We must have had the same dumbfounded look on our faces. … Read more There are so many great people to meet when you put yourself in a position to encounter something new.
May 302011
May 192011
There's first time for everything, even attending a conference. Write! Canada first-timers share their decisions to attend, and their experiences. It was 2009 before I finally attended my first Write! Canada (W!C) conference. I had "virtually stumbled" upon the conference and found out about the existence of The Word Guild back in 2004; but, due to work commitments, Continue reading…
Sep 092010
This spring, Wendy Nelles resigned as volunteer Co-Director of the Write! Canada conference. Wendy attended her first conference (then known as God Uses Ink) in 1988, and was asked to become part of the conference committee. In 2001, after co-founding The Word Guild, she became co-director of the conference. Wendy gave the following speech at Continue reading…
Jan 052010
Brian Stiller, now Chancellor of Tyndale University College and Seminary, launched the first national Canadian Christian writers’ conference in 1984, when serving as President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC). Patricia Paddey spoke with him on the 25th anniversary of the conference. Patricia Paddey: You started the annual conference that has evolved into Write! Continue reading…
Jun 092009
In February of 2006, I attended the Leading Women conference in Calgary. Longing to be in Ottawa with our new grandson, I wondered why I’d come to the opposite part of the nation. For some time, I’d had the urge to write a book. During that weekend the feelings increased. At the end of the Continue reading…