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Happy New Year everyone!!I don't really believe in new years resolutions. The way I see it, if you need 365 days to pass before you alter your goals, well, you're certainly leaning heavily on social expectations to shape your life. That said, this is one of the times of the year I think about ways to finally reach or reset those goals gathering dust in my journal pages.If you feel like you need a

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Mark William Strongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972949813432834233.post-73584949590781136632009-12-03T23:07:00.000-08:002009-12-03T23:09:02.407-08:00

Just a heads up since December gets pretty busy. Perhaps, a time out with your favourite local writers might be just the distraction you need between drunken, awkward office eggnog parties and family guilt-trips, I mean, holiday celebrations, ahhem.The next Calgary Writing Collective:Tuesday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m.Auburn Saloon (163 - 115 - 9th Ave SE bottom of the Calgary Tower)Special guest: Andrew

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At our next meeting on Tuesday, October 13, the Calgary Writing Collective will feature its first guest speaker: Wanda St.Hilaire, author of The Cuban Chronicles: A True Tale of Rascals, Rogue, and Romance. Having just met Wanda at her September book launch at Indigo, I was intrigued by her sense of adventure and enthusiasm for writing and travel. Wanda will give a short reading from her new book

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Hello there brave wired scribe.Maybe you know all about us, maybe you don't. The Calgary Writing Collective meets the second Tuesday of every month, which means, drumroll please... we're meeting tomorrow.The Calgary Writing Collective is a friendly meet-up for writers at any stage of a literary project (short stories, novels, screenplays etc.) Bring anything you wish to share and a notepad for

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Drew Anderson, the Arts and Lifestyle Editor from FFWD magazine, just passed on news of a writing contest. FFWD is running a writing contest to launch Christian Bok's new edition of Eunoia.There will be an ad in Thursdays paper, but the rough deal is: write 200-300 words in the style of Eunoia. In other words, without using a vowel of your choice throughout. Winners (top three) will be printed in

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Hi everyone,Two weeks ago the Calgary Writing Collective met up at the Auburn Saloon. Between trying to disturb a dry geologists meet-up and sampling a few house ales, we took turns sharing our latest works.One of my writers, who has been with the Collective since its June 2008 inception, is Joey Stadelmann. Every week, with a devilish grin, he pedals his latest short story with plenty of

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I'm going to try to update this more often, possibly twitter style.Actually, I just created a Twitter account called CalgarywritersOur next meeting is on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Saloon, 163-115 9 Avenue SE. Bring some paper to write on or a laptop + any works you wish to share or discuss. We offer encouragement to writers in any stage of their creative masterpieces.I love

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I must confess something. I'm absolutely thrilled even 24 hours after our first meeting of the Calgary Writing Collective. Everyone spoke their minds about what they wanted from the group and what they didn't want. In summary, all in attendance said they wanted to share their writing, get honest feedback and practice writing styles en mass with simple, brief, thought-provoking exercises.Our next

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Welcome to the Calgary Writing Collective's blog. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Saloon (bottom of the Calgary Tower, 163-115 9 Ave. S.E.)We want this group to inspire and encourage creative writers but also to provide creative accountability for the progress of our individual projects; be they short stories, screenplays, novels or something in between.We

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