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At the Dawn of a New Year
We made it, everyone! Congrats and welcome to 2024 🎉
So much has changed. So much is going to change.
I’ve been away from the blog for a long time, and for that I apologize. I’ve been going through some life changes, culminating in a split from my wife.
I’m also been in therapy for several months now, for the first time. It’s both cause and consequence of everything I’m going through. Therapy for me is like going to the gym, but for my emotions. It’s hard, and I’m always sore afterward, but I’m stronger and glad I went. Would recommend.
Some things haven’t changed, though. I’m still living in Victoria, BC, and still feel incredibly lucky to be here. This city has welcomed me in so many unexpected ways. I’m grateful, and I can only hope I can pay it back someday.
I’m also still working my day-job as a programmer, and toiling away at my novels and short stories on the side. Still living without a car. Still trying to get the right amount of seasoning on my roasted vegetables. Still buying way too many books (I know, “too many books” is a category error. There are never enough books).
I want to start this year off with gratitude. Both of what I’ve accomplished over the last year, and for what’s to come. So, as 2024 rises and stretches, like a cat waking from a nap in the sun, let me list the things I’m grateful for:
My writing group, with whose help I’ve finished editing a novel for the first time. And not just finished, but synopsis written and everything ready to submit to agents, starting this week.
The organizers of the Surrey International Writers’ Conference, who put on such a welcoming and stimulating conference. And because of whom I was able to meet an agent that gave me the injection of confidence I needed to finish up that novel synopsis.
My co-workers at Cisco, who every day demonstrate to me how a non-toxic technical culture can work.
The folks at IRCC and BC’s Provincial Nominee Program, who gave this middle-aged guy a shot at permanent residence in Canada.
My D&D group, who opened their gaming table and their arms to this immigrant.
Dan, David, Baamonde, Alex, and Haywood, friends who have stuck with me over many years, through many ups and downs.
My family, particularly my mom and older sister, who have never held my lack of phone calls or texts against me.
The Victoria Creative Writing Group, without whom I would not have met my writing circle.
The Victoria Bowmen Club, who taught me what’s it like to really wield a bow (after years of me writing about it).
The folks on social.linux.pizza, mstdn.ca, and tenforward.social, who helped me find my footing (and friends) in the fediverse.
So many gifts, from so many people. Thank you, all, for everything you’ve given me, everything you’ve taught me.
May your new year be a bright one.
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Holidays 1.31
Holidays
Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Backwards Day
Brexit Day (UK)
Broccoli Day (French Republic)
Child Labor Day
Dicing for Maid's Money Day (Surrey, UK)
Eve of Brigantia (Ireland)
Final Fantasy VIII Day (Japan)
Feast of Great Typos
Hell Is Freezing Over Day
Hug an Economist Day
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men & Boys
International Day of the Magicians
International Omphalocele Awareness Day
International Street Children’s Day
International Zebra Day
Jackie Robinson Day
Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Assam, India)
National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools
National Bug Busting Day (UK)
National Gorilla Suit Day (Don Martin, in Mad Magazine)
National Music Therapy Day (Mexico)
National Pick on Lindsay Day
National Punk Day
National Seth Day
Play An Old Game You Haven't Played In Years Night
Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]
Saint Brigid’s Eve (Ireland)
Scotch Tape Day
Street Children's Day (Austria)
St. Veronus' Day (patron saint of Lembeek & Belgian brewers)
Thermos Bottle Day
Train Hijacking Day
Tupiza New Year (Indigenous Bolivia)
Twist Off Cap Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Brandy Alexander Day
Day of Russian Vodka
Eat Brussels Sprouts Day
National Hot Chocolate Day
World Vegan Chocolate Day
5th & Last Wednesday in January
Bell Let’s Talk Day (Canada) [Last Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Ladoland (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Nauru (from Australia, 1968)
Varladia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
New Year’s Days
Año Nuevo en Tupiza (Tupiza New Year; Indigenous Bolivia)
Festivals Beginning January 31, 2024
Calabash South Africa (Capetown, South Africa)
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) [thru 2.18]
Cattlecon (Orlando, Florida) [thru 2.2]
Festival of Literature (Dubai, UAE) [thru 2.6]
La Folle Journée (Nantes, France) [thru 2.4]
NBBQA (National Barbecue & Grilling Association) National Conference (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.3]
Southern Farm Show (Raleigh, North Carolina) [thru 2.2]
Feast Days
Adamant of Coldingham (Christian; Saint)
Amartithi (Meher Baba; India)
Anacreon (Positivist; Saint)
Banyu Pinaruh (Water Purification Ceremony; Bali)
Celebration of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons; Old European Lunar New Year) [Thru 2.3]
Cyrus and John (Christian; Martyrs)
Day of Hecate (Goddess of Crossroads; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Dicing for Maid’s Money (Guildford, UK)
Disablot (Norse celebration of new beginnings)
Disfest (Sacrifice Honoring the Disir, all female relatives from forever)
Domitius (Domice) of Amiens (Christian; Saint)
Eusebius (Christian; Martyr)
Feast of Isis (Ancient Egypt)
Festival of Transmission Errors
Francis Xavier Bianchi (Christian; Saint)
Geminianus (Christian; Saint)
Honey Badger Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)
Imbolc Eve (Celtic Book of Days)
Imbolc Eve: Day of the Bean Sidhe (Pagan)
John Bosco (Christian; Saint)
Julius of Novara (Christian; Saint)
Ludovica (Christian; Blessed)
Máedóc (a.k.a. Maidoc, Mogue, Aidan, Aiden; Christian; Saint)
Marcella (Christian; Saint)
Mary the Gorilla (Muppetism)
Max Pechstein (Artology)
Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Ahom Veneration of the Dead; Assam, India)
Navajo Sing (Preparation Festival for Coming Agricultural Season) [Through 2.8]
Nicetas of Novgorod (Christian; Saint)
Norman Mailer (Writerism)
Peter or Pedro Nolasco (Christian; Saint)
Rodolphe Töpffer (Artology)
Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))
Seapion (Christian; Saint)
Theodore Kaczinski Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tysul (Christian; Saint)
Ulphia (Christian; Virgin)
Valkyries’ Day (Norse)
Veronus (Christian; Saint) [Lembeek & Belgian brewers]
Wilgils (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 31 [11 of 72]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Ali Baba (ComicColor Cartoon; 1936)
All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1949)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (TV Film; 1974)
Barney’s Hungry Cousin, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1953)
Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger (Philosophy Book; 1927)
Bellerophon, by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Opera; 1679)
Black Sunday, by Thomas Harris (Novel; 1975)
Cheerful Little Pierful or Bomb Voyage (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 19; 1960)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Film; 1986)
Family Guy (Animated TV Series; 1999)
Gia (Film; 1998)
The Green Hornet (Radio Series; 1936)
Key & Peele (TV Series; 2012)
The Lone Ranger (Radio Series; 1933)
McDougal’s Rest Farm (Terrytoons Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1947)
A Mouse Divided (WB MM Cartoon; 19353
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Film; 1941)
Murphy’s Romance (Film; 1986)
Mystery Girl, by Roy Orbison (Album; 1989)
Pagan Moon (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)
A Perfect Day for Bananafish, by J.D. Salinger (Short Story; 1948)
Ragnarok (TV Series; 2020)
The Saint on the Spanish Main, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories 1955) [Saint #31]
The Soup Song, featuring Flip the Frog (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1931)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Film; 2008)
Summer Squash or He’s Too Flat for Me (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 20; 1960)
Teddy, by J.D. Salinger (Short Story; 1953)
These Are My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1949) [1st TV Soap Opera]
Thoughts In Solitude, by Thomas Merton (Spiritual Book; 1956)
The Village Smitty, featuring Flip the Frog (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1931)
The Witness for the Prosecution, by Agatha Christie (Short Story; 1948)
The Wonder Years (TV Series; 1988)
Today’s Name Days
Johannes, Marcella (Austria)
Ivan, Julije, Vanja (Croatia)
Marika (Czech Republic)
Vigilius (Denmark)
Meeland, Meelik, Meelis, Meelit, Meelitu, Meelo, Meelu (Estonia)
Alli (Finland)
Marcelle (France)
Johannes, Marcella, Rudbert (Germany)
Evdoxia, Kyros (Greece)
Gerda, Marcella (Hungary)
Geminiano, Giovanni (Italy)
Dekla, Jalna, Tekla, Tikla, Violeta (Latvia)
Astra, Budvilė, Marcelė, Skirmantas (Lithuania)
Idun, Ivar (Norway)
Cyrus, Euzebiusz, Jan, Ksawery, Ludwik, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Piotr, Spycigniew, Wirgiliusz (Poland)
Chir, Ioan (Romania)
Ksenia (Russia)
Emil (Slovakia)
Juan, Marcela (Spain)
Ivar, Joar (Sweden)
Cyrus, Kira, Kyra, Lona, Loni, Lonnie, Scarlett, Zane (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 31 of 2024; 335 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 5 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 11 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 21 (Jia-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 21 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 20 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 1 Grey; Oneday [1 of 30]
Julian: 18 January 2024
Moon: 71%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Homer (2nd Month) [Anacreon)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 42 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 10 of 28)
Calendar Changes
Grey (Month 2 of 12; J Calendar)
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Holidays 1.31
Holidays
Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Backwards Day
Brexit Day (UK)
Broccoli Day (French Republic)
Child Labor Day
Dicing for Maid's Money Day (Surrey, UK)
Eve of Brigantia (Ireland)
Final Fantasy VIII Day (Japan)
Feast of Great Typos
Hell Is Freezing Over Day
Hug an Economist Day
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men & Boys
International Day of the Magicians
International Omphalocele Awareness Day
International Street Children’s Day
International Zebra Day
Jackie Robinson Day
Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Assam, India)
National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools
National Bug Busting Day (UK)
National Gorilla Suit Day (Don Martin, in Mad Magazine)
National Music Therapy Day (Mexico)
National Pick on Lindsay Day
National Punk Day
National Seth Day
Play An Old Game You Haven't Played In Years Night
Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]
Saint Brigid’s Eve (Ireland)
Scotch Tape Day
Street Children's Day (Austria)
St. Veronus' Day (patron saint of Lembeek & Belgian brewers)
Thermos Bottle Day
Train Hijacking Day
Tupiza New Year (Indigenous Bolivia)
Twist Off Cap Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Brandy Alexander Day
Day of Russian Vodka
Eat Brussels Sprouts Day
National Hot Chocolate Day
World Vegan Chocolate Day
5th & Last Wednesday in January
Bell Let’s Talk Day (Canada) [Last Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Ladoland (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Nauru (from Australia, 1968)
Varladia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
New Year’s Days
Año Nuevo en Tupiza (Tupiza New Year; Indigenous Bolivia)
Festivals Beginning January 31, 2024
Calabash South Africa (Capetown, South Africa)
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) [thru 2.18]
Cattlecon (Orlando, Florida) [thru 2.2]
Festival of Literature (Dubai, UAE) [thru 2.6]
La Folle Journée (Nantes, France) [thru 2.4]
NBBQA (National Barbecue & Grilling Association) National Conference (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.3]
Southern Farm Show (Raleigh, North Carolina) [thru 2.2]
Feast Days
Adamant of Coldingham (Christian; Saint)
Amartithi (Meher Baba; India)
Anacreon (Positivist; Saint)
Banyu Pinaruh (Water Purification Ceremony; Bali)
Celebration of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons; Old European Lunar New Year) [Thru 2.3]
Cyrus and John (Christian; Martyrs)
Day of Hecate (Goddess of Crossroads; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Dicing for Maid’s Money (Guildford, UK)
Disablot (Norse celebration of new beginnings)
Disfest (Sacrifice Honoring the Disir, all female relatives from forever)
Domitius (Domice) of Amiens (Christian; Saint)
Eusebius (Christian; Martyr)
Feast of Isis (Ancient Egypt)
Festival of Transmission Errors
Francis Xavier Bianchi (Christian; Saint)
Geminianus (Christian; Saint)
Honey Badger Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)
Imbolc Eve (Celtic Book of Days)
Imbolc Eve: Day of the Bean Sidhe (Pagan)
John Bosco (Christian; Saint)
Julius of Novara (Christian; Saint)
Ludovica (Christian; Blessed)
Máedóc (a.k.a. Maidoc, Mogue, Aidan, Aiden; Christian; Saint)
Marcella (Christian; Saint)
Mary the Gorilla (Muppetism)
Max Pechstein (Artology)
Me-Dam-Me-Phi (Ahom Veneration of the Dead; Assam, India)
Navajo Sing (Preparation Festival for Coming Agricultural Season) [Through 2.8]
Nicetas of Novgorod (Christian; Saint)
Norman Mailer (Writerism)
Peter or Pedro Nolasco (Christian; Saint)
Rodolphe Töpffer (Artology)
Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))
Seapion (Christian; Saint)
Theodore Kaczinski Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Tysul (Christian; Saint)
Ulphia (Christian; Virgin)
Valkyries’ Day (Norse)
Veronus (Christian; Saint) [Lembeek & Belgian brewers]
Wilgils (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 31 [11 of 72]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Ali Baba (ComicColor Cartoon; 1936)
All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1949)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (TV Film; 1974)
Barney’s Hungry Cousin, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1953)
Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger (Philosophy Book; 1927)
Bellerophon, by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Opera; 1679)
Black Sunday, by Thomas Harris (Novel; 1975)
Cheerful Little Pierful or Bomb Voyage (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 19; 1960)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Film; 1986)
Family Guy (Animated TV Series; 1999)
Gia (Film; 1998)
The Green Hornet (Radio Series; 1936)
Key & Peele (TV Series; 2012)
The Lone Ranger (Radio Series; 1933)
McDougal’s Rest Farm (Terrytoons Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1947)
A Mouse Divided (WB MM Cartoon; 19353
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Film; 1941)
Murphy’s Romance (Film; 1986)
Mystery Girl, by Roy Orbison (Album; 1989)
Pagan Moon (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)
A Perfect Day for Bananafish, by J.D. Salinger (Short Story; 1948)
Ragnarok (TV Series; 2020)
The Saint on the Spanish Main, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories 1955) [Saint #31]
The Soup Song, featuring Flip the Frog (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1931)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Film; 2008)
Summer Squash or He’s Too Flat for Me (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 20; 1960)
Teddy, by J.D. Salinger (Short Story; 1953)
These Are My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1949) [1st TV Soap Opera]
Thoughts In Solitude, by Thomas Merton (Spiritual Book; 1956)
The Village Smitty, featuring Flip the Frog (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1931)
The Witness for the Prosecution, by Agatha Christie (Short Story; 1948)
The Wonder Years (TV Series; 1988)
Today’s Name Days
Johannes, Marcella (Austria)
Ivan, Julije, Vanja (Croatia)
Marika (Czech Republic)
Vigilius (Denmark)
Meeland, Meelik, Meelis, Meelit, Meelitu, Meelo, Meelu (Estonia)
Alli (Finland)
Marcelle (France)
Johannes, Marcella, Rudbert (Germany)
Evdoxia, Kyros (Greece)
Gerda, Marcella (Hungary)
Geminiano, Giovanni (Italy)
Dekla, Jalna, Tekla, Tikla, Violeta (Latvia)
Astra, Budvilė, Marcelė, Skirmantas (Lithuania)
Idun, Ivar (Norway)
Cyrus, Euzebiusz, Jan, Ksawery, Ludwik, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Piotr, Spycigniew, Wirgiliusz (Poland)
Chir, Ioan (Romania)
Ksenia (Russia)
Emil (Slovakia)
Juan, Marcela (Spain)
Ivar, Joar (Sweden)
Cyrus, Kira, Kyra, Lona, Loni, Lonnie, Scarlett, Zane (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 31 of 2024; 335 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 5 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 11 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 21 (Jia-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 21 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 20 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 1 Grey; Oneday [1 of 30]
Julian: 18 January 2024
Moon: 71%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Homer (2nd Month) [Anacreon)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 42 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 10 of 28)
Calendar Changes
Grey (Month 2 of 12; J Calendar)
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Elements of Your Style
Elements of Your Style
No, I’m not talking about Strunk and White. This is a sort of introspective post on writing craft, but not really getting down to the level of grammar. This is more big-picture stuff in terms of what an author’s style looks like across their body of work.
I attended the Surrey International Writers Conference this year for the third time. (One of the silver linings of the last three years:…
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Surrey International Writers Conference
Registration just opened. This year, the conference is completely virtual, and they have a pay-what-you-can option. The fee is also in Canadian dollars, so ... that means a discount for anyone paying in Euros/GBP/USD. It happens from October 22-24, 2021.
I did the virtual conference last year and it was PHENOMENAL.
And if the time zones don’t work to attend live, you’ll have access to recordings for a month after the conference ends.
Honestly, this is an amazing opportunity and I suggest you grab it ASAP. Even though it’s virtual, they’re still limiting registration to maintain a community feeling.
And if you do come, we can meet up in the chat rooms there! It’ll be awesome! Also, the last day of the conference is my birthday. So we can party. Y’know, online. :D
www.siwc.ca
@dearophelia @ferociousqueak @ariaadagio @ all the writers I know are out there but who I can’t think of at this precise moment.
#siwc#surrey international writers conference#come hang out with me#and learn a ton about writing#and feel happy
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SiWC workshop notes- Diana's Managing a Mob
SiWC workshop notes- Diana’s Managing a Mob
Here are my notes from Diana Gabaldon’s Managing a Mob workshop:
Diana- Managing a mob
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#dialogue#Diana Gabaldon#Managing a Mob#notes#SIWC#Surrey International Writers Conference#workshop#writing
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𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝐸𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹
♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick
♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent
♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Wednesday, October 9th, 1935 at No. 3 Belgrave Square in London, England
♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: His Royal Highness Prince George The Duke of Kent (Father) & Her Royal Highness Princess Marina Duchess of Kent (Mother)
♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Sister) & His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Brother)
♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Her Royal Highness Katherine The Duchess of Kent (M. 1961)
♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: George Windsor Earl of St Andrews (Son), Lady Helen Taylor (Daughter), Lord Nicholas Windsor (Son), & Lord Patrick Windsor (Son: Stillborn on Wednesday, October 5th, 1977)
♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Ludgrove (In Berkshire, England), Eton College (In Berkshire, England), Institut Le Rosey (In Rolle, Switzerland), The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (In Berkshire, England)
♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Interests: Armed Forces (Air Force, Allied Code-Breaking, Arms, Armour, Army, Artillery, Aviation, Blues and Royals, Children of Deployed Parents, Defense Studies, Fallen Soldiers, Lifeboat Services, Life Guards, Navigators, Navy, Pilots, Retired Service People, Security Studies, World War 1 & 2), Business (Business Leaders, Community Leaders, Investments, & Trade), Education (Electronics, Engineering, Chemistry, Global Aerospace, Heritage of Counties, Informational Technology, Science, & Vocational Training), Health (Apothecaries, Burn Treatment, Chest Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dentists, Doctors, Environmental Medicine, Heart Illness, Hospitals, Leukemia, Myalgic Encephalopathy, Occupational Medicine, Pharmacists, Plastic Surgery Treatment, Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome, Strokes, Surgical Research, & Veterinarians), Other (Agriculture, Conservation, Geography, & Railways/Trains), People (Boy Scouts, Civil Servants, Freemasons, Joint Cultures, Motor Safety, Polish People, Social Clubs, The Disabled, & Young People), Sports (Alpine Ski Racing, Bobsled, Cricket, Croquet, Falconry, Fishing, Golf, Hunting, Lawn Tennis, Race Car Driving, & Skiing), & The Arts (Art History, Broadcasters, Cloth-making, Dance, Journalism, Literature, Music, Opera Music, Photography, & Writers). Work: Associate Member of The International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain, Chancellor of The University of Surrey, Fellow of The Royal Society, Founding Member of The International Baccalaureate School, Freeman of The City of London, Freeman/Liveryman of The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, Freeman/Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Mercers, Gold Card Life Member of The The Children’s Charity Variety, Grand Master of The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Grand Master of The United Grand Lodge of England, Grand President of The Masonic Charitable Foundation, Honorary Chair of Gilwell Fellows, Honorary Doctor of Law of The University of Leeds, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of London Metropolitan University, Honorary Fellow of The Charted Management Institute, Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Honorary Fellow of The The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Aeronautical Society, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, Honorary Life Member of The Band of Brothers, Honorary Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, Honorary Liveryman/Assistant Emeritus of The Worshipful Company of Engineers, Honorary Member of Cambridge University’s Scientific Society, Honorary Member of The Guild of Motoring Writers Limited, Honorary Member of The Household Division Yacht Club, Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Honorary Member of The Royal Automobile Club, Honorary Member of The Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Member of The Work Foundation, Honorary Membership of The Old Wellingtonian Lodge, Honorary Preses of The Royal Caledonian Hunt, Honorary President of The Airlander Club, Honorary President of The Royal Geographical Society, Honorary President of The Royal United Services Institute International, High Steward of The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Joint Associate Member of The Lawn Tennis Association, Joint Patron of The Anglo-Jordanian Society, Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Salters, Master of The Lodge of Antiquity, Member of The Blue Seal Club, Member of The Countryside Alliance, Member of The Honourable Artillery Company, Member of The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, Patron of Bal Polski, Patron of Bloodwise, Patron of Boundless by CSMA, Patron of Buck’s Club, Patron of The Canterbury Cathedral Trust, Patron of The Catalogue Raisonne of Works by Philip de Laszlo M.V.O. P.R.B.A. 1969-1937, Patron of Combined Cavalry Old Comrades, Patron of Endeavor National Youth Organization, Patron of Everyone Can!, Patron of St. Mungo’s, Patron of The Army Winter Sports Association, Patron of The Bartok Festival, Patron of The Bletchley Park Trust, Patron of The British Computer Society, Patron of The Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust, Patron of The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Association, Patron of The Edge Foundation, Patron of The Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research, Patron of The Gallantry Medallists’ League, Patron of The Hanover Band, Patron of The Institute of Advanced Motorists, Patron of The Institute of Export, Patron of The Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Birmingham University, Patron of International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Patron of The Kandahar Ski Club, Patron of The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society, Patron of The Kent County Agricultural Society, Patron of The Kent County Cricket Club, Patron of The Lifeboat Fund, Patron of The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Patron of The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association, Patron of The National Army Museum, Patron of The Newbury Spring Festival, Patron of Opera North, Patron of The P.G. 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10 Writing Tips From The Surrey International Writers Conference
10 Writing Tips From The Surrey International Writers Conference
At the SIWC Multi-Author Book Signing
I jotted down some excellent writing tips at the recent Surrey International Writers Conference,(SIWC) even though this is my fifth time there, three as an attendee and the last two as a volunteer. I was busy introducing presenters, acting as a monitor for their talks, working the registration desk and so on, but on my breaks, I was able to to sit in on some…
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#Along Came A Gardener#Diana Gabaldon#Diana Stevan#Hallie Ephron#Kari Sutherland#Outlander#Robert Dugoini#Steena Holmes#Surrey International Writers Conference#Tetsuro Shigematsu#writing#writing tips
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Where to find Mary Robinette at SiWC
Where to find Mary Robinette at SiWC
Mary Robinette will be at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference from Oct 18-21, 2018, in Surrey, BC, Canada. Tickets here.
Here’s where to find her there!
Thursday, October 18
Master Class – Emotional Realities: Using Specificity to Make Your Work Vivid (requires additional ticket)
9:30am – 12:45 pm
Emotion is one of the trickiest tools on the writer’s workbench. Ignore it, and the most…
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Just found out the Surrey International Writers' Conference is opening up their annual Writing Contest on April 1st! ✍️
www.siwc.ca/writing-c…
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Douglas Coupland and the Art of the ‘Extreme Present’
FREE virtual conference – 23-24 April 2021
Douglas Coupland’s oeuvre is inherently concerned with what it means to be living in our ‘extreme present’. Marking the 30th anniversary of the publication of Coupland’s first novel, Generation X, this online international conference – the first on Coupland’s work – seeks to explore the richness of Coupland’s engagement with contemporary life across writings and visual culture.
The conference will feature a mix of pre-circulated and live content. Highlights include an exclusive interview with Douglas Coupland; keynotes by writer and curator Shumon Basar; writer, editor, art historian, and curator Victoria Camblin; Professor of English Literature Bran Nicol (University of Surrey); an interview with with contemporary artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura; and a writers’ panel discussion on Coupland’s work hosted by Image Journal.
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Comic is up - Writing by the Potted Plant Since COVID came along, the Surrey (British Columbia) International Writers' Conference had to be held virtually using zoom. One of the popular virtual breakout rooms was named "By the Potted Plant."
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haha jesus posts like that one i just reblogged def remind me on the regular that i am gonna need Hella Sensitivity Readers for my novel
like ok, i am a queer person and i (unfortunately) don’t have any trans characters, but the book deals with a lot of race and colonial violence issues and i am... too white for that shit
i actually had a very generous, compassionate note given to me on some early pages by an author at the surrey international writer’s conference two years ago and i was like “lol forgot i was white for a minute there” but it was also just... such a good experience and i’m so grateful to him for gently pointing out a mistake i’d made because i just didn’t have the life experience to know better, and i fucking fixed it and hopefully i will be able to do the same in future work on the book! but i need people to read it and tell me if i’m being Too White about it!
anyway good luck to me
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workshop notes: Back story by Diana Gabaldon
workshop notes: Back story by Diana Gabaldon
The following notes were taken at Surrey International Writers’ Conference, October 21, 2012. (On Oct 23, 2012 I posted a blog that said I’d post notes ‘soon.’ Is six years later soon? lol)
What to do with the Back story
Diana Gabaldon
SIWC 2012 Friday
Backstory is what happened to your characters before they got to your front story. Backstory still exists, the secret story you’re not…
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Good morning, Canada. You're beautiful. Starting my day at Surrey International Writers' Conference. #travel #explore #thosewhowander #writerlife #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #writingcommunity #goodpeople #writerscommunity #writingworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/B4CyjSTAkde/?igshid=xom1yy3ff27p
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SIWC - An Exceptional Writers Conference in B.C.
SIWC – An Exceptional Writers Conference in B.C.
I’m back from a wonderful holiday in the Maritimes. I’ll post more about that later, but today, I’m off to work at the Surrey International Writers Conference, held Oct. 19-22, at the Sheraton Hotel in Surrey, British Columbia. A great event with bestselling authors, agents, and editors from the USA and Canada sharing their expertise through workshops, panels, and discussions. This is my fifth…
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