Having attended three writers conferences over the past two months is a clear indicator that I believe in the importance of networking for writers and attending writers’ events. Yes, they take your time and...
How appropriate that the next post on my chocolate travel blog will come on Chocolate Day! Chocolate truly is the international language of love, as no matter where you go in the world, if...
I’ve attended many national conferences of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and always enjoy them. This post focuses on the 2011 conference in Montreal, Quebec. It was terrific! I’d like to thank the Montreal (Quebec)...
The best thing about my job as the author of Chocolatour is that I get to eat an abundance of tremendously wonderful chocolate and that I get to meet a lot of amazing chocolate...
On the eve of leaving for Montreal to attend the 35th anniversary conference and annual general meeting of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), I realized I must fulfil my promise to you...
I hadn’t been to London, England since May, 1996, so my long-anticipated return in 2011 trip was a real treat. I’d spent a week in ’96 there with my husband, Reg, on our first...
I’ve written about the importance of networking for writers previously on this blog, but having just attended my first annual conference of The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC), it is once again fresh on...
Being one who has the good fortune to travel often and quite extensively, I have made many dear friends in other cities, and would like to thank my dear friend, Virginia of Toronto, for...
I had the pleasure of attending the May 14th conference of the Manitoba Editors’ Association event in Winnipeg playfully titled, “Elementary, My Dear Writers: Demystifying the Publishing Process.” It was a terrific symposium with...
“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.” I love this quote by Dom Helder Camara, a poet, mystic and missionary of...
