Margo's Twenty

On the prompt "Write a list of 20 things you know a lot about" from 101 and More Writing Exercises by Lois Peterson.
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In no particular order:

1.        Calligraphy

2.        MS Word, Publisher

3.        Fonts, typography

4.        Five men

5.        The Windsors; Amarna Period in Egyptian history

6.        Alexander the Great > Cleopatra & Rome; Greek history; Roman history; bull leaping in Crete

7.        Changing diapers – cloth and paper

8.        Reiki

9.        Giving cats medicines

10.     Nonverbal communications

11.     1950s cars; 1940s songs

12.     Preparing 3x7 meals a week for kids

13.     Kuan Yin, Chenrezig, Avalokitesvara; HHDL & 17K

14.     Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue; managing pain

15.     Oracles, divination, pendulums, scrying

16.     Autogenics; visualization

17.     Low income creativity

18.     Journaling

19.     Overcoming tedium

20.     Sleep hygiene; cleaning toilets

GRIND WRITERS NEWS - July 2014

Contents:
--Platform-platform-platform: but do you really know what it is (and isn’t)?

--7 letters to write before you turn 70

--Avoid these clichés like the plague

--Careful to whom you liken your characters:  Scarlett Johansson wins damages in book character lawsuit

--Are you missing out on something important when you type?

--Yes, okay, you do need to know this

--How to support your published colleagues

-- BC Writers Autonomous Fan Region

--Places to go, things to do, people to see

--How often do you get to write poetry with bill bissett!

--Congratulations Renee.

--A chance to hear Susan Musgrave reading—live in Vancouver

--Wordplay – in the Royal City

--Submit. (you know you want to) Contests and calls for submissions

--How to upload your ebook, step by step

--Grind Writers – where we meet, when & why 

--First sentences of 100 classics

--The free-write photo prompt:  just try it!

If you’d prefer to view it online in the flip-the-page magazine format, it’s here: 

http://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_writers_news_-_july_2014/0

"GAG YOUR GREMLINS" - Sat July 7 Grind Writers

Sat. July 7, 2012
Gag Your Gremlins
A lighthearted, fun & effective mini-shop with Wendy Lotosky who is a life/work coach by day. Wendy’s going to help Grind Writers address Fear in writing (some of you may have met Fear in its other guise, Procrastination) – and how fear affects your ability to get those words down on that big blank page.

Gremlins are the keepers if our 'shoulds.' You know you’re in Gremlin territory when you are dealing with your fears, shoulds, rules, regrets, masks, self-doubts.  You’ll identify your Gremlin, give her/him a name (Annoying Andy... Restless Rita....).  Then you’ll identify its character traits, snippy remarks, and annoying behaviours – and you’ll take home a sketch of what they might look like.  

(Wendy even has finger puppets and drawings to get writers going.) And next time your Gremlin or the committee shows up - you can send them for a drink....and get back to your writing.

If you haven't attended Grind Writers before, please email before you attend the first time: grindwriters@gmail.com 

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Still looking for people to facilitate on these dates.
Mainly a matter of getting there a bit early and saving
the table – and sharing an exercise or two you’ve
learned at a workshop or writing course.

Saturday, Aug 11

Sunday, Aug 26

Or on any of these dates as well:

Saturday, Sept 8

Sunday, Sept 23

Saturday, Oct 13

Sunday, Oct  28

Saturday, Nov  17

Sunday, Dec 2