UFV’s writer-in-res coming atcha! This was a lovely week of strategizing over the events I’ll be leading in the next couple months and guest lectures.
First off, the class visits…
My visit to John Carroll’s Seminar in Creative Writing class (ENGL 405) was fantastic. Lively conversation, great questions, and inspired writers. My kind of party! We could have talked for hours about the process of making it to the finish line with a book-length project. Hopefully, I’ll see some of their work flooding my inbox for feedback.
Michelle Superle’s children’s literature class (ENGL 388) was its own silly fun. I read passages from my novels Strange Times at Western High (middle grade), Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl (young adult), and A Girl Like Sugar (which would be considered new adult if it were published now). We used these to discuss boundaries between middle grade, teen and new adult fiction—when and why to cross them, what you need to keep in mind when writing for different ages, and different editing considerations.
And now, the events we have up our sleeves…
BOOK LAUNCH:
Ghost Sick, Emily’s new poetry collection
Wednesday, February 25th 6-8 pm at Aftermath
Featuring Emily & select student writers
WRITING WORKSHOP:
True Lies: The Fine Line Between Fiction and Real Life
Tuesday, March 10th 12:30 – 1:30 in C1429
READING:
East Coast vs West Coast
Monday, March 16th, 7-9 pm
Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies
Featuring Emily & invited writers
WRITING WORKSHOP:
Write a Monster into Your Neighbourhood
Monday, March 23 12:30-1:30 in A 203 b
P.S. When’s the last time anyone use the word “smorgasbord”? It will always remind me of this album cover I was on as a kid (that’s me in the middle):
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