Learning Opportunities

Gail Bowen: Writer-in-Residence for Calgary Public Library from September through November, 2010. She will evaluate manuscript pages and consult with you on your writing’s strengths and weaknesses.Get your submission in early to ensure her schedule doesn't fill up.

September 25: Chris Roerden, author of “Don’t Murder Your Mystery” and “Don’t Sabotage Your Submission,” offers a full-day workshop, “Learn What Editors Want,” at the Greenwood Inn, Calgary. Sponsored by ARWA.

Online Class: Starts September 29. Crime author Kris Neri teaches “Committing the Perfect Crime: Writing Your First Mystery” online for 10 weeks through UCLA Extension Writers’ Program

OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED WRITERS AND EDITORS

ALBERTA ROMANCE WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION

Fall Event: Careers for Heroes and Heroines

© Want to know more about four fascinating professions that might work for your characters – heroes, heroines or secondary characters?
© Interested in knowing the jargon to give your fiction story validity?

JOIN US ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2009

Two speakers in the morning,
A potluck lunch,
Three speakers in the afternoon!

Date: November 14th, Saturday
Time 9:30am to 4:00pm
Location Old Y (223-12th Avenue SW, Calgary)
Admission: ARWA member admission is free
Non-member admission is $10 (Use “Pay Now” Paypal Link at www.albertaromancewriters.com

Agenda:
9:30 Start - Up
9:45 – 1st Session - Tim Manship, Mental Health Therapist/ Aboriginal
Outreach/ Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Services
10:45 COFFEE
11:00 2nd Session (Yvonne Kjorlien – Forensic Anthropologist)
12:00 Potluck Lunch (Please bring a small donation to the table.)
1:00 – 3rd session - 2 RCMP officers – 1 female/ 1 male
2:00 – BREAK
2:15 -3:15+- 4th Session - Paramedic, Gavin Lee

Mahrie E. Glab
Special Events Coordinator
Alberta Romance Writers’ Association