UPDATED GRIND WRITERS SCHEDULE

UPDATED GRIND WRITERS SCHEDULE

If you have not attended before, please email grindwriters@gmail.com before you attend for the first time. We sometimes move the venue

Sat	Sept 07    Summer BBQ potluck
Sun	Sept 22    Mini workshop on "Scaffolding" with Eliz. McLean
Sat	Oct 05      Mini workshop on "Creative Writing - Style and                         Structure" with Dr. James B. Webster
Sun	Oct 20
Sat	Nov 02      On Writing (someone else's) Memoir - with                   Margaret Cadwaladr
Sun	Nov 17      Mini workshop on "Story" with Malcolm van Delst
Sat	Nov 30
Sun	Dec 15? – to be decided

10am til 12:30pm

Thanks to Mr and Mrs Kim, owners of The Grind Gallery Cafe, for allowing us meet there for the last six years - and for their support of the arts in general –  they provide gallery space to many local artists.
Please buy something while you’re there to support the Grind.

The COMIC SANS ISSUE: GRIND WRITERS NEWS Sept 2013

CONTENTS:   

* The BC Writers Autonomous Fan Region
* Everybody Who’s Selling Something – Read This
* WORD: The literary festival formerly known as The Word On The Street (check the acronym and you’ll see why)

* What’s SO BAD about Comic Sans?

* Stefan Tobler: The Englishman whose small publishing company has taken the literary world by storm

* Top 10 Ways to STAY OUT of the Slush Pile

* 10 Most Dysfunctional Families in Literature (Guess which beloved character is one of them?)

* TWAIKUs- A new form of online (Twitter) poetry

* Getting Your Indie Book Reviewed

* Olden German Fairy Tale Treasure Trove Discovered!

* Laurel’s Very Excellent Adventure in a Westie

* Things to do/people to see/places to...

* Gian coming to Whistler Lit Fest

* Grind Writers’ Group - meeting schedule

* The ULTIMATE Passive Voice self-test

* Do you get the Comic Sans thing now?

* Submit. (you know you want to)

* Free-write picture prompt: C’mon, just do it!

GRIND WRITERS NEWS AUG 2013 up at Issuu.com

Here's the link. Enjoy.
http://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_writers_news_-_aug_2013

CONTENTS

--PRISM--The Love & Sex Issue Desires Your  Submission
--Zombie Sentence Alerts
--Submit. (you know you want to)
--Writing Heals - Toldja
--BC writers – Autonomous Fan Region
--BC Bookworld’s book promo idea whose time has come
--The Man Who Loved Words
--Death to the Passive Voice!
--3 days of writing immersion – coming sooner than you think
--Twisted Poets, Holy Wow Poets
--Things to do – people to see – places to go
--Seeking critique of your work?
--The Ultimate Editing Checklist
--Top 10 Reasons for a Rejection Slip
--Writing retreats & conferences in BC & beyond
--Free-write picture prompt: C’mon, just do it!