Creative Ink Festival — Best Advice I Ever Received

EXECUTIVE SUITES HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE BURNABY 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Panelists: Lisa Voisin, Katrina Archer, Patrick Swenson, Danika Dinsmore, Bevan Thomas Location: Ballroom B Save time and effort by coming out to listen to professional authors and artists share the best advice they've received about writing and the publishing industry. Take away lessons that have been passed down to them, as well as ones from their […]

Creative Ink Festival — Growing Up A Reader

EXECUTIVE SUITES HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE BURNABY 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Panelists: Andrea Westaway, Jennifer Lott, Randy McCharles, Cathy Ace, Mark Teppo, Dani Duck   Location: Ballroom B Join the panel for a discussion about what books and stories while growing up had the most influence. Did any of them shape who you are today? Which ones have stuck with you? Have you reread any of them? […]

Creative Ink Festival — The Dollars and Sense of Self-Publishing

EXECUTIVE SUITES HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE BURNABY 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Panelists: Mark Teppo, Sabina Khan, Randy McCharles, Jo-Anne McLean, Katrina Archer Location: Ballroom B Doing it yourself is all well and good, but put 4 self-published authors in a room and you will hear 5 ways to go about it. So let's do that. e-Book only? Does CreateSpace work for Canadian authors? Where are the hidden […]

Creative Ink Festival

Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre 4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

I'll be at the Creative Ink Festival in Burnaby, BC from May 6-8, doing panels and hopefully a reading. Come check out the great line-up of guests, including Robert J. Sawyer and Carrie Vaughn! Hope to see you there. Detailed schedule TBD.

CIF: Beta Readers: How to Find Them, How to Be a Good One

Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre 4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Venezia Room Katrina Archer, Kristi Charish, Danika Dinsmore, Jeff Norburn, Setsu Uzume Where and how do you find beta readers? How do you know if they’ll be a good beta reader or not? How do you be a good beta reader to someone else? *Stick around for the Meet and Greet to perhaps discover your new beta buddy!

CIF: Creating Your Ideal Workspace  (studio, writing nook, whatever)

Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre 4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Venezia Room Katrina Archer, ER Brown, Danika Dinsmore, Dani Duck Whether it’s an art studio, a writing nook or a corner in your apartment, how do you make the most of the space you have to keep your creativity flowing? Sitting desk, standing desk, treadmill desk or no desk? Decorations, trinkets, motivational pieces or an empty space? Join our panelists for tips […]

CIF: An Editor's Dream

Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre 4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Venezia Room Katrina Archer, Ella Beaumont, E. R. Brown,Tod McCoy, Susan Pieters What do editors appreciate in an author, both in their attention to craft and their professional interactions? For example, it is important for writers to understand the various services editors offer to writers such as developmental, substantive and copy editing. Come and listen to editors share their […]

CIF: Romancing the Monster

Delta Burnaby Hotel & Conference Centre 4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Venezia Room Andrea Westaway (M), Katrina Archer, Brenda Carre, Setsu Uzume, Lisa Voisin In dark fantasy, paranormal romance and urban fantasy, often the love interest isn’t human. What is so appealing about these characters? Why do writers write them? Why do readers love them, or hate them? Are there limits to the type of monster that can be romantic? Can […]

VCon 41

Sheraton Guildford Hotel 15269 104th Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada

From Sep 30 to Oct 2, I'll be at VCon 41 in Surrey. According to the schedule, which may or may not be final, I have several panels, a reading, and will be part of the Book Launch event on Friday night (which is open to to the general public, so come on down even […]

WorldCon 75

Messukeskus Messuaukio 1, 00520, Helskinki, Finland

I'll be a panelist at this year's World Science Fiction Convention, AKA WorldCon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. I'm on two panels (here's the draft schedule link): Editor's Dream Climate Change and Social Responsibility in Science Fiction

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