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Elaine will be speaking at the following events:

 

Thursday, 7:00 pm, April 29, 2010 - Launch my latest book, Historic Sussex 

 

Monday, Noon, February, 15, 2010 - Sussex Rotary Club, Sussex, NB (All Season's Restaurant) 

 

 Wednesday, 11:30 am, February 24, 2010 - Christian Women's Club, Amherst, Nova Scotia Wandylyn Restaurant)



 

Sometimes we who struggle to write words that make sense need a smile to remind us why we chose this career. 
Not long ago I drove to a school about an hour from my home to take part in their Writers-in-the-School program. It was soon apparent that the teachers had prepared the children to expect a visit from an author that day for the classroom was decorated with a display of illustrations the children had drawn for one of my stories. While I waited for the teacher to introduce me to the class, one little boy looked up at me and whispered, "Are you a real, live, offer?"

The days I get out of the office to make school visits, do workshops, or speak to people are my 'treat' days. This is the aspect of writing and being an 'offer' that I enjoy most.

Workshops on Writing

 

The Writing Process —suitable for all beginning to early intermediate writers, including children. Part of this presentation uses the various stages the book, Remembering Honey, went through from scrap paper scribbles to the finished product.

 

Persistence and Perseverance: The Road to Publication — outlines some of the steps to take, and the pitfalls to avoid, in order to create a manuscript suitable for publication. This workshop is suitable for beginner to intermediate authors.

 

Marketing – The Other Side of Book Writing –This workshop is based on the planning and presentation that helps move books to the publisher’s best seller list.