The 5 Shades of Grey issue - GRIND WRITERS NEWS Nov 2013

The November issue of Grind Writers News is posted on Issuu.
News about literary events in the Vancouver area; info on contests and calls for submissions and the goings-on of The Grind Writers Group.

Contents:
--RUMBLE ON MAIN STREET: The Grind Writers and the Main Street Gang meet up.  Pix on pages 3, 8, 12.

--Fed. BC Writers 2^nd Annual Writers’ Retreat & Workshop Smorgasbord.
--Truth Be Told Conference.
--THE QUERY SHARK: Get you know her. You’ll be glad you did. Sample gorings starting on pg 5.
--Here’s Why You Do Really Need to Care About  Typos, Transpos, & Spelling Errors in MSs You Submit.
--Things to do/people to see/ places…
--1^st Annual Lynn Manuel Children’s Fiction Contest.
--Submit. (you know you want to).
--Grind Writers’ Group - meeting schedule
--RAINDANCE - a new self-pubbed authors’ fair in Richmond
--Free-write picture prompt: C’mon, just do it!

http://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_writers_news_nov-2013

Grind Writers News - October 2013 issue

It's up at Issuu.com

http://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/

CONTENTS:

3	The BC Writers Autonomous Fan Region / BCBW now on Issuu
3	Serial getaways to Salt Spring
4	Correcting everybody’s grammar & punctuation does not  make you an “arsey pedant”
4	Twerk: our evolving language
5	RAINDANCE  - a new self-pubbed authors’ fair in Richmond
6	Things to do/people to see/places…
7	Twisted Poets
8	Beyond the Basics: Advanced Copy Editing – EAC workshop
9	Submit. (you know you want to)
10	Grind Writers’ Group - meeting schedule
11	Free-write picture prompt: C’mon, just do it!

GRIND WRITERS SCHEDULE fall into winter

GRIND WRITERS SCHEDULE  Fall into Winter, 2013

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      Open format
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      Open format
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.