>my story, “Duck Duck Duck.”<i> </i>I
cannot deny that there is something very cool about having a story in the same
magazine that published some of the SciFi greats such as H.G. Wells, Jules
Verne, Ursula Le Guin and Isaac Asimiov to name a few.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thanks for your support,</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Denisha<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For information on submitting to
<i>Amazing Stories</i> {and a few other great places to submit}, see<b> </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/03/six-great-place-to-send-your-short.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: #006600;">. </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX25oUNuu0617Xx249SEirL6A5O8wBAxKJsNZZDdhke38LnTCEBOH8JLdNKI0t5wvK5wt27SnRKE8QEHnQImyugBKYG24RfXJgvsytGuXzCwQ1BTNVpT-aBofHL4cW5BH6Xfh1n7HAfjJCN40t-9JR0nSQ62_RG7h5RuZbN8HR1JXDb77PG8yByZoFHnHX/s300/Nella.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="269" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX25oUNuu0617Xx249SEirL6A5O8wBAxKJsNZZDdhke38LnTCEBOH8JLdNKI0t5wvK5wt27SnRKE8QEHnQImyugBKYG24RfXJgvsytGuXzCwQ1BTNVpT-aBofHL4cW5BH6Xfh1n7HAfjJCN40t-9JR0nSQ62_RG7h5RuZbN8HR1JXDb77PG8yByZoFHnHX/w179-h200/Nella.jpg" width="179" /></a></b></div><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I am pleased to let you know
that my story from class, “The Quiet One,” has been accepted for inclusion in
the 40th Anniversary Anthology of the AICW (Association of Italian-Canadian
Writers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I really appreciate the
guidance you have offered over all these years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Nella Cotrupi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH7Ykv9o1zuMviJod7MdrHaKerfB_lUSSEnuF1xQm1JTjI-glPBBZUWdYpLAuuF9k7_rxZiLC-k-atF4ku0LRPaFX0jSgJAtuP043qyTqAImgMqWApTA42lt4YEeQO-JjLwC8kIhgZ9NoxdkpSaLvaH9N5Ah1JZBhKCPnoLdPl52w0YfGWvtvfCxcqjWc/s1808/Natalie%20Photo%20May%205%202023.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="1080" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH7Ykv9o1zuMviJod7MdrHaKerfB_lUSSEnuF1xQm1JTjI-glPBBZUWdYpLAuuF9k7_rxZiLC-k-atF4ku0LRPaFX0jSgJAtuP043qyTqAImgMqWApTA42lt4YEeQO-JjLwC8kIhgZ9NoxdkpSaLvaH9N5Ah1JZBhKCPnoLdPl52w0YfGWvtvfCxcqjWc/w205-h343/Natalie%20Photo%20May%205%202023.jpg" width="205" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hi, Brian.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I signed up on your new Substack page (<b><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b>) for your postings to show
up in my inbox. Great feature! </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Things have been going well after taking your
courses/workshops. A poem of mine was published in a poetry journal back in
December and I recently won second in the Flash Fiction Magazine contest.
There's even a Live Zoom event I get to participate in later this month. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I don’t know if you remember, but you and I had a
session where you edited this piece (my husband gave me a gift certificate).
It's a light story about elderly Mr. Lau, a retired, grumpy man who has a
difficult visit at the dentist's and ends up escaping before the dentist
examines him further. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">You had some good things to say about it, I made the
changes you suggested as well as a few of my own, including giving the
character a first name (Edwin) and changing the title of the story from "A
Good Day for Mr. Lau" to "A Necessary Rebellion." </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I'm very excited about it and wanted to thank you for
your help. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thanks Brian!</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Natalie J. Chan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Note:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> New courses
are starting soon. Check them all out </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/02/spring-classes-starting-soon-welcome-to.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: #006600;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtewYR2JmcNxq7Koxqb3EiWdjHBHqwI8gjJYlSJSfgD9CQBURXnOr9tMAeBMgQXxC3PVyh9AogiJT3-VYGx7L3uLlBSr5F6SgyCy3YBxcDEhZZubJQGXi9zUY2qcyV7qDf_ALY62mexfsfoyabNCveFfpYa_iYlFxu-79Afvlo9WmSucS48e2DwPsFilh-/s303/fox,%20alert.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="217" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtewYR2JmcNxq7Koxqb3EiWdjHBHqwI8gjJYlSJSfgD9CQBURXnOr9tMAeBMgQXxC3PVyh9AogiJT3-VYGx7L3uLlBSr5F6SgyCy3YBxcDEhZZubJQGXi9zUY2qcyV7qDf_ALY62mexfsfoyabNCveFfpYa_iYlFxu-79Afvlo9WmSucS48e2DwPsFilh-/s1600/fox,%20alert.png" width="217" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See information about all our</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Also, you can get an email about twice a month about
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-28113906929043344582024-03-16T20:03:00.000-04:002024-03-16T20:03:59.424-04:00“They’re not antisemitic – they just don’t like Jews” by Brian Henry<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cbG8j5x86AMTAyGej0arBeLMc9wxkKCC6zl1vRM5n9gndmhWRHEGh_xwjankDDFMMDAGsa_XUIbhB-kZ6ERGR44Zp3y_vUEpDDeqDrGY-kq4sSiRJbHtPZnCI7FUB1qjRmsiKdrARFFxNrvIBpKwKFtMDNkbhO0L_xGzjl29LPn6E7M2LRoxkrL3THny/s1600/BAYT%20Pasternak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cbG8j5x86AMTAyGej0arBeLMc9wxkKCC6zl1vRM5n9gndmhWRHEGh_xwjankDDFMMDAGsa_XUIbhB-kZ6ERGR44Zp3y_vUEpDDeqDrGY-kq4sSiRJbHtPZnCI7FUB1qjRmsiKdrARFFxNrvIBpKwKFtMDNkbhO0L_xGzjl29LPn6E7M2LRoxkrL3THny/w640-h480/BAYT%20Pasternak.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One of the speakers at the “pro-Palestinian” protest</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">in front of Beth Avraham
and Yoseph of Toronto Congregation (known as the BAYT) screamed at us
counter-protesters that (despite the awkward optics of protesting at a
synagogue) they’re not against Judaism. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For
the sake of argument, I’ll grant them that: it’s just Jews they’re against. Especially
Zionists, meaning Jews who live in Israel. And Jews who believe it’s okay for
Jews to live in Israel. And Jews who might consider buying a home in Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which
brings us to the “pro-Palestinian” crowd’s March 9 protest against the “Great
Israeli Real Estate Event” at the BAYT….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-left: 108.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Read the rest <a href="https://canadianzionistforum.substack.com/p/theyre-not-antisemitic-they-just" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And r</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">ead more of Brian’s essays </span><b><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/essays%20by%20Brian" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-decoration-line: none;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040;"> {and scroll down}.</span></p><p></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-50434067401897760172024-03-14T20:56:00.000-04:002024-03-14T20:56:10.197-04:00Six great place to send your short fiction and nonfiction and your gothy novellas ~ and some of them pay<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYF4QU5YiQb6SscmWCkpuC1th7H_zSmg1VgoPjZY2H67ONengPLP8-ZpWLM877gHzp_XwJM_TieS2_F8HoKuTlgHyELRvTvrUoEYUUtCLkBglPNl1Wc4ypQN7rMiIbzN-JNNneGTOOvrgUuAEKO8fIbOo0S8aF9O2OC3_EO1eW3avXmtbTeLZab3FAMDT/s1332/Fox%20zen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYF4QU5YiQb6SscmWCkpuC1th7H_zSmg1VgoPjZY2H67ONengPLP8-ZpWLM877gHzp_XwJM_TieS2_F8HoKuTlgHyELRvTvrUoEYUUtCLkBglPNl1Wc4ypQN7rMiIbzN-JNNneGTOOvrgUuAEKO8fIbOo0S8aF9O2OC3_EO1eW3avXmtbTeLZab3FAMDT/s320/Fox%20zen.jpg" width="259" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can now get new postings</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">on Quick
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coming up in terms of writing classes, workshops, and retreats, plus providing
links to the other material on the Quick Brown Fox blog. For that</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">, add your name and email in the Sign-Up box in the righthand
column. ~Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/latitude46publishing?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWdjXJBAlgEo-gZC1xxCHBu_aUIc8duL01QXy6rlex3JIUqbsrVgJCuW4yyabv4sAbxXxr_qoGA6cn5syTjfaNPOFbYl9pts7y4jjqI2htE9fOmeFBvG634IRIrrNQqOOz-QALv-FN8_7uNPBpC4z4aniAxbu-bgtjnQRoe35VF0ZstEK41RHKjhtvr3cBJMt0&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" target="_blank"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Latitude 46 Publishing</span></span></strong></a></span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"> <b>~ Call for Submissions</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">“We have our next anthology lining up and we
are looking for SUPER CANUCK stories! Submit your best stories about rural
superheroes, backwater supervillains, and tales of characters or communities at
a crossroads.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNkJbQg2FD8ASKOHRsA39Z0Sfv_NF7_Tv-8MLfHeJ6cYvHAi5XC042eigUJlv0JbMyDFBcE-oKdDr9EF6JkO9R9h5ro_RU6WyUWXS0eO-8kNAvu5U-C2bbBItTLJgNdZze-5Nzr3Wmz27g4jDcGOIVxP6TufMgO1n2pLZYZ44VFd-SE3C1hBpIm6-rIYH/s1080/call-for-submissions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNkJbQg2FD8ASKOHRsA39Z0Sfv_NF7_Tv-8MLfHeJ6cYvHAi5XC042eigUJlv0JbMyDFBcE-oKdDr9EF6JkO9R9h5ro_RU6WyUWXS0eO-8kNAvu5U-C2bbBItTLJgNdZze-5Nzr3Wmz27g4jDcGOIVxP6TufMgO1n2pLZYZ44VFd-SE3C1hBpIm6-rIYH/w302-h302/call-for-submissions.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">For this anthology, they’re looking for
stories from across Canada, not just from northern Ontario. Word count
500–3,500 words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">Deadline April 21, 2024.</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;"> Full guidelines </span><a href="https://latitude46publishing.com/super-canucks-call-for-submissions/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #1c1e21;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">Latitude 46 </span></b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">also publishes</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> books and is looking for manuscripts. Mind you,
their mission is to </span><span style="background: #FCFBF7; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">publish distinctive
literary works by established and emerging authors with a connection to
northern Ontario and narratives about the unique landscape and culture of the
region – both fiction and nonfiction.</span><span style="background: #FCFBF7; color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Submission guidelines
<a href="https://latitude46publishing.com/submission-guidelines/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://amazingstories.com/"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhIgwSlU4ZB3hAuNI3BIDageuCUetC6kutpTsQweJNraXku8gLx-qbD_SFNSb-SpYWOz8SMytJsI97at6HZtTVj3WG4FHAW3zZnRvrSmmhtIx5s0oSt4OsagKs1bdpfrdHjWobr2Pe-9_GkPsWUnJ-GcWlIMor5xohmEIx2XpEJhiV5H0IAc7Vod1Cr0B/s749/Amazing%20stories.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhIgwSlU4ZB3hAuNI3BIDageuCUetC6kutpTsQweJNraXku8gLx-qbD_SFNSb-SpYWOz8SMytJsI97at6HZtTVj3WG4FHAW3zZnRvrSmmhtIx5s0oSt4OsagKs1bdpfrdHjWobr2Pe-9_GkPsWUnJ-GcWlIMor5xohmEIx2XpEJhiV5H0IAc7Vod1Cr0B/w268-h400/Amazing%20stories.jpeg" width="268" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://amazingstories.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Amazing Stories Magazine</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> was started in 1926, making it the first science fiction magazine in
the world. It’s currently putting a call out for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">science fiction stories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“These
tales of the extraordinary and "the impossible will be first released
exclusively to our Patreon subscribers, before being shared free with the wider
world on our website two weeks later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“Our
goal is to feature works from writers who are passionate about inspiring
readers with both real science and real people. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We are looking for stories that
not only entertain but also encourage readers to reflect on and critique
contemporary society. These stories should, at times, address significant
topics such as social norms, religion, nationalism, racism, politics, and
various forms of sexism, all within a science fiction context. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A sense of humor
is often welcome. We want to publish writing that is both thought-provoking and
enjoyable to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“Science
Fiction can be a powerful tool for both exploring the future and for imagining
the kinds of futures we might like to live in. Join us and help us create
the future!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>Pays
</b>$20 US for a short story or longer and $10 US for flash fiction, reprints, and
poetry. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Submissions page <a href="https://submissions.amazingstories.com/guidelines/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxQL4m1xBQKMtPeZoC6arv4ladBqHLnWXb4OXJZmr_DfbE-_Ca5W-AjoZC4fg7w3SLStJsIh4LaZHjSLiT5L1DgAente1idOWvMzvs3g-8BZIj9zMojn15JRt5T_alG6AQJTZtVrIzweW_HwJ46oPqIY_WJY6QiV6l_y6v90rxIsKLMiVGldU9KuNbBTw/s2550/first%20person.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxQL4m1xBQKMtPeZoC6arv4ladBqHLnWXb4OXJZmr_DfbE-_Ca5W-AjoZC4fg7w3SLStJsIh4LaZHjSLiT5L1DgAente1idOWvMzvs3g-8BZIj9zMojn15JRt5T_alG6AQJTZtVrIzweW_HwJ46oPqIY_WJY6QiV6l_y6v90rxIsKLMiVGldU9KuNbBTw/w230-h356/first%20person.jpg" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 2019 <i>The Globe and Mail</i><br />produced several short films based<br />on First Person pieces, including one<br />from Barbara Wackerle Baker</td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Globe and Mail</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> wants your first person essays</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We
want you to write for us!</span><span style="color: #191919; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The daily First Person </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">essay</span><span style="color: #191919; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">(formerly
called Facts & Arguments) is a great forum for you to share your own
experiences, viewpoints and writing flair with other Globe readers. Whether you
are young or old, female or male, newly arrived in Canada or deeply rooted
here, we want to be inspired by your unique perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A
few things we look for are an original voice; an unexpected view; an unfamiliar
perspective; humour; vivid details that show us rather than tell us; anecdotes
that illuminate a wider theme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A
successful First Person essay may be funny, surprising, touching or
enlightening – or all of these. It may present a slice of life or a powerful
experience that changed you in some way. It may be a meditation on something
that matters to you. It goes beyond a rant, and it is deft in moving from the
particular to the universal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Above
all, an essay should be personal rather than political. It must be true, not
fictional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Here
are some recent essays we thought were very successful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">· My
Bionic dog: We had made a pact: 'You take care of me, I'll take care of
you' (<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/my-dogs-health-struggles-taught-me-to-push-through-my-own-darkdays/article37197093/">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">· Before
my ADHD diagnosis I was alive, but not living (<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/before-my-adhd-diagnosis-i-was-alive-but-not-living-i-survived-but-did-notthrive/article36782928/">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">· My
bad neighbor made being a jerk into an art form (<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/my-bad-neighbour-made-being-a-jerk-into-an-artform/article37142167/">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Essays
should be no longer than 1,000 words.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Don't send a piece that's appeared in any other print or online publication,
but feel free to submit an essay on a topic you have blogged about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Seasonal
essays should be submitted a month or more before the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F8; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">There
is no payment if your essay is published. The Globe assumes first-print rights
and electronic rights for unsolicited submissions; writers retain copyright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">Guidelines </span><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/submissions/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Poppins;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/brian/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Word/Latitude%2046%20Publishing%20~%20Call%20for%20Submissions"></a></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5XZlBPoe83rOiDrqn_FYpFuGQh9_K7X5_Q4QOsc_l0Z3fMHbZhPcI_bKTiziCWfqD2nica3LjgzFNhnYs4FmprQZ1LqH4WJFA0hPV1jhtHRJJAzrFEc5yekug24oQnxVaqbyHrzNOmJnSN5OIGlVNGqWwCcmLSWDqvPU2pvEBFmOm09WWWgFGbjdgIiV/s908/Gramayre.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="640" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5XZlBPoe83rOiDrqn_FYpFuGQh9_K7X5_Q4QOsc_l0Z3fMHbZhPcI_bKTiziCWfqD2nica3LjgzFNhnYs4FmprQZ1LqH4WJFA0hPV1jhtHRJJAzrFEc5yekug24oQnxVaqbyHrzNOmJnSN5OIGlVNGqWwCcmLSWDqvPU2pvEBFmOm09WWWgFGbjdgIiV/w263-h373/Gramayre.webp" width="263" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="fhttps://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/journal/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gramarye</span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Poppins;"> is the <a href="https://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/" target="_blank">Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction</a>’s journal for
folklore, fairy tales and fantasy. It comes out both in print and in e-format. Gramarye is designed to appeal to both
academics and the interested public and has been published since 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Poppins;">Gramarye</span></i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Poppins;"> is </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">seeking articles, book reviews and creative writing
relating to literary and historical approaches to fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic,
magic realism, science fiction and speculative fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Word count guidelines:</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Short fiction – max. 3000 words (one story or several).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Poetry – max. four poems to a total of no more than 4 pages/240
lines.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Long (c.8,000 words) or short (c.3,000 words) articles. Word counts
include referencing and citation.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Book reviews: c.1,000 words<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Long (c.8,000 words) or short (c.3,000 words) articles. Word counts
include referencing and citation.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Book reviews: c.1,000 words<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Long poems, traditional forms, flash fictions and
experimental creative writing are all equally encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #404040;">Full submission guidelines </span><a href="https://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/2022/04/29/call-for-submissions-articles-creative-writing-and-reviews-relating-to-fairy-tales-fantasy-and-speculative-fiction/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #404040;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.3lobedmag.com/"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo8q0mM2FAl0cK4YN6mSRg3XM92yhTC7EH3omITlajCJ9-O7rS6iDnutmXVjXrWa8ACIHIc_jPEj42nywodgjAoUb9eKz1L3NwBZg2SLfbHWThXUoROq0I5PMlq2xwvrY8ftBYBD0q-xmqHML-Hhxoyr_eBD8EWd9hqIz8ekjiR-Jc6CFY14LVz_cp89A/s648/Three-lobed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo8q0mM2FAl0cK4YN6mSRg3XM92yhTC7EH3omITlajCJ9-O7rS6iDnutmXVjXrWa8ACIHIc_jPEj42nywodgjAoUb9eKz1L3NwBZg2SLfbHWThXUoROq0I5PMlq2xwvrY8ftBYBD0q-xmqHML-Hhxoyr_eBD8EWd9hqIz8ekjiR-Jc6CFY14LVz_cp89A/s320/Three-lobed.jpg" width="213" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.3lobedmag.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Three-Lobed Burning
Eye</span></a></span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> i</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">s an online magazine of
speculative fiction, publishing stories of horror, wonder, and the weird. <em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">3LBE</span></em> launched in 1999 and
beginning with issue 20, began to offer audio readings, ebook formats, and
online (responsive) format for mobile devices. Each issue features three
stories. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“We like narrative voices that are
full of feeling, from literary to pulpy, with styles unique and flowing, but
not too experimental. All labels aside, we want tales that value imagination in
character, narrative, and plot. We want to see something new and different.”</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Full submission guidelines</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <a href="https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://psychopomp.com/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF_N54vo97ctBDyLnbhyMXVT-JdKPszCVkVt9ODFbK2J37iPyalempfobBxcpmSeTPxaUkOUubEJNZaPtMkg-D70FD1QZXYeScmg9467pZx0RP-Pjo2LPgADHgXHdsOcdWJJ1Myb7MSCg2hS6SF9i48VGmIq7w-yZ-cA0QwMSDFjjnGxIPcDz6mikt22n/s1316/Lovely-Creatures-Bryski-Cover.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF_N54vo97ctBDyLnbhyMXVT-JdKPszCVkVt9ODFbK2J37iPyalempfobBxcpmSeTPxaUkOUubEJNZaPtMkg-D70FD1QZXYeScmg9467pZx0RP-Pjo2LPgADHgXHdsOcdWJJ1Myb7MSCg2hS6SF9i48VGmIq7w-yZ-cA0QwMSDFjjnGxIPcDz6mikt22n/w200-h320/Lovely-Creatures-Bryski-Cover.webp" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely Creatures by KT Bryski<br />published by Psychopomp</td></tr></tbody></table></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://psychopomp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Psychopomp</span></a></span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> seeks goth novellas and short nonfiction
pieces.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Novellas</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> must be 20,000–40,000
words. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Pays</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> $750 US advance and 25%
of net receipts.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">They’re looking for: </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories where grief or loss play a leading role<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories that feature the afterlife or the underworld<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories that involve the journey through death/the journey of the dead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories that involve death personified (Death!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories that take place in, or utilize a multiverse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories that involve time travel (esp. those that involve time travel plus a previously mentioned theme)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">origin stories (especially as they relate to previously mentioned
themes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories where the characters slowly lose their sense of reality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">goth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">space, but make it goth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">a story within a story within a (within a story that’s [within a story]
within a story) story….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ikr56gThNuK8vvALXACdsZ2GW1Uwysx3ZNxD0J-aivrpXVRVfUBp5zbIzLxnl5bKRQF3kxh05K8k8V111UePUpxBQV0bdmVBiRwU8bC9ukLCfQb2Ua7vOWkmEOtpcqBHdx7Qr5XKqJXTL5ACyn1hSHGXRHeSUH2k5dUw-z7JChQkmRRxT5gKorQh55FK/s1316/Deadlands.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ikr56gThNuK8vvALXACdsZ2GW1Uwysx3ZNxD0J-aivrpXVRVfUBp5zbIzLxnl5bKRQF3kxh05K8k8V111UePUpxBQV0bdmVBiRwU8bC9ukLCfQb2Ua7vOWkmEOtpcqBHdx7Qr5XKqJXTL5ACyn1hSHGXRHeSUH2k5dUw-z7JChQkmRRxT5gKorQh55FK/s320/Deadlands.webp" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">stories where things that are not usually personified ARE personified
(planets? galaxies? time? …bones?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">creepy meta-horror<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">amazingly original ghost stories<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">sci-fi that hits on any of the above themes – they’re very VERY open to
it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full novella guidelines <a href="https://psychopomp.com/novella-guidelines/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Nonfiction pieces</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> should be 1,000–2,000
words, but that’s flexible. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">They’re looking for “</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre";">rad,
gothy, death-focused essays and blog posts ESPECIALLY about media,
entertainment, culture etc. and personal stories.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre";">No need
to write the whole thing first. Pitch them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre";">Pays $50
US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">See
guidelines for nonfiction articles </span><a href="https://psychopomp.com/nonfiction-guidelines/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian Henry’s upcoming</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #006600;">.</span></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-6280517209368353882024-03-13T21:26:00.004-04:002024-03-13T21:26:32.194-04:00You're invited to a “How to Get Published” workshop in Niagara-on-the-Lake<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRRTf4-xj2wcRUxXy08Y2aRAoHsUpnY2CkRUJsYlmD5F7I58mvMhyphenhyphenFjcNXW0N9ak6QCmHLEyjKrG-hOShpu4i8NX8O1kEAVNBks7od7qy3ovaJiQCigqC7Y3RmtvPMo-JermR7iwN7a2rbTMdFl_3isC2Ev3zJBxaOcRV7fKQSW9VVhXD2xOJVSyzZL2C/s320/woman%20writing%20w%20coffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRRTf4-xj2wcRUxXy08Y2aRAoHsUpnY2CkRUJsYlmD5F7I58mvMhyphenhyphenFjcNXW0N9ak6QCmHLEyjKrG-hOShpu4i8NX8O1kEAVNBks7od7qy3ovaJiQCigqC7Y3RmtvPMo-JermR7iwN7a2rbTMdFl_3isC2Ev3zJBxaOcRV7fKQSW9VVhXD2xOJVSyzZL2C/s1600/woman%20writing%20w%20coffee.jpg" width="247" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“How to Get Published”</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">~ Everything you need to know</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Saturday, May 11. 2024<br />
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. <br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Grace United
Church, 222 Victoria Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake</span>, Ontario (Map <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grace+United+Church/@43.2557741,-79.0742387,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d35f70490fbf21:0x5f4eb71471e9aafc!8m2!3d43.2557741!4d-79.0742387!16s%2Fg%2F1tkp0s1r?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>)<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you've ever dreamed of
becoming a published author,</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">this workshop is for you. We’ll focus on the process of submitting to an
agent or publisher, and show you exactly how to write a query letter that will
get a “yes.” Bring all your questions. Come and get ready to be published!</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Special Option:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Participants are invited to bring a draft of a query letter you might
use to interest an agent or publisher in your book. You don't need to prepare
anything, but if you like, email me a draft of your query prior to our workshop
(and bring 2 hard copies to the workshop). </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I’ll critique
several queries, perhaps half a dozen during the workshop so that we can
all see what works, what doesn’t, and how to make it better. Also, I’ll stay
after the workshop ends to help one-on-one with more queries. ~Brian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJw3ZPf3nRAOzldA4B_ZSRi5d3qWjBT9Gn0oj9Hx2k-wEbr_rm6kf1kkjNVVgxDpliZsdGMrdzFQi-2WOL1GFs2wFTWmmHoVowSa7UJUsAyIswHL0yzYt6SfkhlWfC6lVtVnPkm-L2k21v97_V9ksZD8XSCZuKMf5bLhVLLsuT22RNzGuCkBXNrgtNMlN/s1856/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1732" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJw3ZPf3nRAOzldA4B_ZSRi5d3qWjBT9Gn0oj9Hx2k-wEbr_rm6kf1kkjNVVgxDpliZsdGMrdzFQi-2WOL1GFs2wFTWmmHoVowSa7UJUsAyIswHL0yzYt6SfkhlWfC6lVtVnPkm-L2k21v97_V9ksZD8XSCZuKMf5bLhVLLsuT22RNzGuCkBXNrgtNMlN/w187-h200/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Workshop leader </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Brian Henry</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25
years. He publishes <i>Quick Brown Fox</i>, Canada’s most popular blog for
writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University, and has led workshops
everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Windsor to Charlottetown. But his
proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book
published and launch their careers as authors. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See reviews & reflections on
Brian's classes, workshops, and retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.ca/search/label/Reviews%20of%20Brian%27s%20classes%20%26%20workshops" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">$31.86 + 13% hst =<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">$36</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">if you pay in advance by mail or Interac <br />
or $35.40 + 13% hst = </span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">$40</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">cash on the day of the workshop</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve a spot now,
email: </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of
Brian’s upcoming </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly
writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-4323301646817797382024-03-12T21:23:00.001-04:002024-03-12T21:23:33.810-04:00A new YA novel from Elizabeth Creith: The Swan Harp <p><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3goQbWIp6akJkuwVx38hzvakKl0RDqHFO6Ge5d95NvUqXmR68kn2Y7L5A47JDsyTt42yQQVXBMOKfTCngQRirwkQvj0UeZBQN6VtWNmXoios910I1nuu60Fdaq3QItkYJ8ZTao6AlMi1FRdTwe2rpBnq0ogdmhTRhA8oUUSdWdgUnwMh7sU2poaFFfVQ5/s2402/Swan%20Harp,%20Elizabeth%20C%20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="1576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3goQbWIp6akJkuwVx38hzvakKl0RDqHFO6Ge5d95NvUqXmR68kn2Y7L5A47JDsyTt42yQQVXBMOKfTCngQRirwkQvj0UeZBQN6VtWNmXoios910I1nuu60Fdaq3QItkYJ8ZTao6AlMi1FRdTwe2rpBnq0ogdmhTRhA8oUUSdWdgUnwMh7sU2poaFFfVQ5/s320/Swan%20Harp,%20Elizabeth%20C%20.jpg" width="210" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Hi, Brian! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">My YA novel </span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Swan Harp</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">will be released on April 2nd, and
is available for preorder on Indigo, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I'll be holding two launch parties
and everyone’s invited:</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>Friday April 5<sup style="color: black;">th</sup><br />
7:00 – 8:30 pm <br />
at the Thessalon Public Library, 187 Main St, Thessalon, Ontario (Map <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/187+Main+St,+Thessalon,+ON+P0R+1L0/@46.2568711,-83.5565356,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d36bc20151098b7:0x5b80a04cb504a19c!8m2!3d46.2568711!4d-83.5565356!16s%2Fg%2F11g9j8gh6x?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>)
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And…</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday, April 12th, <br />
at the Art Hub, 504 Queen St. E., Sault Ste Marie, Ontario (Map <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/504+Queen+St+E,+Sault+Ste.+Marie,+ON+P6A+2A1/@46.5101199,-84.330922,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d36384a9611aa73:0xe79cb8fe9890fadb!8m2!3d46.5101199!4d-84.330922!16s%2Fg%2F11c5lxpxgv?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>)<br />
(hours to be determined). </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The second book in the trilogy will
be coming soon! </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Cheers, </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Elizabeth Creith <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Artist and Writer </span><br />
<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://ecreith.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://ecreith.wordpress.com</a></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #555555; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> <br />
</span><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://patreon.com/ElizabethCreith" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/ElizabethCreith</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Swan Harp </span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">by<b><i> </i></b></span><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Elizabeth Creith <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtpKt1lIz6eAWc7xIiABZxTvi_2G_ocg8KM9pF5hPoJjkvClGJhaG67qhy5RKC752VoijNeKyKsn3SFUfLLABhbTZhZiEfy4cdNos5V3qDVdhsRGv92lUESEWnr9lgP8qkJv_GEl3arH-o8gWGh1mooORnjCRqCkPpj4vzrcAKtdIGExe0an1nHWyHi7J/s252/Elizabeth%20C.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="200" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtpKt1lIz6eAWc7xIiABZxTvi_2G_ocg8KM9pF5hPoJjkvClGJhaG67qhy5RKC752VoijNeKyKsn3SFUfLLABhbTZhZiEfy4cdNos5V3qDVdhsRGv92lUESEWnr9lgP8qkJv_GEl3arH-o8gWGh1mooORnjCRqCkPpj4vzrcAKtdIGExe0an1nHWyHi7J/w207-h261/Elizabeth%20C.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The enthralling, suspenseful, and
magical first book in the </span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wings of Valenia</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">fantasy trilogy, perfect for
fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Robin McKinley.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I was Father's
heir now, and one day I'd be queen. But when I looked at Mother, Adana, and
Orla and imagined flying, somehow the thought of being queen didn't comfort me.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">As next in
line to the throne, Kiar will be responsible for protecting the human kingdom
of Valenia. The middle of three daughters of King Tir and Queen Tianas, a woman
of the swanfolk, Kiar is devastated when her sisters are able to take swan form
and she is not.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">When three
young swanfolk arrive to be fostered in the royal family, her friendship with
spirited Willow and growing feelings for tall, thoughtful Tuan make her feel
even more different. Her inability to change shape is not the only problem Kiar
faces; the king of neighboring Noermark is determined to bring Valenia under
his rule, either by force or by guile. He sends his son to ask for her hand in
marriage.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Facing down a
human enemy is one thing, but when dark magic threatens the kingdom and tragedy
pulls the family apart, it's up to Kiar and her swanfolk friends to defeat the
supernatural forces before Valenia falls.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">"Elizabeth
Creith is an exciting new voice in fantasy fiction, creating with The Swan
Harp, an entire new world full of beautiful, fragile and powerful creatures, as
yet unseen anywhere. You'll stay for the magic, but you'll live for the story."
- Susie Moloney, author of The Dwelling, A Dry Spell, and The Thirteen</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Swan Harp </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">is available from Chapters / Indigo <a href=" https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-swan-harp/9798987830963.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian Henry’s upcoming </span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">weekly
writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats </span></span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">See other new books from
your fellow authors </span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Books" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">(and
scroll down)</span></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-89352548633659433162024-03-11T20:53:00.002-04:002024-03-11T20:53:34.277-04:00Three agents at Sarah Jane Freymann Literary seek new authors<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgRNzKckcelBP87ejDWIgJnuGqqIIZmvvWkuCeHGbDuXq0T2zigF-m9-l3Twi1rx35ab41taTgxzq4V-9e7wki8o_Ge7aGJZPHhbVv_sd1Z9go3u3i2kFQwpBtnLAXsUvljHJjAod-oka7XAjA2KexezpyrJ9b7KGv_p-dP83VH3yir7S8ggux-qmBTQ2/s1000/Beating%20Endo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="820" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgRNzKckcelBP87ejDWIgJnuGqqIIZmvvWkuCeHGbDuXq0T2zigF-m9-l3Twi1rx35ab41taTgxzq4V-9e7wki8o_Ge7aGJZPHhbVv_sd1Z9go3u3i2kFQwpBtnLAXsUvljHJjAod-oka7XAjA2KexezpyrJ9b7KGv_p-dP83VH3yir7S8ggux-qmBTQ2/w269-h328/Beating%20Endo.jpg" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Beating Endo</i> by Amy Stein <br />& Dr. Iris Kerin Orbuch<br />represented by Sarah Jane Freymann Agency</td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">New York, New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Note:</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can now get new postings</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">on Quick Brown Fox delivered straight to
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<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sarah Jane Freymann</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a literary agent
since the 1970s and is the founder and president of the Sarah Jane Freymann
Literary Agency, LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Agency has a strong commitment to serious
self-help and spiritual books, with titles that have sold more than 100,000
copies in the U.S. and throughout Europe and Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">At least five of the agency’s cookbook authors
have won the prestigious Julia Child Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The agency also has a strong affinity for
narrative nonfiction, and represents world-renowned naturalists, award-winning
journalists, and memoirists. We also represent books on lifestyle, illustration
and design, many of which have become classics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The agency also represents some literary,
commercial and young adult-fiction titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The agency has four agents in total. Three of them
are open for queries: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH0zuPJKg2XXSzRR4Q5-pi9zhbI61-myyH89qQI9I2fnRrdkoV6CYzAiCGQtI7AHRoR2MfaibW5AFK0BU6ljx1_1ed0I0MkaqS3HpvXF8lLfs0eEDKsiN1GOU3-qLH_335PMBOFgu60sGwNn4UtK0l1cX-x6Ed3UrgY7ahrC_RJwEaccmwD5MsCGM1BZL/s640/Katharine%20Sands.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="476" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBH0zuPJKg2XXSzRR4Q5-pi9zhbI61-myyH89qQI9I2fnRrdkoV6CYzAiCGQtI7AHRoR2MfaibW5AFK0BU6ljx1_1ed0I0MkaqS3HpvXF8lLfs0eEDKsiN1GOU3-qLH_335PMBOFgu60sGwNn4UtK0l1cX-x6Ed3UrgY7ahrC_RJwEaccmwD5MsCGM1BZL/w207-h278/Katharine%20Sands.png" width="207" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Katharine Sands</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has worked with a varied list of authors who publish a diverse
array of books. She is actively building her client list.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In nonfiction, she likes
books that have a clear benefit for readers’ lives in categories of food,
travel, lifestyle, home arts, beauty, wisdom, relationships, parenting, and
fresh looks, which might be at issues, life challenges or popular culture. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In fiction, Katharine
wants to be compelled and propelled by urgent storytelling, and hooked by
characters. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For memoir and femoir,
she likes to be transported to a world rarely or newly observed.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b style="color: black;">Query Katherine at:</b> <span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><a href="mailto:Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com</span></a></span></span><strong><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></strong><span style="background: white; color: #434343; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Paste
the first ten pages of your manuscript into your email below your query letter.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHo109DhKEMHK1Sj_L9yFgvmjt7bwc0pAN1GM-Lp3iSGxEauY8UKhtgvN8uiagV5TQdqP3NBYDKo1bH_nHGyejkdxN5isYG9LD3bFOEfJirUYxo49N8rRKGzBQBbSFJqEm57xUlOnEnT6i5Uh9RcG1fYdQ3rmQPwMb7KKj2ig9OpxkvWsE-qS0djGECss/s400/SaraH%20jANE%20fREYMANN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHo109DhKEMHK1Sj_L9yFgvmjt7bwc0pAN1GM-Lp3iSGxEauY8UKhtgvN8uiagV5TQdqP3NBYDKo1bH_nHGyejkdxN5isYG9LD3bFOEfJirUYxo49N8rRKGzBQBbSFJqEm57xUlOnEnT6i5Uh9RcG1fYdQ3rmQPwMb7KKj2ig9OpxkvWsE-qS0djGECss/s320/SaraH%20jANE%20fREYMANN.jpg" width="231" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sarah Jane Freymann</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">is seeking both fiction
and nonfiction.</span></p><p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">She has worked with a varied list of authors who publish a diverse
array of books. She is actively building her client list.</span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">is seeking both fiction
and nonfiction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In fiction, she’s looking
for </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">sophisticated
mainstream and literary fiction with a distinctive voice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">She’s also looking for edgy
Young Adult fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In nonfiction, she wants spiritual,
psychology, self-help, women/men’s issues, books by health experts
(conventional and alternative), cookbooks, narrative non-fiction, natural
science, nature, memoirs, cutting-edge journalism, travel, multicultural
issues, parenting, lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>Query Sarah at: </b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><a href="mailto:Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com</span></a></span><strong><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;">Paste the first</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> 10 pages of your work into the email below your
query. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCAjigX6kpU7tZs5_3cS3BwO1a5yvSwTIJDr06q6j-UbS9NUBrZnYWHXTM0Iugy19Wu0PXulbAlLRdiSmdqub-PksqDJdOb036EKJY5bgk9l1gxTly0uQBHN58fUNuO6V7aSEzK6gRzRdQzcnoiVhQuxTt25yZDRs4hG7hWXp5nRw_EF8A1dOsqCvWkXF/s202/Steve%20S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="152" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCAjigX6kpU7tZs5_3cS3BwO1a5yvSwTIJDr06q6j-UbS9NUBrZnYWHXTM0Iugy19Wu0PXulbAlLRdiSmdqub-PksqDJdOb036EKJY5bgk9l1gxTly0uQBHN58fUNuO6V7aSEzK6gRzRdQzcnoiVhQuxTt25yZDRs4hG7hWXp5nRw_EF8A1dOsqCvWkXF/w138-h183/Steve%20S.jpg" width="138" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">Steve
Schwartz </span></b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">is looking
for popular fiction, especially crime novels, thrillers and historical novels. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;">In nonfiction, </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">he’s seeking<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">world and national affairs,
business books, self-help, psychology, humor, sports and travel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Query Steve at: <span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><a href="mailto:Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Submissions@SarahJaneFreymann.com</span></a></span><strong><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;">Paste the first</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> 10 pages of your work into the email below your
query. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full submission guidelines <a href="https://www.sarahjanefreymann.com/?page_id=3872" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYqNyisCtgeEyYn5f6vKLszD5w5Yz4tFYAEYehhAmEk07mcUqVUcwFbDgeSk22g10zi7BcDkNYRINDTPU8Wxiz6xPuiXNOj7B20AL4mJwJLhSnPz048n-wRcBxNLlGZ7XTyAC5nDMza1XEi7nfKnFX8F-d4JZsRorozyUFf6bTcd8ylyNmK9y0JI3oanW/s960/night%20sky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="778" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYqNyisCtgeEyYn5f6vKLszD5w5Yz4tFYAEYehhAmEk07mcUqVUcwFbDgeSk22g10zi7BcDkNYRINDTPU8Wxiz6xPuiXNOj7B20AL4mJwJLhSnPz048n-wRcBxNLlGZ7XTyAC5nDMza1XEi7nfKnFX8F-d4JZsRorozyUFf6bTcd8ylyNmK9y0JI3oanW/w252-h311/night%20sky.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Don’t
miss out on our upcoming </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Spring Writing Retreat</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b style="color: #006600;">Sherwood Inn, </b>in <span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Muskoka.</span> Details </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Writing%20retreats" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">and scroll
down – because there's more than one retreat coming up!<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">To grow as a
writer, join a </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly creative writing class.</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Check out
all upcoming courses </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/02/spring-classes-starting-soon-welcome-to.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">To reserve a
spot or for more details about any course, workshop or retreat, email</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See all of
Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend
retreats </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Navigation tips:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Always check out the Labels underneath a post; they’ll lead you to
various distinct collections of postings. If you're searching for a literary
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eat an apple on the drive home</span></b><span style="color: #363737; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">from work. It makes me feel virtuous and slightly superior, especially
as I pass the lines of cars snaking around Tim Horton drive-thru.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In addition to the health benefits, I am eating local; the apples come
from an orchard near our house. We live on a residential street near what used
to be the border between suburbia and farmland. Increasingly the small farms
that act as a buffer between the city and the large industrial farms have been
selling and the road is full of those ubiquitous signs announcing zoning
changes and coming developments. But our local family-run orchard is hanging
on. I try to support it.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I usually time it so that I pull into the driveway just as I finish my
apple – kind of a ritual and part of the transition from a stressful day to
home. Normally, I carry the core into the kitchen to the bin marked
Organics, almost as a badge of honour.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">But one day, as I climbed out of the car, I dropped the core. Guiltily,
I kicked it toward the hedge that divided our property from the neighbour’s.
I’ll come back later and pick it up, I rationalized.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Of course, I forgot all about it.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The next morning, there was a dusting of snow, and as I brushed off the
wind shield I noticed animal tracks around the hedge. I recognized the
tracks immediately. Two small prints in front with two much larger prints right
behind.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A rabbit.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #363737; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWId-9kq28kh0ffAZ4MjxACLehdN_dAAsyTuGQwi-Xwvw5SICg8WUSxNQ7fdPNrpz08FgSA1kZlf1tDXRMipVqJKV7T0CVvD9u8WWtQiUPPmspG5idjRUxyG9XZGvCMGnohAY_7_A79vpbJ6D7I1WDUOaTmteq6bFpx9ZM7MLdaoX4eTTpkrJPMNn3zr7X/s2400/short%20eared%20owl.webp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWId-9kq28kh0ffAZ4MjxACLehdN_dAAsyTuGQwi-Xwvw5SICg8WUSxNQ7fdPNrpz08FgSA1kZlf1tDXRMipVqJKV7T0CVvD9u8WWtQiUPPmspG5idjRUxyG9XZGvCMGnohAY_7_A79vpbJ6D7I1WDUOaTmteq6bFpx9ZM7MLdaoX4eTTpkrJPMNn3zr7X/w248-h370/short%20eared%20owl.webp" width="248" /></a></div><span style="color: #363737; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I remembered the apple core and felt a moment of satisfaction that some
woodland creature had found the treat that I’d left. I imagined a full
belly or maybe a den of little ones with Mom bringing home the treat to
share. My imagination went wild, and I thought of Beatrix Potter and
Richard Adams. It’s only a rabbit, I said to myself. But I was grinning, and
the happy feeling lasted well into the day.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">That evening, I dropped my new core at the same spot near the hedge, and
the next morning, not only were there rabbit tracks, but I now noticed
squirrel, chipmunk, and several bird tracks.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I began to google different types of tracks, and for several months took
great pleasure in identifying my visitors from the night before. I felt
connected to a different world that existed all around me. It took me out of
myself somehow.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> I also began to notice the sounds of the different birds and
learned to identify them. It turned out that in addition to cardinals and
blue jays, we had Hairy Woodpeckers, Black Billed Cuckoos, Short and Long Eared
Owls, and Yellow Rails.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I didn’t share my new hobby with anyone and always checked the cores
were gone the next morning – they were. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I knew the arguments against my innocent gifts:</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You’re
creating a dependency, and the animals will forget how to forage for
themselves.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You’re
attracting other wildlife like coyotes.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You’re
attracting insects like ticks.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You’re
attracting vermin like mice.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I ignored all the imaginary cautionary voices and enjoyed my new
discoveries every morning, learning more about all the different animals found
in a suburban backyard.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">One day, I noticed the tracks were completely overridden by extremely
large prints that looked like the largest birds I had ever seen.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The next day there were more.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Eventually the entire ground around the hedge was dredged up and dirt,
mud, leaves, and twigs were scattered across the driveway. My husband
noticed and immediately identified the tracks.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg11mzN4-5iS-KMZTe5-EKG8qT4YlcUyMGUhAXT-_z1G2FswScFeYAujLDZyAEVI0mzKP98Ws_NQPfxMZ9LwTzHUH0oKbdquvyhMnx61Eut0Qn6KaZZdTKDN7KI6CW2RSqAuniP1lOOG1NFmOFMCthCeiah8YqjP6xcv185IMPq-W9t-RlMZdoF1N2JTZb/s602/Turkey%20vulture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="602" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg11mzN4-5iS-KMZTe5-EKG8qT4YlcUyMGUhAXT-_z1G2FswScFeYAujLDZyAEVI0mzKP98Ws_NQPfxMZ9LwTzHUH0oKbdquvyhMnx61Eut0Qn6KaZZdTKDN7KI6CW2RSqAuniP1lOOG1NFmOFMCthCeiah8YqjP6xcv185IMPq-W9t-RlMZdoF1N2JTZb/w400-h315/Turkey%20vulture.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Turkey Vultures.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">That weekend our dog was barking wildly. Through our front window we saw
over a dozen turkey vultures clustered on our front lawn making the most
piercing racket. They were huge. And hugely ugly.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Our neighbours began to gather at the end of the drive. It was an event!</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“Should we call the police?” asked one woman?</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“Bring in all the children!” cried another.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“I have a bb gun,” said a young man.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">My secret happy co-existence with the wildlife around us had come to an
end. I didn’t say a word but I stopped leaving my apples at the hedge. It seems
that living in partnership with other species is a difficult challenge. But I
remain optimistic that we can figure it out.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMDMvQn6zkUFfbrUIovmC24FP6SdQGkJf06dGbXhrT0H_opnFHJ7S5sNfCamZb8yref9XlHh5_9XQ3XfvnI-2yDdrcrJVvG3dM7rcRy9DF1H8N2845nqVbwFaAVB5qikju3uz2_umBetcTna1KeOMoMXXQrQz9KSfdwH5GrhbucMDbGsu8X2Zinvl2tMc/s594/Janice%20L.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="406" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMDMvQn6zkUFfbrUIovmC24FP6SdQGkJf06dGbXhrT0H_opnFHJ7S5sNfCamZb8yref9XlHh5_9XQ3XfvnI-2yDdrcrJVvG3dM7rcRy9DF1H8N2845nqVbwFaAVB5qikju3uz2_umBetcTna1KeOMoMXXQrQz9KSfdwH5GrhbucMDbGsu8X2Zinvl2tMc/w177-h259/Janice%20L.jpg" width="177" /></a><b></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Janice
Locke</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been inspired to capture personal stories as a
result of Brian Henry’s courses. She writes based on experiences as a senior
business executive and as a grandmother. Janice lives in Ancaster with her
husband and enjoys hiking the beautiful Dundas Valley with her Sheltie, Callie.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See Brian
Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly
writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b><span style="color: #363737;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See
other essays, short stories, poems, reviews, and so forth by your fellow
writers </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20literary" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b><span style="color: #363737;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">(and
scroll down).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-51176761259577524272024-03-07T21:30:00.000-05:002024-03-07T21:30:53.388-05:00A new book of short stories from Heather Rath: Stalker<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDBgkePTvxYKyCV9HR1XPWRclggef1mD-Lkm0PphSikVBhBkdtNqIJhMBzzZlgLJA7Y2aKNU-RF9w1ChGWVyDVMMvtaWLQ90r_TmKHn8tNkXWdMFngSovsPs0tQEsfqIgLZgwg1GGXf3lyZO-pQ_yK6hsXhijXwSuFF8-VzDcFtKWD_KnRD2tmuj_y4SH/s2322/Stalker%20Heather%20Rath.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="1431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDBgkePTvxYKyCV9HR1XPWRclggef1mD-Lkm0PphSikVBhBkdtNqIJhMBzzZlgLJA7Y2aKNU-RF9w1ChGWVyDVMMvtaWLQ90r_TmKHn8tNkXWdMFngSovsPs0tQEsfqIgLZgwg1GGXf3lyZO-pQ_yK6hsXhijXwSuFF8-VzDcFtKWD_KnRD2tmuj_y4SH/s320/Stalker%20Heather%20Rath.JPG" width="197" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Hi, Brian:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I am pleased
to announce the birth of my new book born late 2023!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Called </span><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">Stalker</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">,</span></i></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">it invites readers to take a
journey into two worlds: the dark and light sides of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The first half of the book
includes prize-winning short stories described as “frightening, suspense-filled.”
These co-exist with true-life adventure vignettes. So the book is a blend of
truth and fiction: yin and yang, good and bad, dark and light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Brian, thank you for helping
me hone my craft. And thanks to you, I plan to finish a long languishing novel,
part of which takes place in Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Heather</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZjt7d1JWG4uU_htD3XOEaReQjyx1ti5G4YeHUIyljTPtNSkK255uD7pcFOAyLV4JrhyphenhyphentwgOfQd0hvQWT8a921ODceBiA-xV-BmuEG0A14Iz19YRRMt23SqDJwezGjBDECa6FCHQA9tqXhey6DMMxHVPy1dP1G6k2EnL9R8MSD2SqssftYqvexg_j3PVs/s2592/Heather%20Rath.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZjt7d1JWG4uU_htD3XOEaReQjyx1ti5G4YeHUIyljTPtNSkK255uD7pcFOAyLV4JrhyphenhyphentwgOfQd0hvQWT8a921ODceBiA-xV-BmuEG0A14Iz19YRRMt23SqDJwezGjBDECa6FCHQA9tqXhey6DMMxHVPy1dP1G6k2EnL9R8MSD2SqssftYqvexg_j3PVs/s320/Heather%20Rath.JPG" width="320" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Stalker </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">by<b><i> </i></b></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Heather Rath<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span class="a-text-bold"><i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Stalker</span></i></span><span class="a-text-bold"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b></span><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">invites the reader to take a journey into two worlds: the
dark and light sides of life. Frightening, suspenseful moments in award-winning
short stories co-exist with true-life adventure vignettes: a blend of truth and
fiction. The stories explore the mind’s hidden fears and desires while the
vignettes deliver a slice of reality, sometimes with unexpected conclusions.
They are snapshots of experiences in different cultures through the eyes – and
writings – of an insightful world traveller.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Heather Rath’s short stories... veer off into
the surreal and macabre using sex and suspense... We want to look away but we
crave more.” </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">– <span class="a-text-bold"><b>Lynn Tait</b></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> author, </span><span class="a-text-bold"><b><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">You Break It You Buy It</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Heather Rath has renewed my appreciation for
short stories... this entertaining, often titillating collection has its own
unique voice...” –<span class="a-text-bold"><b>Phyllis L Humby</b></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, author, </span><span class="a-text-bold"><b><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">On The Rock</span></i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">Stalker</span></i></b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">is available </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">from
Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Stalker-Short-Stories-True-Adventures/dp/1998938042" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian
Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and
weekend retreats </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">. </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">See other new books from your fellow writers <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Books" target="_blank">here</a></b>
(and scroll down).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-57184288899675377342024-03-06T21:37:00.000-05:002024-03-06T21:37:51.954-05:00“Don’t like antisemitism? You’re a racist. So says Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia” by Brian Henry<p> <strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6E9029LSTD0mjL2OsY6fvYKUFEM1YKAWEk-dYO5qTH5x8w_uF-v5pphsRXPxJD2tov-c4pwCmVqmyoBemnYkCykNhF5m0UVNKDIIsblFjWssOj8DT2hli2WMm6PGLd0cFKqaKZW6uZUPtATb_H6oDoPSVGaid9-3S_bIOhFzChgN1-QzU027y3goLbTbO/s680/Mount%20Sinai%20is%20sacred%20ground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6E9029LSTD0mjL2OsY6fvYKUFEM1YKAWEk-dYO5qTH5x8w_uF-v5pphsRXPxJD2tov-c4pwCmVqmyoBemnYkCykNhF5m0UVNKDIIsblFjWssOj8DT2hli2WMm6PGLd0cFKqaKZW6uZUPtATb_H6oDoPSVGaid9-3S_bIOhFzChgN1-QzU027y3goLbTbO/w640-h480/Mount%20Sinai%20is%20sacred%20ground.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Emergency physician Dr. Raghu Venugopal protesting the protesters. More <a href="https://thecjn.ca/news/police-are-investigating-after-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-torontos-mount-sinai-hospital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-are-investigating-after-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-torontos-mount-sinai-hospital" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">(Almost)
everybody from the Prime Minister on down </span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">condemned the obvious antisemitism of the recent
“pro-Palestinian” protest at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mount
Sinai was founded a hundred years ago (back when Canada actually was a racist
country) to give Jewish doctors a place to work and Jewish mothers a
sympathetic place to have their babies. These days, all sorts of doctors work
there and it serves all of Toronto – and indeed beyond Toronto, as it’s a
world-class hospital.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">But
Mount Sinai is still associated with the Jewish community. It still has a Star
of David in its logo, can still provide in-patients with kosher meals, and
still has a Jewish chaplain on site. Indeed, Mount Sinai’s association with the
Jewish community is right there in its name.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What
does Mount Sinai Hospital have to do with the Israeli government’s conduct of
the war against Hamas? Nothing. Obviously. The only possible way to understand
the protest in front of Mount Sinai is as an anti-Jewish protest.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">No,
no, no! say the organizers. The hospital <i>just happened</i> to be on their route to the U.S. Consulate.... </span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read
the rest </span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><a href="https://canadianzionistforum.substack.com/p/dont-like-antisemitism-youre-a-racist"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-86131773433228033542024-03-05T15:59:00.000-05:002024-03-05T15:59:51.687-05:00You're invited to "Welcome to Creative Writing" offered both online and in-person<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWy4r2Cvamomv1AVoxkmd5QBKRnOvyRyGBjy96y66jgU0UpWJB1I4dmhRWsogKQL3Qe2k9luuFCbOM27BNGl96jIcWHURAhWtPttYnqGDhQeiuF6ClsGIX1nuARPRej3iDFfs9x9PVC_rQWCMC43-AZ5eB6DFJKIstv8CcZw9FqUs-5hi8qMe563watk/s320/Intro%20course,%20huging%20words.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="249" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWy4r2Cvamomv1AVoxkmd5QBKRnOvyRyGBjy96y66jgU0UpWJB1I4dmhRWsogKQL3Qe2k9luuFCbOM27BNGl96jIcWHURAhWtPttYnqGDhQeiuF6ClsGIX1nuARPRej3iDFfs9x9PVC_rQWCMC43-AZ5eB6DFJKIstv8CcZw9FqUs-5hi8qMe563watk/w259-h333/Intro%20course,%20huging%20words.jpg" width="259" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Welcome to
Creative Writing</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Discover your creative side<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Online: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Monday
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">April 15 –
June 17 (Or to June 24 if the course fills up. No class May 20 or June 10)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In-person:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thursday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.<br />
April 18 – May 30, 2024 (Or to June 13 if the course fills up. No class June 6)<br />
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">3455 Lakeshore Rd,
Burlington, Ontario (Map </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3455+Lakeshore+Rd.,+Burlington,+ON+L7N+1B5/@43.3446576,-79.7644752,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b603db755bf55:0x8faa54ce434dd8c6!8m2!3d43.3446576!4d-79.7644752!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3gb0mg?entry=ttu" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">)</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This is
your chance to take up writing</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">in a warm,
supportive environment. We’ll explore writing short stories and writing
true stories, writing in first person and in third person, writing technique
and getting creative, getting down your very best writing and just for fun
writing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You'll </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">get a shot
of inspiration every week and an assignment to keep you going till the next
class. Best of all, this class will provide a zero-pressure, totally safe
setting, where your words will grow and flower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSricYHGcAj6bFVVZh1L0eBrzeV5UVcxQ98Z70cNG_eTL5YXTOB05ZvefsonJWriea0jhyphenhyphenofR1RDWereXelicsUqmr3GLaOXX4nKdG6GOXuYehGMKwNj4dQNA4vrIw8C_d4r_PjaEcFRdUbAgmHKEbRwX-k4CQafYe5yer7nHyABJhxTcd7OCY7TAfunk/s1856/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1732" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSricYHGcAj6bFVVZh1L0eBrzeV5UVcxQ98Z70cNG_eTL5YXTOB05ZvefsonJWriea0jhyphenhyphenofR1RDWereXelicsUqmr3GLaOXX4nKdG6GOXuYehGMKwNj4dQNA4vrIw8C_d4r_PjaEcFRdUbAgmHKEbRwX-k4CQafYe5yer7nHyABJhxTcd7OCY7TAfunk/w187-h200/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" width="187" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Instructor </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Brian
Henry</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more
than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular
blog for writers, taught creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto
Metropolitan University) and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to
Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his proudest boast is that he’s
has helped many of his students get published. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Read
reviews of Brian's various courses and workshops <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Reviews%20of%20Brian%27s%20classes%20%26%20workshops" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> (and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">scroll
down).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $193.81
plus 13% hst = $<b>219</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-63127672823270766092024-03-02T20:38:00.002-05:002024-03-02T20:38:38.640-05:00“Take a Step Back” by Barbara Crompton<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IZrutgBPz1Fybe3zihF6XaQgO4zZgceF75yD0A27xid74OGoQMx9-s_1xmpeq83il-fx37idUY-otK1LlgQpPQ63tjlCfGxUDEGdn-l7c9ZcCkJagXSWSAa23k6Eq7ZH2czKyXI7Iz3x118Cc-o5jITRPqmxzIavmRiw4YLIho7cRNBtQNcQCRc8nAm7/s729/Misogyny%20Camberra%20Times.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="729" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IZrutgBPz1Fybe3zihF6XaQgO4zZgceF75yD0A27xid74OGoQMx9-s_1xmpeq83il-fx37idUY-otK1LlgQpPQ63tjlCfGxUDEGdn-l7c9ZcCkJagXSWSAa23k6Eq7ZH2czKyXI7Iz3x118Cc-o5jITRPqmxzIavmRiw4YLIho7cRNBtQNcQCRc8nAm7/w640-h360/Misogyny%20Camberra%20Times.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Image from <i>Canberra Times</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“And,” Hazel wrote,” my three brothers are all closet misogynists
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in liberal clothing.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
email hit me like a fist in the face; I froze on the word <i>misogynist</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
had been in a short email exchange about some news regarding her sister, and buried
in the correspondence, she had – almost blithely - tucked in this parting shot
about her brothers. Not that I knew two of her brothers all that well, it had
been years since I had participated in anything remotely familial with her
family. But I’d known one of her brothers very well. He was my ex-husband. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Jamie
is not a misogynist,” I wrote back. “I think I need to take a step back from
this conversation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jamie
and I had one of those marriages that had just petered out after thirty years
as a couple. There had never been a single incident of misogyny – ever. If
anything, Jamie had been overly affirming of everyone, including women. Even
with our two girls, he couldn’t raise his voice without becoming wracked with
guilt. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
closed the lid to my laptop and stared out the window. I felt the flutter of
anxiety deep in my chest, like moths bumping up against a porch light. My mind
raced in a non-stop loop of scenarios, one no more satisfying than the other. Hazel
and I had been in a causal relationship since my divorce, and by casual, I mean
Christmas cards, Facebook birthday posts and the odd email update. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
use of the word <i>misogyny</i> felt as though she had crossed a line. But I
had doubts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maybe
she didn’t mean that word …maybe I should have asked why she said that! Maybe my
final line was too snippy. Was there a nicer way I should have ended the email?
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
… the word <i>misogyny</i> is a pejorative that describes someone who “despises”<i>
</i>women. Other definitions include “hatred of women,” (typically shown by men
but not exclusively) or having an “aversion”<i> </i>to women. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
wondered at the casualness as to how some people use the word <i>misogyny</i>,
as if it were a close cousin to the word <i>chauvinist</i>. I’d heard it used to
describe an opinionated co-worker, an ornery husband or difficult salesclerk. At
the very worst, these people were guilty of being disagreeable, not women
haters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Your
experience, not mine,” Hazel emailed back, not backing down from her accusation
of misogyny. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hazel
had been estranged from her siblings for a while now and her grievances had
been piling up. The falling out in the family had been triggered by the burial
of her mother or rather the re-positioning of her mother, whose ashes had been on
Hazel’s property. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
other siblings decided mom needed to be interned, yet again, alongside their
father in a non-denominational cemetery. Everyone was in favour of the plan except
Hazel who saw this as her hill to die on, and no, I’m not making this stuff up.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accusations
and age-old grievances erupted, and Hazel found herself alone. No one in
families are spared in these sorts of falling-outs, except those few who prefer
to let sleeping dogs lie and share holidays behind wooden smiles and careful
conversations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sitting
across from me on the couch, holding his thermos of morning coffee, my partner considered
my posture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Where
have you landed in regard to the whole Hazel email?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Unsettled.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You’re
not used to crazy,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
considered the comment. It was true. My upbringing was the furthest thing from crazy,
my partner’s experience was very different. His mother had all the right
instincts but little of the maturity needed to understand herself or her growing
children. His father was irresponsible and prone to drink. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
household was more chaotic than calm. My partner’s early years were marked with
running feral and unrestrained through his boyhood town, collecting friends for
their nighttime prowls. He was fortunate to have a sharp and curious mind along
with a healthy dose of self-reliance to weather a more hostile environment. They
were “that family.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“True,
I’m not used to crazy,” I said. But I’ve processed this. I’m just unsettled.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Then
you’re not processed. My take is you’re not seeing the situation clearly.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What
are you talking about?” I said, now annoyed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“She
was looking to co-opt you into her grievance,” he explained. “I’ve lived this”.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
felt like smacking my forehead. Of course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
hadn’t been paying attention. My correspondence with Hazel was never an easy
back and forth. Her emails inevitably slipped into a slow bleed of discontent
that I tried to either ignore or steer in another direction. My stock answer
was always “that must have been hard,” a vague response that says, “I’m
listening” with a pretense of empathy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hazel
was looking for a partner to bear witness to the perceived horribleness of her family
and I was to be the co-conspirator to her narrative, the confidant to her
indignation. Her complaint was deep and twisted. She was telling me that it was
all <i>their</i> fault, and her malice was seeping through. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“And
my three brothers are all closet misogynists,” she had said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No,
I thought, they weren’t. And it was time for me to step back from my
relationship with Hazel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQdAGdYyyr2AOUDoM-1g8JXA8CGaTJCTKz2Vj6N25yq5gt4daDNNVfvTPwT11TGyyItu1yFG8c80918z4tp03b16wYqTBraZb2wNfj6LwnAkXkw8UwZbWaM_szPABt2-HeRn3TxMHGohT95QxmbmpLBmk77Y5XyreA3Y7yEc5Sz-nHlgWnx5aMPfIfrLe/s200/Barbara%20Crompton.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQdAGdYyyr2AOUDoM-1g8JXA8CGaTJCTKz2Vj6N25yq5gt4daDNNVfvTPwT11TGyyItu1yFG8c80918z4tp03b16wYqTBraZb2wNfj6LwnAkXkw8UwZbWaM_szPABt2-HeRn3TxMHGohT95QxmbmpLBmk77Y5XyreA3Y7yEc5Sz-nHlgWnx5aMPfIfrLe/s1600/Barbara%20Crompton.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barbara Crompton</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">a retired
business owner, yoga enthusiast, backcountry explorer and mother of two beautiful intrepid daughters. Her passion
is travelling the wilderness of Canada with her partner Ian and gathering
stories from those experiences and the people she meets. Barbara lives in
Oakville, Ontario. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian
Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend
retreats </span></span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See more essays, short stories,
poems, reviews, and so forth by your fellow writers <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20literary" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b>
(and scroll down).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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postings</span></span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">on Quick Brown Fox delivered straight to your Inbox as I
publish them. Subscribe to the new Quick Brown Fox page on Substack here: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://brian999.substack.com/</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-89170180215768613692024-02-29T21:02:00.000-05:002024-02-29T21:02:19.850-05:00New book: The Stones of Burren Bay by Emily De Angelis<p><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lsk9Fr37TwavDsnBav-3UhdAuJQd3rJGrze_WuMLgQUzXZHROLmX_gE0lz5GYiuHsUKr-C9A6E3MPflX-M_dx7etENPH4JROGU9jdJoyti4uAcfc4c2RmGYGPI8sEMMe4SCsvWd1yesFEUSAdhSfCJ3vKdfFQxy_y1dE2SzcIMlCx1xytM5t0ZkgHsIB/s1000/Stones.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lsk9Fr37TwavDsnBav-3UhdAuJQd3rJGrze_WuMLgQUzXZHROLmX_gE0lz5GYiuHsUKr-C9A6E3MPflX-M_dx7etENPH4JROGU9jdJoyti4uAcfc4c2RmGYGPI8sEMMe4SCsvWd1yesFEUSAdhSfCJ3vKdfFQxy_y1dE2SzcIMlCx1xytM5t0ZkgHsIB/w225-h338/Stones.jpg" width="225" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Hi, Brian.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Just
want to update you about my forthcoming debut YA novel, </span><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;">The Stones of Burren Bay</span></i></b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">(Latitude 46 Publishing, May
2024). It's now available for pre-order wherever you buy books or at the
publisher's website <a href="https://store.latitude46publishing.com/products/the-stones-of-burren-bay">here</a>.
</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thanks
for all your support. Great workshop on Sunday (How to Get Published, Feb. 25).
Always so much to learn.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Emily</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Stones of Burren Bay </span></b></em><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">by</span></em><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></b></em><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Emily De Angelis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In a tragic car accident, 15-year-old Norie loses her
father while her distant mother is injured.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Her
prized possession, an antique artist’s box that traveled from Ireland with her
great-great-grandmother, is destroyed along with her deep connection to her
art. As Norie grapples with her self-identity, obscured by grief and anger, she
and her physically and emotionally fragile mother are forced to relocate. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">With no other relatives to rely on, they call on the
kindness of her mother’s oldest friend Dahlia and her daughter Wil, who run the
Jolly Pot Tearoom and Burren Bay Lighthouse Museum on Manitoulin Island. Dahlia
introduces Norie to ancient Irish Celtic spiritualism and opens the thin veil
between the past and present where Norie encounters the echo of a century’s old
spirit, Oonagh. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Through Oonagh’s own story Norie comes to terms with
her father’s betrayal and death and rediscovers her passion for art. As her
mother’s emotional wounds reach a crisis, Norie realizes they must face their
guilt and grief together in order to heal and become reunited as mother and
daughter.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(253, 253, 252); box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Praise
for </span></strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Stones of Burren Bay</span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(253, 253, 252); box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Stones of Burren Bay</span></span></i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> harkens
back to those golden, endless summers when anything was possible: solving a
mystery, seeing a ghost, rediscovering yourself… Norie gets to do it all, and
transport the reader in the process. A wonderful, compelling, emotional read.
Find a hammock immediately.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Claire Ross Dunn, author </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">At Last
Count</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(253, 253, 252); box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkNHxI94a9s90S3BVnbQQFPAc3j1drLTrN4Ev9lCN71QgG7JFcEMm1eD0r1euRx1pTLcNOmx4yjT7lgI0KeqPg96edk-moxHDgZ38vxz3fbfh6z8O9619mTsG2ZpgaUfR8v75O-dIvcHMvc-U5VW2QGQE3GT61MzWa3ElBcMCa7wj6TMNhQHA-K0U0YL8/s400/Emily%20De%20Angelis.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkNHxI94a9s90S3BVnbQQFPAc3j1drLTrN4Ev9lCN71QgG7JFcEMm1eD0r1euRx1pTLcNOmx4yjT7lgI0KeqPg96edk-moxHDgZ38vxz3fbfh6z8O9619mTsG2ZpgaUfR8v75O-dIvcHMvc-U5VW2QGQE3GT61MzWa3ElBcMCa7wj6TMNhQHA-K0U0YL8/w200-h200/Emily%20De%20Angelis.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><p></p><p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><strong><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Emily
De Angelis</span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> comes
from a long line of visual artists, musicians, and storytellers. She was
born in Sudbury, Ontario where she lived and taught special needs students
for 30 years. A graduate of the Humber School of Writing, her western and
Japanese-style poems as well as short stories have been published in various
anthologies. </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Stones of Burren Bay</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is her first YA novel. Emily now lives in
Woodstock, Ontario while spending summers on Manitoulin Island.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For information about submitting to Latitude 46, see <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2023/09/latitude-46-publishing-seeks-short.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See other new books from your fellow authors <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Books" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b>
(and scroll down)</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(253, 253, 252); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats </span></span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-89827143878676209362024-02-27T20:53:00.000-05:002024-02-27T20:53:06.055-05:00Still a few spots open in our online "Intensive Creative Writing" courses<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGWQNiKJGeK6iFe1W1NOtAELR1Q10Fi66xI22j6g_8HrgDZDyQoApMEIY9wMKlqg44UhyphenhyphenDYxAZfmjkumH4Hx7hCO_UY6_E1QKKrv8T5onyX5-5UWGdTt4oCZJosVXD07cUmJmHuX4c8C6M6_Y1PQ1ONk35CkJf0B1u6ZMF5b-W30up0pUiYa8ULiLu5_V/s320/woman%20writing%20w%20coffee.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGWQNiKJGeK6iFe1W1NOtAELR1Q10Fi66xI22j6g_8HrgDZDyQoApMEIY9wMKlqg44UhyphenhyphenDYxAZfmjkumH4Hx7hCO_UY6_E1QKKrv8T5onyX5-5UWGdTt4oCZJosVXD07cUmJmHuX4c8C6M6_Y1PQ1ONk35CkJf0B1u6ZMF5b-W30up0pUiYa8ULiLu5_V/s1600/woman%20writing%20w%20coffee.jpg" width="247" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Intensive
Creative Writing</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Offered </span></b><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">online </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">at 3 different times:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tuesday evenings 6:30 – 9:00<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">March
19 to June 18, 2024 (no class April 23 or June 11)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. First
readings emailed <b>March 12.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wednesday afternoons</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, 12:30 – 3:00<br />
</span><a name="_Hlk143966550"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">March 20 – June 19</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">, 2024</span><a name="_Hlk143966550"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> {No class April 10 or June 5}</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">. First
readings emailed <b>March 13</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Friday mornings 10:00 – 12:30<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">March
22 – June 21</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">, 2024</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (No class April 5 or June 7)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">. First
readings emailed <b>March 15</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Intensive
Creative Writing</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">isn't for beginners; it's for people who are working on their own writing projects. You’ll be asked to bring in several pieces of your writing for
detailed feedback. All your pieces may be from the same work, such as a novel
in progress, or they may be stand-alone pieces. You bring whatever you want to
work on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Besides
critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures addressing the needs
of the group, and in addition to learning how to critique your own work and
receiving constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll discover that the
greatest benefits come from seeing how your classmates approach and critique a
piece of writing and how they write and re-write. This is a challenging course,
but extremely rewarding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaqsnkVmblM28j3g6goxgRdFaRtt65jku9xWuXZqkvtOwRSiQH5y7vpYbCx9hzgsEwgRLuxAka174WRmcRhzXCNTDdqIFAoh24-hF9ucp27U37uak8j-4EHHqbi59YmchCXMLfbR0OZddm7CRGV4bKJlq8mgyTWEwMIEOgQSA4KsDbB2P01qDyt6eZ4uQ/s2361/Brian%20without%20mask.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="2203" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaqsnkVmblM28j3g6goxgRdFaRtt65jku9xWuXZqkvtOwRSiQH5y7vpYbCx9hzgsEwgRLuxAka174WRmcRhzXCNTDdqIFAoh24-hF9ucp27U37uak8j-4EHHqbi59YmchCXMLfbR0OZddm7CRGV4bKJlq8mgyTWEwMIEOgQSA4KsDbB2P01qDyt6eZ4uQ/w187-h200/Brian%20without%20mask.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Instructor </span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-size: 11.5pt;">Brian Henry</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a
book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He
publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for writers, taught
creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Saint John. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his
students get published. </span> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Read
reviews and pieces about of Brian's various courses and workshops <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Reviews%20of%20Brian%27s%20classes%20%26%20workshops" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> (and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">scroll
down).<a name="_Hlk135856616"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Fee:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> $292.04 + hst = $</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">330<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk135856616;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</a> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-22344183706716738502024-02-26T20:52:00.000-05:002024-02-26T20:52:02.726-05:00Tidewater Press wants your book-length manuscripts, plus short Xmas pieces for anthology<p><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"></span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFowZwwtZxnhJvAXjq8niSGhnNULR64l96yy3q_PDjwtwY_5Od8jBgLghz-tMp7MAsC4cTuGA3lMpcDHYUYZFM245Cdnvhuk7mEgqE4Iq5pde2UZi6BPSiD46wBehmctBxtucvSZRrUynzOHjDysTpDBb7PhCrI1D7IrF4bmpUHjLJtD9r7rrexY0ts37/s1000/Nothing%20in%20the%20Truth.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFowZwwtZxnhJvAXjq8niSGhnNULR64l96yy3q_PDjwtwY_5Od8jBgLghz-tMp7MAsC4cTuGA3lMpcDHYUYZFM245Cdnvhuk7mEgqE4Iq5pde2UZi6BPSiD46wBehmctBxtucvSZRrUynzOHjDysTpDBb7PhCrI1D7IrF4bmpUHjLJtD9r7rrexY0ts37/w193-h299/Nothing%20in%20the%20Truth.jpg" width="193" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nothing in the Truth Can Harm Us</i><br />a novel by Colleen Rene<br />published by Tidewater Press</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";">Tidewater
Press<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">617 Belmont Street<br />
New Westminster, BC </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/" target="_blank">https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/</a></span>
</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You can now get new postings</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">on Quick
Brown Fox delivered straight to your Inbox as I publish them. Subscribe to
the new Quick Brown Fox page on Substack here: </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://brian999.substack.com/</a></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You can also get an email about twice a month about what’s
coming up in terms of writing classes, workshops, and retreats, plus providing
links to the other material on the Quick Brown Fox blog. For that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">, add your
name and email in the Sign-Up box in the righthand column. ~Brian</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";">Tidewater
Press</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">publishes four to five titles per year. Currently,
they’re also looking for submissions for an anthology of Christmas epiphanies.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Tidewater was founded in 2017 to produce
well-written, engaging titles that give readers a fresh perspective on
themselves and their world. They want to publish adult fiction and nonfiction
books that enlighten as they entertain. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Their fiction aims to subvert or play
with standard literary tropes and explore topical themes. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Their nonfiction titles are meant to
educate and illuminate Canadian stories,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> historic
or contemporary. They should all have strong narratives, told or written from
personal perspectives, that explore Canadian society, values and history. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The scale may be intimate or
international, but the dynamic is always one that explores individual and
collective identity.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Our
mandate is to give voice to those whose background and experience don’t yet
meet the requirements of larger publishing houses. They may be from minority,
marginalized or socially disadvantaged groups, or they may be writers who have
not fully developed their craft. We do not, however, restrict our acquisitions
to authors who fit this profile, but we are proud of our ability to identify
and encourage new voices on an ongoing basis.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Tidewater
Press seeks out stories that matter by writers who struggle to be heard.”</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">They
accept submissions of both literary fiction and nonfiction that meet the
following criteria:</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
story (whether fiction or nonfiction) is fresh, topical and will resonate
with at least one defined, special interest constituency.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
story (whether fiction or nonfiction) is compelling and is intended to
give readers new insight into at least one aspect of contemporary life or
Canadian history. Stories falling within a standard genre will be
considered only if they transcend the normally recognized conventions of
their genre.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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author is committed to producing a quality book and is genuinely willing
to engage in a rigorous editing process.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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author has the ability and intention to actively support and promote the
title after publication.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Submit
through Tidewater’s submissions page <b><a href="https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/submissions/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Include
a brief synopsis (up to 500 words) in your submission and and the full
manuscript or an excerpt.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqkceGamJKm492jV3D_RMju0OQQkEdObDT05KOvtSDh5rP7IEQeT032pGqoaXsONeFP2SPldt9mOqCHK_dG6lZD90Gih4SYhe0LLyfSZRx-BucdNKBkda9DjpDveqIzXHzMGWl6m7yY1o29Chfx9DdwQWbs5OUP5PNyZwiWZ68K7X-glbU7EKzOh-QaM3/s2550/better-cover-next-year-cover-web%20(1).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqkceGamJKm492jV3D_RMju0OQQkEdObDT05KOvtSDh5rP7IEQeT032pGqoaXsONeFP2SPldt9mOqCHK_dG6lZD90Gih4SYhe0LLyfSZRx-BucdNKBkda9DjpDveqIzXHzMGWl6m7yY1o29Chfx9DdwQWbs5OUP5PNyZwiWZ68K7X-glbU7EKzOh-QaM3/w214-h331/better-cover-next-year-cover-web%20(1).jpg" width="214" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Call for submissions for a
new anthology: </span><o:p style="font-size: 12.5pt;"></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Upon a Midnight Clear – A new
anthology of Christmas epiphanies<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Better
Next Year</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, published by Tidewater Press in 2023, was a
runaway, seasonal publishing success story. Submissions are now open for a
second anthology, <i>Upon a Midnight Clear</i>, again edited by JJ Lee.
New and emerging Canadian writers are invited to contribute to this new
collection of stories that illuminate the best of worst of Christmas, to be
published November, 2024.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">JJ
Lee, is the author of <i>The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a
Son and a Suit</i> (2011), a finalist for the Governor General’s, Hilary
Weston Writers’ Trust and Charles Taylor prizes for nonfiction. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“We
are seeking powerful, amusing, moving and heartfelt stories from established
and emerging Canadian authors from across the country in an anthology that
debunks the popular depiction of Christmas while delivering its messages of
hope and renewal.” </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Writers
of colour, immigrants, Indigenous authors and the other usual suspects are
especially invited. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Submissions
of creative nonfiction/memoir should be <b>3,500 to 5,000 words</b> in length.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Deadline
March 31, 2024.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full submission guidelines, including a helpful video <b><a href="https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/new-call-for-submissions/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>.</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian
Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend
retreats </span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Check out other book publishers accepting unagented submissions <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20publishers" target="_blank">here</a></b>
</span>{and scroll down}<b style="color: black;">.</b> <span style="color: black;"> </span>See other
places to send your short work <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Contests%20%26%20Markets%20for%20short%20pieces" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b>
{and scroll down}<b style="color: black;">.</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-82890453615194586252024-02-24T18:56:00.003-05:002024-02-24T18:56:41.963-05:00Gila Green reviews “18 Jewish stories translated from 18 Languages”<p><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDreOd-OIu5YxLiCF5uW1W7JgbrDEg3J5tsc-hJwUAvZnePcksAHnhoFJE6JGQC0T9nWzFhkdcGX9fU8dxEO7uVBJ4uIe6gpXrlu1AghVDQGoT6hhcPTt8Z-S4oHb8_6m-eBlYHpwN_8x74s_CFJqtO9_QaynkZFTIDegVDAWl966LGbhPCZwZsiRdwcCN/s1000/18%20Jewish%20stories.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="683" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDreOd-OIu5YxLiCF5uW1W7JgbrDEg3J5tsc-hJwUAvZnePcksAHnhoFJE6JGQC0T9nWzFhkdcGX9fU8dxEO7uVBJ4uIe6gpXrlu1AghVDQGoT6hhcPTt8Z-S4oHb8_6m-eBlYHpwN_8x74s_CFJqtO9_QaynkZFTIDegVDAWl966LGbhPCZwZsiRdwcCN/w232-h339/18%20Jewish%20stories.jpg" width="232" /></a></i></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b style="color: #006600;">18 Jewish
stories translated from 18 Languages,</b> edited </span></i><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">by<b> </b></span></i><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nora
Gold, </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">188 pages published Oct 17, 2024 by Academic Studies Press. Available </span></i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/18-jewish-stories-translated-from-18-languages/9798887192062.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></b><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In a
conversation with Nora Gold,</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I found online, she points out that due to the dispersion of Jews among
other nations over two thousand years, Jewish fiction has found expression in
the languages of virtually every country. In her new anthology, kudos to Gold
for extending beyond the anticipated languages like Yiddish and Hebrew.
Instead, she spotlights stories originally published in Croatian, Hungarian,
Italian, Turkish, and more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These 18 stories (some of which are novel excerpts) feature well-known
Jewish writers such as Eli Wiesel and Isaac Babel while also introducing
readers to lesser-known authors like Gabor T Szanto and Maciej Plaza.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Full disclosure: I received this book a couple of months ago after
agreeing to receive a complimentary copy in the mail here in Israel. Given my
Yemenite background, I felt a profound responsibility to this anthology,
aligning with my belief in elevating lesser-known Jewish voices into the
literary discussion. However, by the time I received the book, October 7 had
become so deeply embedded in my mind that I could only read the stories through
the lens of that barbaric attack.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These three quotations struck me and compelled me to pause and reflect:</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">What mask shall I put on this year? What will I find when I turn the
world upside down, what will I find at the bottom of myself after the second or
third glass of liqueur? And can this world be any more weird and crazy than it
already is?</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">– From "Purimspiel" by Jasminka Domas, translated from
Croatian by Iskra Pavlovic</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7IOeGFJ4bSu1zWDawj4s4rK4cLvRC5GruHJktLSk0XLHTN7vx5RFeIMzFZofH5Rm0PsczU6Boogibfherbtq67A-QzxAMMn5kF_mrm_G_ITRAOpDM9ypjIfTi-7CGMvdAuyE7rW4IVs6MrmeWGlqDGQcelDL1JwtMRFrG0ZDuVmBPDAsDCejhIRzfxjN/s2560/Nora%20Gold.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1924" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7IOeGFJ4bSu1zWDawj4s4rK4cLvRC5GruHJktLSk0XLHTN7vx5RFeIMzFZofH5Rm0PsczU6Boogibfherbtq67A-QzxAMMn5kF_mrm_G_ITRAOpDM9ypjIfTi-7CGMvdAuyE7rW4IVs6MrmeWGlqDGQcelDL1JwtMRFrG0ZDuVmBPDAsDCejhIRzfxjN/s320/Nora%20Gold.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nora Gold, editor of <i>18</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">This could have been written for the Purim we have not had yet, the
first Purim after October 7.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And then these two quotes:</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Uncertainty could prick like a cactus on my windowsill. I had always
carried this uncertainty in my body. A word here. A word there. Words that
didn't make sense. Words that didn't have anything to do with me. Words that
had everything to do with me? Uncertainty became certainty. Nightmare became
reality. That had to be why it practically put my mind at ease to learn that
Jews across the globe for two thousand years had been blamed for all the
evilness that happened in the world.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">–From Birte Kont "A Place Nowhere," novel excerpt translated
from the Danish by Nina Sokol</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You're praying? Your children are dead and you're still praying?"
There was not anger there, merely vast astonishment. Abram did not answer. He
raised his arms helplessly. What shall I do? (He asked his arms), tell me what
should I do.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">–From "Luck" by Irena Douskova, translated from Czech by David
Livingstone</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These three quotes – and many others – made me feel as though Jews are
reliving our past lives, as though all the Jews who have ever lived in every
place are with us in our grief after October 7.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Gold has given us a profound type of inter-generational, transnational
hand-holding. Reading through this historical lens, I was infused with the
certain knowledge that we will express our grief, write about it, process it,
mourn, and continue. There will be more creativity, more literature, and more
anthologies.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you're looking to read for escape from the events of the day, then
this is not the choice for you. But if you wish to have a historical
perspective on events or some food for thought about what is happening around
us at this very moment, this anthology should be at the top of your list.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">18 Jewish
stories translated from 18 languages</span></i></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">is available from Chapters/Indigo </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/18-jewish-stories-translated-from-18-languages/9798887192062.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfv-8vwXQkzdHb4x4GWWi5zv7Yr08DgKOZTqBMhbccTd9p0lzsMTWKwiyK6hMcpcvLbbk4MHTCMNTjxo8WtvmHxKEirCdIY3O39VVtKIbYA1sG-7sfp8-Q1m9o4Nb043NAown4051p1MsG5qqM3oQIRtUPWU8I0UKxNBoM9Wlo5_s-DbXWUhOKaMgbWg8/s450/gila-green-welcome-2021%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfv-8vwXQkzdHb4x4GWWi5zv7Yr08DgKOZTqBMhbccTd9p0lzsMTWKwiyK6hMcpcvLbbk4MHTCMNTjxo8WtvmHxKEirCdIY3O39VVtKIbYA1sG-7sfp8-Q1m9o4Nb043NAown4051p1MsG5qqM3oQIRtUPWU8I0UKxNBoM9Wlo5_s-DbXWUhOKaMgbWg8/s320/gila-green-welcome-2021%20(1).jpg" width="256" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Gila Green</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">grew up in Ottawa then moved to Johannesburg before settling outside of
Tel Aviv. She is the author of dozens of short stories, and three novels and
one novel-in-stories: <i>White Zion</i> (Cervena Barva Press), <i>King of the Class</i> (NON Publishing, Vancouver), <i>Passport Control</i> (S&H
Publishing) and <i>No Entry</i> (Stormbird Press, Australia).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Plus, Gila has two more novels coming: <i>With a Good Eye</i> to
be released August 2024 available for pre-order</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #404040;"> </span><b><a href="https://www.aospublishing.com/gilagreen" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> and <i>The Inheritance</i> to be
released in 2025 (both from Ace of Swords Publishing Montreal).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">When she is not writing or mothering her five children, her
daughter-in-law or two sons-in-law, Gila teaches EFL and edits manuscripts.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This review was originally published on Gila’s blog </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://gilagreenwrites.com/blog" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Henry’s upcoming </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="background-color: white;">Friday, April
5 – Monday, April 8, 2024</span><br /><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">Register soon to be sure of a spot!</b><br /><span style="background-color: white;">
Sherwood Inn on Lake Joseph</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">
1090 Sherwood Road, Port Carling, Ontario, Canada (Map </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sherwood+Inn/@45.1063804,-79.6514392,16z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x4d2af66972a04537:0xfe4858bcbeca31a9!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d45.1063804!4d-79.6470565" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white;">)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Give
yourself four days of writing time </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">–</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> a
long weekend of instruction, inspiration and creativity. Award yourself with
time away from distractions, with no dishes to do, delicious food at
every meal, and with the leisure you need to sit with your feet up and
write.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The retreat
will feature both instruction and guided writing exercises, plus one-on-one
critiquing and coaching from Brian. You’ll also have lots of time to
relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect with your creativity. All writing levels
welcome. Whether you’re just beginning or have a novel in progress, please join
us. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGhvkqwHdNSIJcYckjzprvO4aMwR5hfjrM3DvpYbWVd3ALQSCsKcPEm6fBDiTw1skX8K-3JQ2asIlQaDhE_PLxC4Xf1VsB_owtysgizJFMq-BYhuV8qWb8trov5tsTBcjHmq5ldwKJQf3CkYhS10Pz7XjPLzR8Btp5SJcn21FENnWR3rqVXBlW-hGVjzt/s960/night%20sky.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGhvkqwHdNSIJcYckjzprvO4aMwR5hfjrM3DvpYbWVd3ALQSCsKcPEm6fBDiTw1skX8K-3JQ2asIlQaDhE_PLxC4Xf1VsB_owtysgizJFMq-BYhuV8qWb8trov5tsTBcjHmq5ldwKJQf3CkYhS10Pz7XjPLzR8Btp5SJcn21FENnWR3rqVXBlW-hGVjzt/s320/night%20sky.jpg" width="259" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
setting:</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sherwood is an elegant resort started some eighty years ago by Harry
Draper, a Toronto lawyer who fell in love with the Muskoka’s. He envisioned
Sherwood as a charming estate rather than as a sprawling hotel and wanted
guests to feel as if they were staying at a friend’s cottage. Sherwood
Inn, especially the Inn building itself, still maintains that warm, old-Muskoka
charm. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thomas B. Costain, author of numerous best-selling historical novels,
including <i>The Chalice</i> and <i>The Black Rose,</i> was
a regular guest, so the Inn has a track record as a good spot for writing.
Lawren Harris and George Thomson (brother of Tom Thomson) both painted here,
though the century-old pines surrounding the Inn would have been a bit younger
then.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Rates
include </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">accommodation.</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Rooms
are located in the main Inn. Each </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">room includes a<span style="background: white;"> queen bed, an en-suite three-piece bathroom, and
a desk (for writing).</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">All meals</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">– Friday
dinner, Saturday and Sunday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Monday breakfast and
lunch – are provided, as are coffee & snack breaks on Saturday and Sunday.
Alcoholic beverages are extra, as are golf and Spa treatments.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Activities
included: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We seem to be headed for an early spring,
but we’ll still definitely be too early for water sports. Expect daytime
temperatures above freezing, but it's possible there will still be some snow on the ground,
especially in the forest, and maybe still ice on the lake (but melting – so
don’t go walking on it!) The hiking trails, though, are great, and there are
fat bikes, a regular bonfire, and a fitness room. Unlike our Algonquin
retreats, there is also Internet, so if you <strong>must </strong>know what’s going on in the world, you can
keep up. We recommend, though, that you kick back, relax, and let
your creative juices flow.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pTpEpE6tojZl4b1YZgQ9VXaHSsKgXgaKRDr7JtmHTXa9Rsr8MKz-xaZap3Ckcld0D5_4D7ce-ASUmmH0Jup3TkgtC2ENCKNGgfMRX778RSUgQ6jZaeHlwbxmfW_VQjDPcApkh4knSLIMe7iCUM61JD8ALbaPVMOZBi3niAOUM61LiF9JM6mh9fhfMzMp/s550/winter%20sherwood%20trails.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="550" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pTpEpE6tojZl4b1YZgQ9VXaHSsKgXgaKRDr7JtmHTXa9Rsr8MKz-xaZap3Ckcld0D5_4D7ce-ASUmmH0Jup3TkgtC2ENCKNGgfMRX778RSUgQ6jZaeHlwbxmfW_VQjDPcApkh4knSLIMe7iCUM61JD8ALbaPVMOZBi3niAOUM61LiF9JM6mh9fhfMzMp/w449-h336/winter%20sherwood%20trails.jpg" width="449" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Additional
activities: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Inn also features a comfortable licensed lounge and a spa. “True
North MVMNT is dedicated to getting you moving towards your happiest and
healthiest self! We provide professional Massage Therapy and Esthetic services
for all ages and backgrounds.” Spa treatments are not included in the
package, but if you're interested, you should certainly book an
appointment (<a href="https://www.massagebook.com/Port_Carling~Massage~TrueNorthMVMNT?src=external#about" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>). </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">There are various attractions in the area, including the Muskoka Lakes
(Cranberry) Farm and Winery, just 8 minutes down the road, and cruises out of Port
Carling, weather permitting. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Check-in</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">on Friday
is 4 p.m. Our first writing get-together will be at 5 p.m. Check-out on Monday
is at 11:30 a.m. Followed by lunch. Feel free to arrive early – your
room may well be ready – and in any case, before 4 p.m. on Friday and after
lunch on Monday, you're welcome to use the resort's facilities. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhquTwOMWhLAhM2GT5UI5e6Ee87fVxZX7BDuLrpM_Y1WbImoGdNzgRZVXqLcGNU4M3PZvNL63vk41jCvcXAw_2HOgBSeoHN-8KUH_Xej0ILcJSRGPNfPAZQpKk7HrpOy0mrddzgkpSmWDTCBGIT09LUYUcjWpS5SLNryCqq-jOPw2gxXHjBR6TwVHP5SKD/s200/Brian%20at%20Jitterbug.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhquTwOMWhLAhM2GT5UI5e6Ee87fVxZX7BDuLrpM_Y1WbImoGdNzgRZVXqLcGNU4M3PZvNL63vk41jCvcXAw_2HOgBSeoHN-8KUH_Xej0ILcJSRGPNfPAZQpKk7HrpOy0mrddzgkpSmWDTCBGIT09LUYUcjWpS5SLNryCqq-jOPw2gxXHjBR6TwVHP5SKD/w164-h164/Brian%20at%20Jitterbug.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Instructor </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Brian Henry</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">has been a
book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He
publishes<b> </b>Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for
writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops
everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his
proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first
book published and launch their careers as authors.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #006600; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read more about
Sherwood Inn </span></b>and about
previous retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Review%20of%20writing%20retreat" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>here</b></span></a></span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">{and scroll
down}.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fees:</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Including <b>both</b> the
writing retreat <b>and</b> accommodation, meals, coffee & snack
service, and all resort amenities<b>:</b> $1484.96, plus 13% hst for
the three nights.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">All fees
include tips.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Not
included in any quoted prices:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> alcoholic drinks, spa
services, golf, or other extras (tipping for these is also extra).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><a name="_Hlk78639876"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bring a (non-participating) significant other</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk78639876;"></span><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">along for the weekend to share your Inn room for an
additional $149.56 plus hst per night ($169 per night) (includes
accommodation, meals and all resort amenities, but not the writing part of the
retreat or our coffee breaks).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Book early – space is limited!</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">For more
information or to register, email: </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3a_gf_4gRSO0GzhJZdQziDL34xLdInd70Cl40KegYoNP0QLBF55K1-Roc3N6txuO9DOaQ5kic72cPzAKveGYkHgU5IBBJq-YtuKpd9H7VMOQL-69JrElinDZERcw5_SYU-BQm8kI9GczrmBPzCD9UZzGvULADAmQC6xNYV7puJQYiY3u8HzLMnLtJ4sX/s1000/Winter%20sherwood%20dining%20-fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3a_gf_4gRSO0GzhJZdQziDL34xLdInd70Cl40KegYoNP0QLBF55K1-Roc3N6txuO9DOaQ5kic72cPzAKveGYkHgU5IBBJq-YtuKpd9H7VMOQL-69JrElinDZERcw5_SYU-BQm8kI9GczrmBPzCD9UZzGvULADAmQC6xNYV7puJQYiY3u8HzLMnLtJ4sX/w456-h256/Winter%20sherwood%20dining%20-fire.jpg" width="456" /></a></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Note:</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Bookings for accommodations for this retreat
must be done through Brian (unlike our retreats in Algonquin, where you book
your accommodations through the resort). Participants may be able to tack on
additional nights at the resort before or after the retreat; these are offered
at a special discounted rate. Additional nights need to be booked directly
with the resort, after booking your space in the workshop.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Who can
attend the retreat?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Everyone interested
in developing their writing skills is welcome to attend, whether you're
aspiring writer or an accomplished author or simply enjoy writing as a
hobby. There is no requirement for you to have been previously published
or even to have an intention to publish.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Should I
bring my work in progress?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yes! If you
have an on-going writing project, bring it with you. Bring more than you expect
to get to; you'll have lots of time for writing. Besides, you may want to
switch projects or share a project that’s just started or one that’s all done,
except for reading it to a small, appreciative audience. If you’re not
currently working on anything, don’t worry, we’ll get you writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_YMIX0PlbE4DztlKfM5P10KRD5T6QH3AtB_elm5XfQX20nU68iHxvuKbnxgb_3yVdIvGNo4vJU9LH2iHDOR23B6FI3VLzw6SpxOF59wpSWA3Jd8XHFpNcm7-QZiHXxqD0wg-yKDTekmmwYvudUmx-WDUbyKLh2Y1aokyOb5Vl67PyXxCUvICBzLxDdyu/s275/snowdrop%20vertical.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_YMIX0PlbE4DztlKfM5P10KRD5T6QH3AtB_elm5XfQX20nU68iHxvuKbnxgb_3yVdIvGNo4vJU9LH2iHDOR23B6FI3VLzw6SpxOF59wpSWA3Jd8XHFpNcm7-QZiHXxqD0wg-yKDTekmmwYvudUmx-WDUbyKLh2Y1aokyOb5Vl67PyXxCUvICBzLxDdyu/s1600/snowdrop%20vertical.jpg" width="183" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Should I
bring my laptop?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yes! Unless
you only work on paper. Even better, bring both – your laptop and your writing pad. No
sense being short of essential supplies.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I'm a poet
/ playwright / other writer. Is this retreat for me?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The retreat is open to anyone who enjoys writing. Instruction will focus
on narrative writing; i.e., stories, whether fiction or memoir. But if you’re
an essayist or poet or whatever, you’re entirely welcome.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Can you cater to specific dietary requirements?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yes! But please let me know ASAP. The resort would like those sorts of
details a month in advance. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I want to
stay longer or arrive early. Is that possible?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you want
to arrive early or stay longer, that’s fine. You’ll book the Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday night with Brian, and arrange any additional nights with the resort;
just make sure they know you’re with Brian Henry’s writing group – they’ve got
a good rate for you.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Is there
cell phone reception and WIFI?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yes.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">How about
alcohol?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The resort
serves alcohol with meals and has a licensed lounge. Guests are also welcome to
bring their own wine, beer or whatever for consumption in their room. (Though
do note that Hemingway’s advice to write drunk, mostly produces drivel.)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(254, 255, 255); line-height: 18pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Yk6Q3gx0rrWAMxxp0Mm6V_iZhmSRFGMmrZnZq6spUaNGPCbhfOLZyWOWUN6JH64qVu1cZZT5QgUfsEmnKwGMsJxnigYIQltTRcTa-cebyOwBTFoQobHarpUeRoMkvLLlnHHjLn0SS-dQlnP5fciCoDA_uEao-jFCJZqlxVwVcZpumW0B6tWBzpPBng-5/s800/winter-spring%20sherwod.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="800" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Yk6Q3gx0rrWAMxxp0Mm6V_iZhmSRFGMmrZnZq6spUaNGPCbhfOLZyWOWUN6JH64qVu1cZZT5QgUfsEmnKwGMsJxnigYIQltTRcTa-cebyOwBTFoQobHarpUeRoMkvLLlnHHjLn0SS-dQlnP5fciCoDA_uEao-jFCJZqlxVwVcZpumW0B6tWBzpPBng-5/w416-h260/winter-spring%20sherwod.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Can I use
the spa at the resort or play a round of golf?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Yes, you can certainly book a spa treatment, though that’s extra,
and you book these directly with the resort {not through Brian}. And just
before you go up, you can check with the resort whether golf courses in the
area will be open, but even though we’re headed for an early spring, I doubt
it.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Can I bring
my spouse (or partner or friend)?</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you want
to share your room with a partner, they’re very welcome. Inn rooms each have
one queen bed. Just let your partner know you’ll be spending most of your time
writing, (though you will have some free time every day).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBS16VRANGbAzApty9qE5DMMYH6N67T649E6IpIvwog3Y2TT1RTzKBdak59HhC8I7oDS5E_JK0EuSuFRobFgpgvJ_lxy2s-GJIbQDy-A7iun3pxA4qEwGVgnlRLpP8gpKp56SIjw54SZg1YCJyoa1Psa9OAG26uW_7ekVJCSa0CAqoDnZbG_cWrj9ISg2/s880/Fox%20kits%20in%20snow.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="880" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBS16VRANGbAzApty9qE5DMMYH6N67T649E6IpIvwog3Y2TT1RTzKBdak59HhC8I7oDS5E_JK0EuSuFRobFgpgvJ_lxy2s-GJIbQDy-A7iun3pxA4qEwGVgnlRLpP8gpKp56SIjw54SZg1YCJyoa1Psa9OAG26uW_7ekVJCSa0CAqoDnZbG_cWrj9ISg2/w240-h160/Fox%20kits%20in%20snow.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For more
information or to register, email: </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>***</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-63196103377212989962024-02-22T18:17:00.002-05:002024-02-22T18:17:28.067-05:00Last call for the CBC Nonfiction Prize<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSozSM78nIFNXk3cxA7-dH7iz-GAt-DNaY5EkpI3MlvFxCLEbMiLsBYKtatZFmyJ8MWs9CffbvSG6W9H0AVe2LzHB2unKUi4DBzjL3tuhyphenhypheni_a4fJmwGDgRqtTO9g4CLb92cFY51Eq-dO_8Udj35QK49qJKjvYyepK_VyfkTMLNFMukYmIKKUqDoaejpXsP/s620/CBC%20nonfiction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="620" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSozSM78nIFNXk3cxA7-dH7iz-GAt-DNaY5EkpI3MlvFxCLEbMiLsBYKtatZFmyJ8MWs9CffbvSG6W9H0AVe2LzHB2unKUi4DBzjL3tuhyphenhypheni_a4fJmwGDgRqtTO9g4CLb92cFY51Eq-dO_8Udj35QK49qJKjvYyepK_VyfkTMLNFMukYmIKKUqDoaejpXsP/w640-h360/CBC%20nonfiction.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize is
open for submissions<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">You can submit original,
unpublished nonfiction that is up to 2,000 words. There is no minimum word
requirement. Nonfiction includes memoir, biography, humour writing, essay
(including personal essay), travel writing and feature articles.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The prize is open to all
Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Work that has been
published online or in print or recorded for broadcast is considered
"previously published" and is not eligible. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Entry fee: $25</span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Prizes: The winner will receive </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">$6,000</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> from
the Canada Council for the Arts, have the opportunity to attend a two-week
writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and
have their work published on CBC Books.</span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Four finalists will each
receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their
story published on CBC Books. And all the longlisted writers will be
featured on CBC Books.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Deadline:
March 1, 2024.</span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Full
guidelines </span></span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/2024-cbc-nonfiction-prize-is-now-open-1.7065731" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span><p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">See Brian Henry’s upcoming </span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">weekly
writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats </span></span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.</span></span></p><p></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-71190912197553595962024-02-21T07:55:00.002-05:002024-02-21T07:55:38.111-05:00Going along with President Biden might be the smart move, but the smart move isn’t always the wise move” by Brian Henry<p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsqIiLOlK4zCm2QkXkgka2k7yJJTrJukKNYs8vInMATghRCUfdVxSwbo6xXFqI2g01FUzo0jJL22RxPtlClFTb6bCTCltoSPE6ovbxw3Yg2nsQTxqQn8jVgmePkavsNk1XepM5PtLNsA02zIV6bf7w1Du8m0StcRKelBfUfweTcp4abvEvwIBpyxtWpjJ/s1200/dove%20peace.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsqIiLOlK4zCm2QkXkgka2k7yJJTrJukKNYs8vInMATghRCUfdVxSwbo6xXFqI2g01FUzo0jJL22RxPtlClFTb6bCTCltoSPE6ovbxw3Yg2nsQTxqQn8jVgmePkavsNk1XepM5PtLNsA02zIV6bf7w1Du8m0StcRKelBfUfweTcp4abvEvwIBpyxtWpjJ/w654-h341/dove%20peace.webp" width="654" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Sane Israelis have had to set their
sights lower: not peace, just security.”</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We’ve heard only two pieces of wisdom</span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> about the day after Israel
defeats Hamas.</span></span><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: var(--size-20) 0; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Israel’s
president, Isaac Herzog – a dovish leftwing kind of guy – had this to say at
the World Economic Forum in Davos: “No Israelis in their right mind” are
thinking about the peace process right now. … </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19pt; margin: var(--size-20) 0; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #404040;">Read the
rest </span><a href="https://canadianzionistforum.substack.com/p/going-along-with-president-biden" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a><span style="color: #404040; font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></p></blockquote><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: var(--size-20) 0; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read more of Brian’s essays
</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/essays%20by%20Brian" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">
{and scroll down}.</span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-4333208463223848462024-02-19T21:16:00.002-05:002024-02-19T21:16:57.989-05:00New book coming out: Autokrator by Emily A. Weedon<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJFzeIZi1eRl8K1wm1M9Qb3hA4DOeoZoaD2P-PYGr9ZEsDsA3Fv6ZnBUfCPhHy6wKcucX6UfmuR1zFZsA3XRubIwmnlMcCF_AAxiip87J4s2BoOr8HJZajMGjYTbcRdKxfPrGWveXR2K_BTnLb7oVWfMt3dHFibvZFzcLkHATzLASOcwWd3h1bm9-SE9e/s1000/Autokrator.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJFzeIZi1eRl8K1wm1M9Qb3hA4DOeoZoaD2P-PYGr9ZEsDsA3Fv6ZnBUfCPhHy6wKcucX6UfmuR1zFZsA3XRubIwmnlMcCF_AAxiip87J4s2BoOr8HJZajMGjYTbcRdKxfPrGWveXR2K_BTnLb7oVWfMt3dHFibvZFzcLkHATzLASOcwWd3h1bm9-SE9e/s320/Autokrator.jpg" width="210" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Hi there, Brian.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Always glad to see your emails and that you are
busy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">It’s been busy for me – a Canadian Screen Award for
Writing on Chateau Laurier last year and a gig writing four scripts in the
writing room on Corus Ent/Sphere Media's Red Ketchup animated tv series on
Stack TV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">My novel, </span><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Autokrator,</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> FINALLY comes out this year from Cormorant. It's been at the
printer for about a week so I feel fairly safe saying so now.... Fairly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;">Leah Eichler, who runs <a href="https://esotericamagazine.substack.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Esoterica</span></i></a> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">gave me my pull quote:</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">What
happens when you strip women of all their rights? Autokrator offers a chilling
insight into a brutal but not completely unfamiliar world, where the patriarchy
runs amok to devastating consequences. Weedon skillfully builds a dystopian
universe, inviting the reader to live out the lives of two “Unmales” who battle
the orthodoxy, one for power and the other for love. Their continued survival,
despite the terrifying horrors occurring all around them, raises many
questions, most notably: Will we ever find our way back to a more just society?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">In
a post Roe v Wade environment, where reproduction trumps individual rights,
it’s hard not to read this sweeping saga with terror. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">– Leah
Eichler, Publisher, Esoterica Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><i>Emily</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">I blog about writing and the book and films and other things at: </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://www.emilyweedon.com" target="_blank">www.emilyweedon.com</a></span></span></p>
<p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mUHgjV743nAqKDOY1qhA-IW2EwCmEhh5ylrgmOjVgMVuT0Adscjcys0iwu5YxQeszIRCZoMdv_64lEjUYleYaRnTuKsN7jmyBVLG8uCezDZ_zo-HFy_oBfZh78P-dtHj62GQ0_KV52ZDyDZImNOcXyxcA4TEyQrsbYDBjVdV6rmQKUA5LFc-EvbSyU5b/s1000/Emily-Weedon-1000-x-750%20(1).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mUHgjV743nAqKDOY1qhA-IW2EwCmEhh5ylrgmOjVgMVuT0Adscjcys0iwu5YxQeszIRCZoMdv_64lEjUYleYaRnTuKsN7jmyBVLG8uCezDZ_zo-HFy_oBfZh78P-dtHj62GQ0_KV52ZDyDZImNOcXyxcA4TEyQrsbYDBjVdV6rmQKUA5LFc-EvbSyU5b/s320/Emily-Weedon-1000-x-750%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Autokrator</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">by </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Emily
A. Weedon</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">In
her debut novel, Emily </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Weedon
creates a deeply-etched, speculative world in which two women, born nameless,
fight against their tyrannical society. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The
disappearance of yet another Domestic means Cera must take on extra duties and
tend the rooms of The Kratorling, the young successor to the Autokracy.
Face-to-face with him, Cera realizes he is her son, taken from her at birth.
She vows to make herself known to him, no matter the cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Driven
by a Machiavellian mind and ego, Tiresius has successfully hidden her Unmale
status in plain sight for years. She rose through the ranks of the Autokracy to
reach the highest levels of government. She revels in the power she has
attained, but her ruse makes her a gender criminal, which is an act punishable
by death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Both Cera and Tiresius are determined to
achieve their goals, but, for better or worse, their actions begin to dismantle
the framework and foundations of the auto</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">k</span><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">racy itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Emily A. Weedon</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">…</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">
is a debut author, but is an award-winning screenwriter. She co-wrote,
co-created, and co-produced the web series <i>Chateau Laurier</i>. She and
co-writer Kent Staines were awarded Best Writing in a Web Series at the
Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. She is also a graphic designer, musician, set
painter, and artist. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">She played music professionally and has released 3
EPs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="TableStyle1" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Autokrator</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">comes out April 13,
2024. It’s available for pre-order form Indigo / Chapters <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/autokrator/9781770866850.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Navigation tips:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Buttons at the
top of the page underneath the banner will lead you to different pages and distinct
collections of postings. For example, there’s a button to take you to postings
about Literary Agents. In the righthand column near the top of the page, there
are further categories you can click on; for example, a link to postings about Canadian
Literary Agents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">But also, check out the Labels underneath a post; they’ll lead you to various distinct
collections of postings. See more new books by your fellow authors </span><b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Books" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></b><span style="color: #222222;">
{and scroll down}, and see where people are getting short pieces published,
winning contests, finding agents, landing book contracts, and so forth </span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Where%20your%20fellow%20writers%20are%20getting%20published" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;"> {and
scroll down}.</span></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-84329176882611842042024-02-17T20:21:00.000-05:002024-02-17T20:21:49.038-05:00Canadian literary agency Transatlantic has four agents looking for your manuscripts<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kJHu7SAghyphenhyphenO3v4a4fSor49rZkSzv83vptnCXcnk7syn9hZeIQ50UDaEixksvTsEk5HdFAuQP3UqhlJMltbGkRFEsaL10w9z24_NKX0yBfG-djrrrqUrlsPHhXxigRedLS0mdoimNJBhpFpm3QjWnGSx-0lX2lnx-1Gouz6Ig00Au7wgQ9IsXTLmDiJUl/s1000/Lucky.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kJHu7SAghyphenhyphenO3v4a4fSor49rZkSzv83vptnCXcnk7syn9hZeIQ50UDaEixksvTsEk5HdFAuQP3UqhlJMltbGkRFEsaL10w9z24_NKX0yBfG-djrrrqUrlsPHhXxigRedLS0mdoimNJBhpFpm3QjWnGSx-0lX2lnx-1Gouz6Ig00Au7wgQ9IsXTLmDiJUl/s320/Lucky.jpg" width="213" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Transatlantic Agency</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>
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Suite 3500<br />
Toronto, Ontario, Canada </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.transatlanticagency.com/" target="_blank">https://www.transatlanticagency.com/</a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Note:</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can now
get new postings</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">on Quick Brown Fox delivered
straight to your Inbox as I publish them. Subscribe to the new Quick Brown
Fox page on Substack here: </span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://brian999.substack.com/</a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">You can also get an email about twice a month about what’s coming
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email in the Sign-Up box in the righthand column. ~Brian </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Transatlantic Agency</span></b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">is a leading literary management company
with a team of 20 experienced agents based in cities across North America. They
offer a full spectrum of career representation to authors (Adult, Children’s
& YA, and illustrators) and storytellers (Speakers, Industry leaders &
Influencers) across all genres and formats for book, content development,
speaking and TV & Film.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Transatlantic
represents more than 700 American, Canadian and internationally bestselling and
award-winning clients, writing commercial and literary fiction and nonfiction,
graphic novels, and picture books. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Books
by Transatlantic’s clients regularly appear on notable bestseller lists across
North America and have won major awards such as the Newbery Medal (U.S.), the
Giller Prize (Canada), Michael L. Printz Honor Book (U.S.), and the Governor
General’s Award for both adult and children’s literature (Canada).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Four of their agents are
open to queries:</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh600To4nYlLy7I6WheQl_1e73HkX7xK9ReXSobY_R54g6K3nlay2K4Zn6ugen90ZXO4E72FKDW_aoX5_Om338Mrv6_McwHVB6ni9FSYHKQSnAWzS8A0bu0i2P06zzkObtZLdGOv6LxG7RoCmaK8-r-VsTCwCdVjI4peKRbi4_APtiJe4X2poZ4AiBgkL3B/s1827/JaneChunheadshot.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="1827" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh600To4nYlLy7I6WheQl_1e73HkX7xK9ReXSobY_R54g6K3nlay2K4Zn6ugen90ZXO4E72FKDW_aoX5_Om338Mrv6_McwHVB6ni9FSYHKQSnAWzS8A0bu0i2P06zzkObtZLdGOv6LxG7RoCmaK8-r-VsTCwCdVjI4peKRbi4_APtiJe4X2poZ4AiBgkL3B/w261-h261/JaneChunheadshot.png" width="261" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Jane Chun</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">joined Transatlantic in 2023 after four years at Janklow &
Nesbit Associates. Prior to her time at J&N, she worked on a freelance
project for HG Literary and interned at Writers House and Maximum Films &
Management.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Before entering the
publishing world, Jane attended NYU where she majored in History and minored in
Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology; Creative Writing; and
Spanish. She returned to NYU shortly after graduation and a brief stint at
Asian CineVision and the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) to
receive her M.S. in Publishing with distinction. She is a native New Yorker.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Jane is particularly
interested in stories that center marginalized communities and prose that is
cinematic and atmospheric with good rhythm. In both fiction and nonfiction, she
is drawn towards compelling, fresh voices that make her feel as though the writer
is in the room with her, telling her their story with intimacy as if they were
already acquainted. Regardless of how plot-driven a story is, characters with
rich inner worlds and emotional depth are a must for her.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For fiction,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Jane is seeking commercial, upmarket, and literary works in adult,
middle grade, and young adult about the search for and rebuilding of identity,
diaspora, family and community, and examinations of power in relationships.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">She is also looking for
fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction that delve into sharp social
commentary and have meticulous world building and settings that don’t feel like
Western Europe.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For historical fiction,
she likes hidden histories and anything that is set in a time or place she’s
not familiar with or focuses on a community that has been often overlooked if
it’s a time/place she knows.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">For
nonfiction</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, Jane is looking for memoirs and
narrative nonfiction with a nuanced, intersectional approach and similar themes
to her interests in fiction. She also is interested in books about food,
travel, pop culture, and cultural criticism that dive deeply and thoughtfully
into culture and traditions, particularly those written by authors of color.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In addition to
traditional prose, she is very interested in <b>graphic novels</b> <b>and
graphic nonfiction. </b>She is looking for stylistically engaging, unique art
that feels either nostalgic without being derivative or fresh and
boundary-pushing. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">At the moment, she is
open to picture books only by referral.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">She is <b>not</b> the
right person for prescriptive nonfiction, self-help, religion/spirituality
books, romance, commercial thrillers, hard sci-fi, poetry, or short story
collections. Best send those to someone else.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Query Jane</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> through her Query Manager </span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://querymanager.com/query/janechun" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>here</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you’re
interested in meeting an agent and in getting published, check out our
upcoming </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">“How to Get Published” </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">workshops. Details </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/How%20to%20Get%20Published" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">here</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AaresZUT9aiwFJmW6VK7FCm54DAfeyasVll13Cfi2CvhBgVGR8JMyUCC8FZylVTikgqUGRuVjN99BLbqG0VKd2XU2LSZYI1pC0WI3Ps124Q72iInCzUVbre4vwE2G_t_IwDTa2-yvBHsei81S9WDOM5_YZkKh3gkHhUXkH5g9xBbAUNFRwar6OEGwOu7/s300/Pieter-Swinkels-lined-ftw-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AaresZUT9aiwFJmW6VK7FCm54DAfeyasVll13Cfi2CvhBgVGR8JMyUCC8FZylVTikgqUGRuVjN99BLbqG0VKd2XU2LSZYI1pC0WI3Ps124Q72iInCzUVbre4vwE2G_t_IwDTa2-yvBHsei81S9WDOM5_YZkKh3gkHhUXkH5g9xBbAUNFRwar6OEGwOu7/w263-h263/Pieter-Swinkels-lined-ftw-300x300.jpg" width="263" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pieter
Swinkels</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> is Transatlantic’s Director of Operations and a
Literary Agent. He represents literary fiction and nonfiction authors, plus
corporate publishing clients from around the world. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pieter started his literary publishing career at the premiere Dutch
publishing houses De Bezige Bij and Meulenhoff Publishers in Amsterdam, where
he published bestselling and critically-acclaimed authors such as Elizabeth
Gilbert, Ann Patchett, Robert Harris and Karin Slaughter. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Before joining Transatlantic Agency, Pieter worked as Chief Content
Officer at Rakuten Kobo, leading Kobo’s global publisher relations, the
self-publishing platform Kobo Writing Life, the Kobo Originals publishing
program, and the launch of Audiobooks and Kobo Plus subscriptions. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pieter holds a Cum Laude MA degree in English Language & Literature
from the University of Amsterdam, and a MPhil in Irish Literature from Trinity
College Dublin. He lives and works in Toronto.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Query Pieter at: </span></b><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0cm;"><a href="mailto:querypieter@transatlanticagency.com" target="_blank">querypieter@transatlanticagency.com</a></span></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Include a sample or excerpt in the body of the email, maximum 20 pages.
Embed the sample/excerpt into the body of the email after the cover letter.
Plus an author bio or publishing history and a synopsis. Please note if other
agents are also considering the project and do not submit to Pieter if you have
already submitted to another Transatlantic Agent.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOD9RRUiM8bu41RaPyGcRpMe3EilE1YlguhLr1wpVbysUfB55sbE8X2VL9CNWSbdSRI5-guUa6DB3DOW7mf8gyKbZYw5-spP1LvS-kjt23xDmSQoTR-AWr1A3gXynAjXBw4jDdB3YK2BJ2YfGbS4RhhyAzDdDiaZDF29siVZ-zMLdsOgk8GGHzx_Tx6OW/s300/Carolyn-Forde-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOD9RRUiM8bu41RaPyGcRpMe3EilE1YlguhLr1wpVbysUfB55sbE8X2VL9CNWSbdSRI5-guUa6DB3DOW7mf8gyKbZYw5-spP1LvS-kjt23xDmSQoTR-AWr1A3gXynAjXBw4jDdB3YK2BJ2YfGbS4RhhyAzDdDiaZDF29siVZ-zMLdsOgk8GGHzx_Tx6OW/w280-h280/Carolyn-Forde-300x300.jpg" width="280" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Carolyn
Forde</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">was a literary agent and International Rights
Director at Westwood Creative Artists for 14 years before joining
Transatlantic.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">For the last decade Carolyn has traveled to both the London Book Fair
and the Frankfurt Book Fair and New York regularly, and she continues to do so
in her new role at Transatlantic. Carolyn has lived and worked in Japan, Mexico
and the Czech Republic and is a dual citizen of Canada and the UK.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Carolyn would love to see
literary fiction (especially speculative and horror), commercial fiction,
narrative nonfiction by experts in the field and is open minded to a broad
range of topics and styles – as long as it engages her. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">There are a few things
she’s <b>not</b> keen on: medical/disease related memoirs, police procedurals,
climate thrillers, military or CIA fiction, cozy mysteries, books about film
and tv behind the scenes, and fantasy. Don’t send her any of these.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Query Carolyn
at:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="mailto:querycarolyn@transatlanticagency.com" target="_blank">querycarolyn@transatlanticagency.com</a></span></span><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Include the </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">first 20 pages within the body of your query – attachments will not
be opened (double spaced and 12 pt font).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs_MJPe1hl3Rw3-IP2rHZER7cQT8aZxYVVnM99uRrO1hoDAmTutH-mx0yONJT4GZfCrAtl8xxzhhoSXyrrFw_UqafLLNonbeaQO5r8ZW5repu9YbR8NQ7uvKOTEKbblSyhEiFGH8DKlzD1IMUdtvjfUmG9snIFOPHl9rQ-nP14Hm7vAqbDxU2SyKFpY9K/s640/Samantha%20Haywood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs_MJPe1hl3Rw3-IP2rHZER7cQT8aZxYVVnM99uRrO1hoDAmTutH-mx0yONJT4GZfCrAtl8xxzhhoSXyrrFw_UqafLLNonbeaQO5r8ZW5repu9YbR8NQ7uvKOTEKbblSyhEiFGH8DKlzD1IMUdtvjfUmG9snIFOPHl9rQ-nP14Hm7vAqbDxU2SyKFpY9K/s320/Samantha%20Haywood.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Samantha Haywood</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">is President of the Transatlantic Agency. She has extensive
experience selling authors in North America for publication and TV/film
representation. She launched her client list with Transatlantic Agency in 2004
after working in the international rights departments of Random House of Canada
and Westwood Creative Artists. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Samantha
represents a diverse and vibrant client list of novelists, memoirists,
investigative journalists, graphic novelists, cookbook authors and thought
leaders. Samantha represents international rights for the renown publisher,
Drawn & Quarterly. She is also a founding member and former President of
PACLA, the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Plurality of voices,
stories and authors of all backgrounds are encouraged! Originality and
diversity in her client list is the objective.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In
fiction, Samantha is looking for literary fiction and upmarket commercial
fiction of all types. Getting more specific, yes to: smart contemporary
fiction, upmarket women’s fiction, upmarket escapist fiction, crossover/hybrid
style novels, and sophisticated novels with speculative or horror elements with
a genre slant. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Yes
to literary thrillers and upmarket mystery. Witty, sharp, biting or satirical
elements are also welcome, especially when it comes to socio-political issues
including class and late-stage capitalism. Yes also to fiction which examines
identity, gender/sexuality and/or racism through a unique lens. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In
nonfiction, Samantha prefers narrative nonfiction and big idea nonfiction,
especially on culturally relevant topics such as feminism, environmentalism,
Indigenous issues, societal inequities with forecasts for progress. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">She
represents some prescriptive, inspirational and motivational nonfiction,
matched with expertise and a platform, and preferably with a personal story
woven throughout. Yes also to investigative reportage; historical narratives
handled in refreshing ways, true crime with societal implications and
occasionally an outstanding memoir (must be truly original or well-known
subjects). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Essentially,
she’s looking for a strong narrative drive and distinctive voice at all times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Graphic Novels
(fiction/non-fiction): Preferably full-length graphic novels with author and
illustrator as one creator, or already teamed-up. Graphic novel memoirs,
biographies, travel narratives and other nonfiction graphica also welcome.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Query Samantha at:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="mailto:querysamantha@transatlanticagency.com" target="_blank">querysamantha@transatlanticagency.com</a></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Authors are encouraged to email a cover letter
with a sample/excerpt of the book in question. Please submit a maximum of 20
pages. Embed the sample/excerpt into the email after the cover letter. Graphic
novel submissions may include an attachment. Please submit an author
bio/publishing history and a synopsis. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See
Transatlantic’s submissions page </span><a href="https://www.transatlanticagency.com/submissions/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>here</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zJAyExVikqAGdQRUCwsoIQSqmwoWMZLLBqasz6cMqFdF-VcMZd61foudaCySKurlPIhJLc99xYCloQMjpNeQjHINyacQuN1UdwCClcD9Y_ey1IkcY4Iy-NgtpT8Tl_lIYODWuZ-iYm-wZ7Ipz_NQRJrBEksPx8xjkbKU7Ztxj4F3ACFBPM9s_4vATVcc/s275/snowdrop%20vertical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zJAyExVikqAGdQRUCwsoIQSqmwoWMZLLBqasz6cMqFdF-VcMZd61foudaCySKurlPIhJLc99xYCloQMjpNeQjHINyacQuN1UdwCClcD9Y_ey1IkcY4Iy-NgtpT8Tl_lIYODWuZ-iYm-wZ7Ipz_NQRJrBEksPx8xjkbKU7Ztxj4F3ACFBPM9s_4vATVcc/s1600/snowdrop%20vertical.jpg" width="183" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Don't miss out on our upcoming </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Early Spring
Writing Retreat</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">at </span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #006600; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sherwood Inn, in Muskoka.</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> Details </span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Writing%20retreats" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">here</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">{and scroll
down – because there's more than one retreat coming up}.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">To grow as a writer, join a </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly creative writing class.</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Check out all upcoming courses <a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/02/spring-classes-starting-soon-welcome-to.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">To reserve a
spot or for more details about any course, workshop or retreat, email</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See all of
Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend
retreats </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">here</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Navigation tips:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Always check out the Labels underneath a post; they’ll lead you to
various distinct collections of postings. If you're searching for a literary
agent who represents a particular type of book, check out </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2017/02/ten-literary-agencies-representing.html" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">this post</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-7293044647277824062024-02-16T16:32:00.002-05:002024-02-18T07:36:18.182-05:00Kudos to Denisha, Trina, Sheryl, and Corinne!<p><a name="_Hlk81512664"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></b></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf9JeoWEnZzDtKQ5zJc69i3vVX6bn7WOTVZ-OFznr9wl2MvwIkQHyZgCy1LZJ2xnsWreKLgksBCLotzjkx4nekKiRdvUO08tiPArggZDH1u5DkUPkrJpCe9JBqRa7UOnqw7fGWnZ8TejQG_WPcX_lHUxmJguZven8K91dS0RBC0qsHpgKTIYBCBV016F4/s514/fox%20photo%20looking%20to%20right.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf9JeoWEnZzDtKQ5zJc69i3vVX6bn7WOTVZ-OFznr9wl2MvwIkQHyZgCy1LZJ2xnsWreKLgksBCLotzjkx4nekKiRdvUO08tiPArggZDH1u5DkUPkrJpCe9JBqRa7UOnqw7fGWnZ8TejQG_WPcX_lHUxmJguZven8K91dS0RBC0qsHpgKTIYBCBV016F4/w187-h200/fox%20photo%20looking%20to%20right.jpg" width="187" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">If you’ve had a story (or a book!) published,</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">if
you’ve won or placed in a writing contest, if you’ve gotten yourself an agent,
or if you have any other news, send me an email so I can share your success. As
writers, we’re all in this together, and your good news gives us all a
boost. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Also, be sure to let know if you're
looking for a writers' group or beta readers; a notice in Quick Brown Fox, will
help you find them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Email me at: </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjW4sBglgaSvl3lnyal6VbkHZYNaRjyDWXoUoPjkv9sjrSL7cg-kHRYFxatp-0qmNSxpUeco53LomkLJ5GlFEBVL7rji6D73B_OzJX1xaUBdc3kFX-XO-dmHsOqhS-7jx2emmj2m5hiKyPPjDIZBf4HSUJikiiZBZN2RYH7J9aZar59iI8c2IdazhWOhM/s1660/Corinne%20newish%20photo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="1432" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjW4sBglgaSvl3lnyal6VbkHZYNaRjyDWXoUoPjkv9sjrSL7cg-kHRYFxatp-0qmNSxpUeco53LomkLJ5GlFEBVL7rji6D73B_OzJX1xaUBdc3kFX-XO-dmHsOqhS-7jx2emmj2m5hiKyPPjDIZBf4HSUJikiiZBZN2RYH7J9aZar59iI8c2IdazhWOhM/w225-h261/Corinne%20newish%20photo.jpg" width="225" /></a></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hi, Brian!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">I'm
excited to finally share the news that my debut novel co-written with David
Demchuk, </span><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Butcher's Daughter</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">,
is going to be part of Hell's Hundred, the new horror imprint by Soho Press!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And
we get mentioned in a splash bout the new imprint in <i>Publishers Weekly </i></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/94213-soho-press-debuts-a-horror-imprint-hells-hundred.html/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">All
the best,</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Corinne Leigh Clark<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Note:</span></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Butcher's Daughter</span></i></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
is scheduled to come out in the spring of 2025. I'm looking forward to reading it! ~Brian</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If
you’re interested in getting published, join us at an upcoming </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“How to Get Published”</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
workshop with a literary agent as our guest speaker. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">See </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/How%20to%20Get%20Published" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7LUGAxb0s5vjHs93W2lBDrtDGh6vgBzAEkhMEDAoq3e__GFHoOlDd1U9milqqIFo_h7DosS0wvTH3iuHbuQmfiUp8RmkIJ-7LV9E2RHt8vbtyG0ktgxqpIsC2G-dLW5o7tGgmMCu-cmGITCqY5lZGtOoGq_3XE6v7vkcurInuugYt361f68pN5wE_BMH/s420/Cormorant-logo-for-Catalist.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7LUGAxb0s5vjHs93W2lBDrtDGh6vgBzAEkhMEDAoq3e__GFHoOlDd1U9milqqIFo_h7DosS0wvTH3iuHbuQmfiUp8RmkIJ-7LV9E2RHt8vbtyG0ktgxqpIsC2G-dLW5o7tGgmMCu-cmGITCqY5lZGtOoGq_3XE6v7vkcurInuugYt361f68pN5wE_BMH/s320/Cormorant-logo-for-Catalist.webp" width="251" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hi, Brian.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Just
wanted to share my fantastic news with you. I've just <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">signed a contract with Cormorant Books </span></b>for my YA novel </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Red
Flags & Butterflies</span></i></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">,</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
expected to be published in May 2025. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">I
took a few of your classes between 2018–2020, and a few online classes during
COVID. I also attended the Algonquin Retreat in July 2020 (the first wave of
“openings” post COVID). </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">At
the time, I’d written bits and pieces of the novel, and I knew the story I
wanted to tell, but was struggling with how to tell it. I was trying to write
about a teen girl who was struggling to find herself, not realizing that her
struggles were due to the fact that she had been, and still was, being
emotionally and psychologically abused by her father. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">At
the retreat, you pointed out that the father in the story was “too awful” and suggested
the story needed to focus more on my protagonist’s day to day life, and her
relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, and show how her life was
impacted by the insidious abuse, rather than focus on her father and his abuse.
You also told me that what I was trying to do was going to be “very, very
difficult.”</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Your
advice turned things around for me, and as re-worked the story, your
voice was a constant in my head, and I owe you a huge thank you. You
weren’t wrong though: it was very difficult to tell the story about a girl
suffering abuse, when she herself was naïve to the fact that she was being
abused.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thanks
again for your help and advice :)</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Sheryl Azzam<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Note:</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> we
have three <b>writing retreats</b> coming up: Early spring at Sherwood Inn, in
Muskoka (see </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2023/11/early-spring-writing-retreat-at.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">),
then two at Arowhon Pines Resort in Algonquin Park, in June (see </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2023/11/writing-retreat-at-arowhon-pines-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">)
and in September (see </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/02/stretch-out-your-summer-with-writing.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">For
information about submitting to </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Cormorant
Books,</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> see </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/02/cormorant-books-dcb-seek-books-for.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlRUHCZ4rw7gu9E19sQWnE3hMIBWZkR-X1rqx0ieMvyMf4ED0eNM6YHdIDHqKGIAysvcttEPrnpHOqQxDprJp7PP-jgmuOBIq0uMpwxL6VgLc9vuh4NPtRc4nORN_QlTesahzqlYbW0H52CrEwyPO0-rlArc0g-T2vPcFJZtHpMpZQ6DFK3dza7mvDC5Z/s1000/Barren%20Hills.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlRUHCZ4rw7gu9E19sQWnE3hMIBWZkR-X1rqx0ieMvyMf4ED0eNM6YHdIDHqKGIAysvcttEPrnpHOqQxDprJp7PP-jgmuOBIq0uMpwxL6VgLc9vuh4NPtRc4nORN_QlTesahzqlYbW0H52CrEwyPO0-rlArc0g-T2vPcFJZtHpMpZQ6DFK3dza7mvDC5Z/s320/Barren%20Hills.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hi, Brian.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">It's
been a few years since I've been to one of your wonderful workshops but I
wanted to reach out and let you know that I have written and published a book.
Your classes were the first ones I took when I got back to writing and because
of you I advanced with my craft, learned about the business and found out that
this dream was possible. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for everything you do to support the writing community. You make such
a difference in people's lives. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Trina Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><a href="http://www.trinabrooks.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;">www.trinabrooks.com</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read
about Trina’s novel, </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Barren Hills of Creighton</span></i></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
</span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Barren-Hills-Creighton-Trina-Brooks/dp/1738090701/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1704050964&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vVzN7wRZwjeGAKIWDpqhyphenhyphenE1FBligGkkEr-DQFH8BXwI5H5ui_KtZaugGtAUtTPXzsO7g1gBgN1b32CuZXg7_XHW2xqxRrEqjH6FIlydwBVUTq6exdRSdn8upoBU_CH32u1mPmg5GYhHxDN1W8Evmko02tM4QSWBkzMii1gLbCFaIDQdORRMxtxIZ0WPQ/s727/Denisha.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="657" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vVzN7wRZwjeGAKIWDpqhyphenhyphenE1FBligGkkEr-DQFH8BXwI5H5ui_KtZaugGtAUtTPXzsO7g1gBgN1b32CuZXg7_XHW2xqxRrEqjH6FIlydwBVUTq6exdRSdn8upoBU_CH32u1mPmg5GYhHxDN1W8Evmko02tM4QSWBkzMii1gLbCFaIDQdORRMxtxIZ0WPQ/w181-h200/Denisha.jpeg" width="181" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hi,
Brian.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">My poem, “It Spreads,” was accepted into <i>Prairie Fire’s</i>
Burning Up/Burning Down Issue for spring 2024. They have rights of publication
for the 3-month cycle of the issue.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks in advance for
you help and support.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Denisha
Naidoo<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I look forward to publishing “It Spreads” in Quick Brown Fox,
once Prairie Fire’s exclusive rights expire. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊 </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">~Brian</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">For
information about submitting to <i>Prairie Fire</i> (and half-a-dozen other
places) see </span></span></span></span><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2024/01/eight-places-to-send-your-short-stories.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk81512664;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk97142159;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk93604842;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">.</span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9cq4n1tD54SypE5wceILAeh7IFWxJcd7rIqilb99oiSgvEn2Nujds7UFZPIgDmfCRoTw4P7UTbK1qajC4-WPqFUfkc9IoVqXl0N2F9iY31_rQGsoXNzeZ4m4eiRgMwb55KSgDcWJbyXQs4TrewVPmALRIdIvBFd2MKlBh-ndupIETpsB40oCNlJKECMV/s880/Fox%20kits%20in%20snow.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="880" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9cq4n1tD54SypE5wceILAeh7IFWxJcd7rIqilb99oiSgvEn2Nujds7UFZPIgDmfCRoTw4P7UTbK1qajC4-WPqFUfkc9IoVqXl0N2F9iY31_rQGsoXNzeZ4m4eiRgMwb55KSgDcWJbyXQs4TrewVPmALRIdIvBFd2MKlBh-ndupIETpsB40oCNlJKECMV/w304-h201/Fox%20kits%20in%20snow.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian Henry’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and
weekend retreats</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Note: </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">You can now get new postings</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">on Quick Brown Fox delivered straight to your Inbox as I publish them. Subscribe to the new Quick Brown Fox page on Substack here: </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://brian999.substack.com/</a></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">You can also get an email about twice a month about what’s coming up in terms of writing classes, workshops, and retreats, plus providing links to the other material on the Quick Brown Fox blog. For that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">, add your name and email in the Sign-Up box at the top of the righthand column. ~Brian</span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-39809234504923576552024-02-15T20:59:00.002-05:002024-02-15T20:59:44.578-05:00“What happens when you miss the bus” by Sherry ‘Cherry’ Miller<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFov3vylUeD6VPF_8rL4gouAOcihU1sB_iCpoPY7eHqT4_b9tzTLaCE_Qvqhw3kYdKdJZrQmF8iRwqtxj5Njj3cv0__-caHdOmo4nzhepmQJS1geJXrV7qNtzTIJrviiQ30qkr6LssuHpYjYIDhmd3NMIORk5eiolnZoXXeJphrEB2RnjJ1RmzaIs4HcX/s1420/School%20bus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1420" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFov3vylUeD6VPF_8rL4gouAOcihU1sB_iCpoPY7eHqT4_b9tzTLaCE_Qvqhw3kYdKdJZrQmF8iRwqtxj5Njj3cv0__-caHdOmo4nzhepmQJS1geJXrV7qNtzTIJrviiQ30qkr6LssuHpYjYIDhmd3NMIORk5eiolnZoXXeJphrEB2RnjJ1RmzaIs4HcX/w640-h256/School%20bus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My first day of kindergarten I missed the bus.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It actually missed me. Literally,
drove right past without the driver seeing me. We lived in the middle of
nowhere, no neighbors within a mile, no kids to play with. Still,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very happy. It was a gorgeous day. I
played with my imaginary friends, hung out with my cat, and took my doll, Suzie
for a walk in her stroller. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The next day the bus stopped. I knew I should have cut the cord on the
phone, That way my mom could have not called the bus driver, F--- in my head.
We could swear in my house; no one cared.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The very shy, introverted small me looked at that big step to get on the
bus with trepidation. I did not want to get on the bus. Who would take care of
my cat, walk Suzie, and talk to my imaginary friend Penny? Apparently, Penny,
Suzie, and the rest of the gang were not allowed in school. What kind of place
was this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I looked back at my mom who was just a child herself at 22 sending her
first born off to school. She was not crying, just seemed proud of herself that
she got the bus to stop. Mom had an infant to take care of and animals to tend
to. She didn’t need me around. Being the good girl I was raised to be, I
climbed on that bus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was full of laughter, fancy clothes, boys and girls with clearly already
established relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where did I fit in? I sat behind the bus driver. He was clearly sorry he’d
missed me the day before and felt sorry for me, the little girl with homemade
clothes and a boy haircut. Side note, I had beautiful long hair like the other
girls on the bus, but because I missed the bus, my mom decided to cut my hair
off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WTF Mom! Everything comes back to
missing that bus!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was a very long drive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The school was huge! Obnoxious children ran to their cubbies with beautiful
labels I guessed were their names. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The teacher was lovely. She found me at the back of the room and took my
hand, which felt comforting. Only Penny had held my hand before. I forget her
name, but I will never forget her kindness and warmth my whole Kindergarten
year. Thank god, because the kids were a-holes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2Kwddwp2xkPzj0gtpJ31u-A2vmCBkVHFyC67wLovCbznIIDqIX36YfSWjzSIVq1iY-MU-vDxkAyuaOtiAElfycyhUYuV3pQq3D1B-AAHEU6FUL2DNUjQFuqmis9NFxp2yIqWDh0VWJWrYFW3kygV7UIubCSKtwV5IF8SKDoROAxXlZhf7kuxDtVJk998/s475/girl's%20washroom.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2Kwddwp2xkPzj0gtpJ31u-A2vmCBkVHFyC67wLovCbznIIDqIX36YfSWjzSIVq1iY-MU-vDxkAyuaOtiAElfycyhUYuV3pQq3D1B-AAHEU6FUL2DNUjQFuqmis9NFxp2yIqWDh0VWJWrYFW3kygV7UIubCSKtwV5IF8SKDoROAxXlZhf7kuxDtVJk998/s320/girl's%20washroom.png" width="244" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We
found my cubby with a beautiful name plate which I guessed said Sherry. I could
not read until Grade 3, but that’s a story for another time.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then I got the tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">OMG it was mind blowing! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ms. Soft Hands told me, “I’ll show you the washroom.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did she mean, the outhouse?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">No,
it was a bathroom with running</span> water, a flushing toilet. I would’ve thought I’d gone to heaven must
have gone to heaven, except my dad was an atheist.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The old farmhouse we had no running water or indoor plumbing or electricity.
In 1967, my parents had bought the place, a shell of a farmhouse that had never
been quipped or updated, for a mere $15,000. And once they’d bought it, had no
more money to update it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We cooked on a woodstove, pumped our water, ate by candlelight and
bathed in a big steel tub in the middle of our kitchen. Who knew there was a
whole modern world out there? Not me, because no one told me! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My teacher was shocked that she had to show me how to flush the toilet,
put my foot on the step of the water fountain for the water to run, and how to
turn on a water faucet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Needless to say, I had to go to the washroom a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kindergarten days came and went. I loved the ride on the bus in my own
seat behind the bus driver away from the hooligans. I brought Penny to school sometimes.
She liked the running water as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each day, one child had to bring a snack that their mother made for the
whole class. I never ate another child’s snack. In my vivid imagination, I
convinced myself that everyone was trying to poison me. Ms. Soft Hands sat me
in her lap (you could do that then) and tried to convince me otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There was no convincing me, and Penny agreed. “Don’t trust those greedy
children,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then it was my turn to bring snack. I brought my mom’s yummy brownies
with nuts, fresh from the woodstove, packed neatly in a red soda cracker box.
The teacher distributed them and the children’s little paws could not get
enough. That was the first time anyone talked to me and said, Sherry these are
yummy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Plus, I could eat this snack. My mom was not going to poison me. Who
would feed the chickens?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That’s what happens when you miss the bus, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECQokiGFmjmmGn0lh9ED-xIgU9QEDQdB5KNtKU2UH6vNaC-d6MZEwr8AnXWSnUEl-aDJt3Qygqr4mnd6V8SfdgbRYIgZ04OKVJXzYQs1F82YaFz6Gf_HlQsFXdJqwdkGiA89DQLLYoU_ZpFavog98GgkPTL0UqwEG8STK-sa8aphNGKNJtx4GiTAsC221/s2672/Sherry%20Miller.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="1944" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECQokiGFmjmmGn0lh9ED-xIgU9QEDQdB5KNtKU2UH6vNaC-d6MZEwr8AnXWSnUEl-aDJt3Qygqr4mnd6V8SfdgbRYIgZ04OKVJXzYQs1F82YaFz6Gf_HlQsFXdJqwdkGiA89DQLLYoU_ZpFavog98GgkPTL0UqwEG8STK-sa8aphNGKNJtx4GiTAsC221/w127-h174/Sherry%20Miller.jpg" width="127" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Sherry “Cherry” Miller</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">is a small-town girl at heart that was born in Northern Ontario and grew
up on a hobby farm twenty minutes from Peterborough, Ontario. To this day she
still loves all animals and lives in Burlington with her five cats. She is an
entrepreneur and loves to write, cook, and walk by the lake. Cherry has three
grown children who she is very proud of. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">To read more short stories, poems, short memoirs and essays, see <a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20literary" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">here</span></b></a><b>,</b> (and
scroll down).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See Brian Henry's upcoming</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">weekly
writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">here</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-89338613284722104262024-02-14T18:17:00.004-05:002024-03-14T21:18:39.412-04:00Spring classes starting soon: “Welcome to Creative Writing,” “Writing Personal Stories & Other Nonfiction,” “Intensive Creative Writing,” and “{Not so} Extreme Creative Writing”<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihswabKef3CARl4I_X_RGh1NkuU0jVvQZVv2g7peVqfLDQFPUBf_SkxTMFSSqpA7bR1Y-lda9UK2Y17-csUErjgBgEllNN7znT9CcIbjA2jq4Zt9tzUP1Z4OWmvDq2sIs5bBiwPq6qmeQME1AARY1RWKZTIK-ufQyPJuFLzozgCXpOCRGG2qypFHBb2Kwx/s848/Spring%20Journal-Writing-Woman-Diary.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihswabKef3CARl4I_X_RGh1NkuU0jVvQZVv2g7peVqfLDQFPUBf_SkxTMFSSqpA7bR1Y-lda9UK2Y17-csUErjgBgEllNN7znT9CcIbjA2jq4Zt9tzUP1Z4OWmvDq2sIs5bBiwPq6qmeQME1AARY1RWKZTIK-ufQyPJuFLzozgCXpOCRGG2qypFHBb2Kwx/s320/Spring%20Journal-Writing-Woman-Diary.jpg" width="214" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Welcome to
Creative Writing”</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Discover your creative side</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> ~
Offered both online and in-person</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Online: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Monday
evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">April 15 –
June 17, 2024 (or to June 24 if the course fills up. No class May 20 or June 10)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Or</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In-person:</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thursday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.<br />
April 18 – May 30, 2024 (Or to June 13 if the course fills up. No class June 6)<br />
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, <span style="background: white;">3455
Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, Ontario (Map </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3455+Lakeshore+Rd.,+Burlington,+ON+L7N+1B5/@43.3446576,-79.7644752,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b603db755bf55:0x8faa54ce434dd8c6!8m2!3d43.3446576!4d-79.7644752!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3gb0mg?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This is
your chance to take up writing</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">in a warm,
supportive environment. We’ll explore writing short stories and writing
true stories, writing in first person and in third person, writing technique
and getting creative, getting down your very best writing and just for fun
writing.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You'll </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">get a shot
of inspiration every week and an assignment to keep you going till the next
class. Best of all, this class will provide a zero-pressure, totally safe
setting, where your words will grow and flower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $193.81
plus 13% hst = $<b>219</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dqks3sTB7y_AyBWO5zhhGI3jLAHJVoDOsxjtS7-qjOVkDfp5-W0lKCJyR1azzF-c5uHoA6vt6RvWo-qQj6Ieoc25VqEeMo9MijVRMPiOILOzna-7fWNrBv7OLSDsrfK671SspkSlMb9E6423L03R0uoTGht9DcYd9Qo9GVOl-rF1Lv071gnM6TZ4XB5m/s293/Personal%20Stories%20child%20band.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="235" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dqks3sTB7y_AyBWO5zhhGI3jLAHJVoDOsxjtS7-qjOVkDfp5-W0lKCJyR1azzF-c5uHoA6vt6RvWo-qQj6Ieoc25VqEeMo9MijVRMPiOILOzna-7fWNrBv7OLSDsrfK671SspkSlMb9E6423L03R0uoTGht9DcYd9Qo9GVOl-rF1Lv071gnM6TZ4XB5m/s1600/Personal%20Stories%20child%20band.jpg" width="235" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Writing
Personal Stories & Other Nonfiction”</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">~ A treasure
trove of writing, learning, and sharing</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Online: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Monday
afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m., April 15 – June 17 (Or to June 24 if the course fills up. No class May 20 or
June 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you want to write any kind of true story, this course is for
you. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Personal
stories will be front and centre – we’ll look at memoirs, travel writing,
personal essays, family history – but we’ll also look at writing feature
articles, creative nonfiction and other more informational writing. Plus, of
course, we’ll work on creativity and writing technique and have fun doing
it. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Whether you
want to write a book or just get your thoughts down on paper, this weekly
course will get you going. We'll reveal the tricks and conventions of
telling true stories, and we’ll show you how to use the techniques of
the novel to recount actual events. Weekly writing exercises and
friendly feedback from the instructor will help you move forward on this
writing adventure. Whether you want to write for your family and friends or for
a wider public, don't miss this course.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjox5VecTvXT0aqBrgJ0IgzU9Di0ZRAxKkf9D6O6zMTSoKVB2x1z4oDE5i8swn-ZaWd2s9_ikJ5lIPfUGq7lsvLG2DsY8VmyB0hR0UwNfqIhC7SKrqVTRUNHnucUhQPAtO41fmzcpC6fKyAQveEd2uQnu_0F4mVUvH-Zbeq-CSRfD-6QLoz3FQrc2DrO8B/s3951/Kira%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3951" data-original-width="3514" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjox5VecTvXT0aqBrgJ0IgzU9Di0ZRAxKkf9D6O6zMTSoKVB2x1z4oDE5i8swn-ZaWd2s9_ikJ5lIPfUGq7lsvLG2DsY8VmyB0hR0UwNfqIhC7SKrqVTRUNHnucUhQPAtO41fmzcpC6fKyAQveEd2uQnu_0F4mVUvH-Zbeq-CSRfD-6QLoz3FQrc2DrO8B/w239-h269/Kira%20(3).jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Guest speaker<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kira Vermond</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> is an award-winning
writer with over 2,000 articles to her name. She has been a frequent
contributor to the <i>Globe and Mail, Chatelaine,</i> CBC and <i>Today's
Parent. </i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kira is the
author of seven nonfiction books for young readers, including: </span><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Trending:
How and Why Stuff Gets Popular,</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> a book that digs into the
psychology and fallout of fads and that makes kids think. At the class, Kira
will talk about the art of writing and pitching feature stories and nonfiction
books. {Yes, nonfiction for kids and grownups goes through much the same
process.} </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Visit
Kira’s website for her kids’ books </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.kiravermondkids.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>,</span></b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">her website for her journalism
and copywriting </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://kiravermond.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>,</span></b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">and see
links to many of her articles {for grown-ups} </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://muckrack.com/kira-vermond/articles" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $220.35
plus 13% hst = $<b>259</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca"><span style="color: red;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqtHS-qaOHR7-6oqXiMGixX7qBQZhtaHGeyLcpjAQSj_bassJWxjGHwg0vJ7bzhA-Hqeetrv0F-G0lLNS1vODfGg_Y5iwziT3Z3IOHKotGBnhLbSzqZFmsZM1K5LGKcvDjiEa0eP2pTjlStDQd-tdvkT9MnAerHX7L6LnO2a9imw41aqZ90Ue6vGY0x0M/s667/summer%20journal%20w%20cold%20drink.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqtHS-qaOHR7-6oqXiMGixX7qBQZhtaHGeyLcpjAQSj_bassJWxjGHwg0vJ7bzhA-Hqeetrv0F-G0lLNS1vODfGg_Y5iwziT3Z3IOHKotGBnhLbSzqZFmsZM1K5LGKcvDjiEa0eP2pTjlStDQd-tdvkT9MnAerHX7L6LnO2a9imw41aqZ90Ue6vGY0x0M/s320/summer%20journal%20w%20cold%20drink.jpg" width="240" /></a><b></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Intensive
Creative Writing”</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Offered </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">online </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">at 3
different times:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tuesday evenings 6:30 – 9:00<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">March 19 to
June 18, 2024 (no class April 23 or June 11). First readings emailed <b>March
12.</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wednesday afternoons</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, 12:30 – 3:00<br />
<a name="_Hlk143966550">March 20 – June 19</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk143966550;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, 2024 {No class April 10 or June 5}</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. First
readings emailed March 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Friday mornings 10:00 – 12:30<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">March 22 –
June 21</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, 2024 (No class April 5 or June 7). First readings emailed March
15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Intensive
Creative Writing</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">isn't for beginners; it's for people who are working on their own
writing projects. You’ll be asked to bring in several pieces of your writing
for detailed feedback. All your pieces may be from the same work, such as a
novel in progress, or they may be stand-alone pieces. You bring whatever you
want to work on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Besides
critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures addressing the needs
of the group, and in addition to learning how to critique your own work and
receiving constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll discover that the
greatest benefits come from seeing how your classmates approach and critique a
piece of writing and how they write and re-write. This is a challenging course,
but extremely rewarding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $292.04
+ hst = $</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">330</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca"><span style="color: #6e88a7;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iF61oTNHqsQ5hJFaGSBJQmZmHG_nfWEp27WlFSCR5rVmgzsj_9xssXjhTPnKWbNw0X5wI49yO_au9YpnHPxQUoxB31sORPEO8bGkB6vHj-xZMbT4dcK3i6ydZ_2YHvpanndGyT7GLF7ElqiIFrjIpG2iuYdNQpjmj_r6eh7396r24f1-EGQ57SKf9uen/s286/Intensive%20Retro%20Typist.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="265" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iF61oTNHqsQ5hJFaGSBJQmZmHG_nfWEp27WlFSCR5rVmgzsj_9xssXjhTPnKWbNw0X5wI49yO_au9YpnHPxQUoxB31sORPEO8bGkB6vHj-xZMbT4dcK3i6ydZ_2YHvpanndGyT7GLF7ElqiIFrjIpG2iuYdNQpjmj_r6eh7396r24f1-EGQ57SKf9uen/s1600/Intensive%20Retro%20Typist.jpg" width="265" /></a><b></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“{Not so} Extreme Creative Writing”</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> ~ For more experienced writers </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In-person: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thursday
afternoons, 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.<br />
March 21 – June 13, 2024 {or to June 20 if it fills up. No class April 4 or
June 6}<br />
<b>First readings emailed March 14.</b><br />
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, <span style="background: white;">3455
Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, Ontario (Map </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3455+Lakeshore+Rd.,+Burlington,+ON+L7N+1B5/@43.3446576,-79.7644752,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b603db755bf55:0x8faa54ce434dd8c6!8m2!3d43.3446576!4d-79.7644752!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3gb0mg?entry=ttu" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Extreme
Creative Writing </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">isn't like an extreme sport – it doesn't demand
something crazy – but it is meant for writers who have been writing for a
while or who have done a course or two before and are working on their own
projects. You’ll be asked to bring in a few pieces of your writing for detailed
feedback, including a couple longish pieces. All your pieces may be from the
same work, such as a novel in progress, or they may be stand-alone pieces. You
bring whatever you want to work on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Besides
critiquing pieces, we’ll have discussions on topics of interest to the class.
In addition to learning how to critique your own work and receiving
constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll discover that the greatest
benefits come from seeing how your classmates approach and critique a piece of
writing and how they write and re-write. This is a challenging course, but
extremely rewarding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $292.04
+ hst = $</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">330</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve
your spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_-zh9s8P3b_Xt_rQVn9xKsPUKZ5HpvpsLyZsSSrCJiUs2F7JvtMt-BDyQEhxq7sOc7mXwGQe54EE4LWeOFmACFhbR_15MHZb9xnBaxWB4ctmsug2lWv89pyO6b13Y-BmwFhdPZMay8nUOJgpEubz5nLPt-5cOKriDOh0BLrPi6KcGOyeKKSnm_kLE3nb/s1856/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1732" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_-zh9s8P3b_Xt_rQVn9xKsPUKZ5HpvpsLyZsSSrCJiUs2F7JvtMt-BDyQEhxq7sOc7mXwGQe54EE4LWeOFmACFhbR_15MHZb9xnBaxWB4ctmsug2lWv89pyO6b13Y-BmwFhdPZMay8nUOJgpEubz5nLPt-5cOKriDOh0BLrPi6KcGOyeKKSnm_kLE3nb/w187-h200/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Instructor </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Brian Henry</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a
book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He
publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for writers, teaches
creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from
Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his proudest boast is
that he’s has helped many of his students get published. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Read
reviews and other pieces about Brian's various courses and workshops <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Reviews%20of%20Brian%27s%20classes%20%26%20workshops" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> (and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">scroll
down).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19pt;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">Note:</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can now get new postings</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">on Quick Brown
Fox delivered straight to your Inbox as I publish them. Subscribe to the
new Quick Brown Fox page on Substack here: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://brian999.substack.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://brian999.substack.com/</span></a></span></span></p><p></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-91240451780042202172024-02-13T21:56:00.001-05:002024-02-13T21:56:47.161-05:00“Invite me to your book launch (and I’ll invite you to mine)” by Gail M. Murray<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LaOszCw66HTwZe7-n8epnIf2MNSQhxlBdxfS1GmfODFyA4PXVCle05NWJjh-Z4c4OwKOp3hn87ISz8xjulAcg15ifLEakgF8quJV3BkXAqiSbuVfMD6vHs7siIWvFUzeWX51xw0EuqQgACXTUa0kaO1OatrOBztev7Ra3nxV7wNXDzzupqFlus93wgrp/s1280/In%20love%20with%20the%20night.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="854" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LaOszCw66HTwZe7-n8epnIf2MNSQhxlBdxfS1GmfODFyA4PXVCle05NWJjh-Z4c4OwKOp3hn87ISz8xjulAcg15ifLEakgF8quJV3BkXAqiSbuVfMD6vHs7siIWvFUzeWX51xw0EuqQgACXTUa0kaO1OatrOBztev7Ra3nxV7wNXDzzupqFlus93wgrp/s320/In%20love%20with%20the%20night.jpg" width="214" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Experienced any book launches lately</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">? Recently, I attended the launch of good friend, Liz Torlee’s second
novel, <i>In love with the Night</i>,
organized by her publisher Blue Denim Press, held in a charming bistro along
the Danforth in Toronto.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Slow on a Sunday afternoon, many bars and restaurants
will rent out space or small banquet rooms for a nominal fee. Your venue could
also be a public space such as library, book store, church basement or even
your living room, depending on numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Liz shared the podium with debut novelist Pam Royl, (who got me so interested
in her novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Secret</i>, that I promptly bought a copy),
and writer/publisher Shane Joseph. Joseph retired from a lucrative marketing
career and found publishing to be second nature as well as an outlet for his
prolific writing talents. I’d first met Shane in our salad days at a critique
group, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">East End Writers,</i> and have
since followed his writing exploits which is how I met Liz. It’s all about
networking and connection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So why have a formal launch? You’ve just spent a year or more of hard
work and discipline, researching, writing, editing, and revising. Don’t you
deserve to socialize, celebrate your achievement?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Perhaps one can compare it to labor. “It’s an announcement to the world like
a christening party” says Joseph.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">“The launch is a celebration that, not only
brings closure to the endeavor, but allows you to howl about your work, ride
the wave,” says author W.L. Hawkin. “Writing is isolating and those moments of
socialization where we hear the applause give us the courage and inspiration to
lock ourselves away again for another few months or years.” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">It was great to be able to truly celebrate,” says Liz.
Celebrate she did as friends who could not make it sent champagne. Corks popped
amid laughter. It was lovely to see the smile on her face as she greeted
friends and colleagues. What a high. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Launching is thrilling, generates creative
juices and builds momentum. It’s part of marketing, and now you’re practiced
and ready to present in libraries, book stores, university ladies clubs,
historical societies, just minus the food and drink. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">And you sell books. During Liz’s two-hour
launch, her publisher made over one thousand dollars in sales. Mostly you feel
great!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">As an attendee at a launch, you show support
and admiration for your friend. You’d go to their game and cheer them on,
wouldn’t you? And if you really can’t make it, champagne and flowers are
appreciated. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-DCX7lYJbN5KFmOTNaK-UziV3XLll75ZV2x2WtjKT7sqWyn0ifGRpsaa0y05n88EapUWJSg7rTlpjn_QkZe6TnrZrxCAtYtQyOen5m0UpTKy8GTT4xbpZ_qaDIOR96ip-bkDmK-bjiC4nAxHYiU9F6y9NKQWZ1VHPUqpeZhhph60D51ufHX-Bch6lWlD/s1000/Refections%20and%20Reveries.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-DCX7lYJbN5KFmOTNaK-UziV3XLll75ZV2x2WtjKT7sqWyn0ifGRpsaa0y05n88EapUWJSg7rTlpjn_QkZe6TnrZrxCAtYtQyOen5m0UpTKy8GTT4xbpZ_qaDIOR96ip-bkDmK-bjiC4nAxHYiU9F6y9NKQWZ1VHPUqpeZhhph60D51ufHX-Bch6lWlD/s320/Refections%20and%20Reveries.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">As a writer, you’re cheering on a colleague and taking one step closer
to standing on the podium yourself. It’s an opportunity to commiserate with
other writers, find out about critique groups and pick up marketing tips and
ideas for your upcoming launch.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">To prepare for your own launch, cast a wide
net. Advertise. Remind people a week before. At some launches, the author will
charge an entry fee which covers the cost of the novel; others don’t charge but
widely display their wares, take cash or credit card and sell the novel for
less than retail. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">When celebrated Canadian author, Jennifer
Robson, launched her fifth novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Gown</i>
(2018) at the Royal York Hotel at a cream tea in a private room, the event sold
out in an hour on her Facebook page. Tickets were limited to the first one
hundred. Luckily, I follow her on Facebook. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Jennifer, along with Kate Quinn (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Huntress</i>) were formally interviewed
by a local radio personality then circulated, sitting at each table for a ten-minute
Q and A. Given the $35.00 price tag for two novels neatly tied in white satin ribbon
and a three-tiered cream tea of fancy cakes, we surmise that their publisher
HarperCollins picked up the brunt of the tab but think of all the marketing
those delighted guests will do! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">At her launch, my colleague Susan Siddeley
(poet, author, workshop leader) read a portion of her charming memoir <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Home First</i> from a bar stool in a Cabbagetown
neighbourhood pub – very low key, while friends ordered, paid for and enjoyed a
beer or glass of wine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Novelist Ian Shaw joined a bevy of authors on
the Supermarket Restaurant stage in Kensington Market, organized by Guernica
Editions. We sat at small tables sipping cappuccino as one by one, authors took
to the stage for their fifteen minutes of fame. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">As a reader I love to hear the back story. Writers
are fascinating, creative people. How did Robson persist and get that first
novel published? Timing is everything. Robson completed her first novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Somewhere in France</i> in 2009, receiving
little interest from publishers. After the success of British TV drama series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Downton Abbey</i> on PBS in 2011, she
resubmitted her manuscript with the pitch <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Downton
Abbey</i> meets <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">M.A.S.H.</i> and the
world was her oyster. There’s a lesson here for all writers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">I enjoy connecting with the author, even more
now that I am writing and reviewing myself but even non-writers enjoy being in
on the inside scoop. Celebrate and celebrity do come from the same root word. How
much of the author is in the characters they create? Do they plot it out or
write intuitively? Where do ideas come from? It makes the actual reading of the
novel so much richer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">So whether you self-publish, work with a small
publisher or large publishing company, invite me to your launch!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_ClXUiDxZ2MUo2bQTQAcbA6y92g-izapJ3Ca0eCigXUajwP_TonWoV3d5CuHsU5TrxL3F7rpUVipmhegcShSn98KIJz97dZKgGeWTTM5P-UWqOCGFNhAIai40G2MNfPzwuhY-kgvlNlJ5JX6Ob-QJ6IK62xCy9IGxTyUNf5WsSfc_1zyO15lefpln-vi/s642/Gail%20Murray%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="510" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_ClXUiDxZ2MUo2bQTQAcbA6y92g-izapJ3Ca0eCigXUajwP_TonWoV3d5CuHsU5TrxL3F7rpUVipmhegcShSn98KIJz97dZKgGeWTTM5P-UWqOCGFNhAIai40G2MNfPzwuhY-kgvlNlJ5JX6Ob-QJ6IK62xCy9IGxTyUNf5WsSfc_1zyO15lefpln-vi/w168-h211/Gail%20Murray%202.jpg" width="168" /></a></strong></div>
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><strong><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Gail M. Murray</span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">was an
English teacher and teacher-librarian with a focus on drama and literature.
Gail’s writing is a response to her natural and emotional environment. Her
poems have been published in <i>Written Tenfold, Blank Spaces, Wordscape, Arborealis,
The Banister,</i> and <i>CommuterLit.com.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Her creative nonfiction
has appeared in <i>The Globe and Mail, Heartbeats, Renaissance, The Ontario
Gardner Magazine, Blank Spaces, Just Words Volume 2, Stony Bridges, Ottawa
Review of Books, Historical Novels Review, Our Canada, More of Our Canada,
Devour,</i> and <i>Our Canada, Our Country, Our Stories. </i></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Gail will be having her
own book launch for her poetry collection </span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Reflections & Reveries</span></i></strong><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">on Sunday,
April 14, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Stone Cottage Pub in Scarborough, Ontario.
RSVP: </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="mailto:gailmurray73@hotmail.com" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">gailmurray73@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="color: #404040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin: var(--size-20) 0;">
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If you can’t make the
launch, </span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><i><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Reflections and Reveries </span></i></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">is available
on Amazon </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Reflections-Reveries-Gail-M-Murray/dp/1739059166" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040;">.</span><span style="color: #404040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For more
essays and other pieces about reading, writing, and the writing life, see </span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Essays%20about%20reading%20and%20writing" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">here</span></a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">(and scroll down).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;">
<span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For information on
submitting to Blue Denim Press, see <b><a href="https://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2023/10/blue-denim-press-seeks-book-length.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>.</b>
</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">See Brian Henry's upcoming</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend
retreats <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline: none;">here</span></b></a></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">.</span></span></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944301210319144166.post-26963526277276103242024-02-12T11:38:00.003-05:002024-03-14T21:20:02.052-04:00You're invited to an online "Writing Personal Stories & Other Nonfiction" class<p><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjZgdVzJRhgYvds0G2SjOxd6CdPbd_ITyfFNuNnAZhKJSyaPit6_qMhicLPK7ww43SU6L8C62N6nUc9oBMVc6mcfKm9bNZCA5GXLupyL4ZcsN1CNH-OwXrwjZJV1jiGO8fNyX3ycml9_9ngq3sDFdMNgc_ByDVmpPb2y_2ed2iZysAb2I0ENpg2enRj3B/s927/Personal%20Stories%20books.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjZgdVzJRhgYvds0G2SjOxd6CdPbd_ITyfFNuNnAZhKJSyaPit6_qMhicLPK7ww43SU6L8C62N6nUc9oBMVc6mcfKm9bNZCA5GXLupyL4ZcsN1CNH-OwXrwjZJV1jiGO8fNyX3ycml9_9ngq3sDFdMNgc_ByDVmpPb2y_2ed2iZysAb2I0ENpg2enRj3B/s320/Personal%20Stories%20books.jpg" width="249" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Writing Personal Stories & Other
Nonfiction</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;">~ A treasure
trove of writing, learning, and sharing</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Online: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Monday afternoons, 1 – 3
p.m.<br />
April 15 – June 17 (Or to June 24 if the course fills up. No class May 20 or
June 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you want to write any kind of true story, this course is for
you. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Personal stories will be front and centre – we’ll
look at memoirs, travel writing, personal essays, family history – but
we’ll also look at writing feature articles, creative nonfiction and other more
informational writing. Plus, of course, we’ll work on creativity and writing
technique and have fun doing it. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Whether you want to write a book or just get your thoughts down on
paper, this weekly course will get you going. We'll reveal the tricks and
conventions of telling true stories, and we’ll show you how to use the
techniques of the novel to recount actual events. Weekly writing
exercises and friendly feedback from the instructor will help you move forward
on this writing adventure. Whether you want to write for your family and
friends or for a wider public, don't miss this course.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhCUwD1vQKmKGcOidzOJBzcFKPhjT46LZcpAor8eLDZe7CL3ZvGQSXnKfR_OyLHave3LU1QlhMfvA10l9C_pPklsnXVm5DIopZ_7nL6wCnn20RD2m9k4_-ykraxWzHF0-a8we6F0OSiyGpRkss-aXT655AkclSivIG8fF9hAlpAFJLDji8Q-x8zKq3WG4/s3952/Kira%20(2).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3952" data-original-width="3558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhCUwD1vQKmKGcOidzOJBzcFKPhjT46LZcpAor8eLDZe7CL3ZvGQSXnKfR_OyLHave3LU1QlhMfvA10l9C_pPklsnXVm5DIopZ_7nL6wCnn20RD2m9k4_-ykraxWzHF0-a8we6F0OSiyGpRkss-aXT655AkclSivIG8fF9hAlpAFJLDji8Q-x8zKq3WG4/s320/Kira%20(2).jpg" width="288" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Guest
speaker <b style="color: #000099;">Kira Vermond</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> is an award-winning writer with over 2,000 articles to her
name. She has been a frequent contributor to the <i>Globe and Mail,
Chatelaine,</i> CBC and <i>Today's Parent. </i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kira is the
author of seven nonfiction books for young readers, including: </span><b><i><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Trending:
How and Why Stuff Gets Popular,</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> a book that digs into the
psychology and fallout of fads and that makes kids think. At the class, Kira
will talk about the art of writing and pitching feature stories and nonfiction
books. {Yes, nonfiction for kids and grownups goes through much the same
process.} </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Visit
Kira’s website for her kids’ books </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.kiravermondkids.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>,</span></b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">her website for her journalism
and copywriting </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://kiravermond.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>,</span></b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">and see
links to many of her articles {for grown-ups} </span><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://muckrack.com/kira-vermond/articles" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTPqjj-nqkKepViEGIyQiG7M9lvFYG9v9i9gPZojg0L76Qtzok0T2xiXiHa4IPnXPGVqAoI95IjkVomnVqVhSVIhy_bR_2-_3_6FK8UGUNPanP3-280oEjvMbJvtIVjSEmmmmCiCaqCxwAqUca0EuBCU7xuLPbfbDEmspvatYEdxwsURIOORkBELpjGff/s1856/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="1732" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTPqjj-nqkKepViEGIyQiG7M9lvFYG9v9i9gPZojg0L76Qtzok0T2xiXiHa4IPnXPGVqAoI95IjkVomnVqVhSVIhy_bR_2-_3_6FK8UGUNPanP3-280oEjvMbJvtIVjSEmmmmCiCaqCxwAqUca0EuBCU7xuLPbfbDEmspvatYEdxwsURIOORkBELpjGff/w187-h200/Brian%20without%20mask%20tight.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Instructor </span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Brian Henry</span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25
years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for
writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops
everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his
proudest boast is that he’s has helped many of his students get
published. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Read reviews and other pieces about Brian's various courses and
workshops </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/search/label/Reviews%20of%20Brian%27s%20classes%20%26%20workshops" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">(and scroll down).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fee</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> $220.35
plus 13% hst = $<b>259</b></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To reserve your
spot, email:<b> </b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="mailto:brianhenry@sympatico.ca"><span style="color: red;">brianhenry@sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #006600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">See all of
Brian’s upcoming</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #000099; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreat</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">s <a href="http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2021/09/evolving-schedule-of-writing-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Brian Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.com0