Conference Staff
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Assistant Director |
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N. J. Lindquist is the award-winning author of 10 books, co-editor of the Hot Apple Cider books, and a popular speaker. She has directed Write! Canada since 2002. |
Jayne E. Self, speaker and author, has been active in Write! Canada for 12 years. Her mystery novel, Mystery in Hum Harbour, was released October 2011. |
Assistant Director |
Team Member |
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Lois Rooney-Giurin is an editor, writer, musician, and songwriter.
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Jacquie Brown is an accountant, a public speaker, and the author of Off the Map: Follow Me Out of Domestic Violence. |
Prayer Team |
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Lead |
Assistant Lead |
Janet Sketchley is The Word Guild's Prayer Team Lead, a blogger and aspiring novelist, and a contributing author to A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider. |
Jan Cox is a writer-artist who is called to pray. Since Write! Canada 2004 she has been inspired to write for Him. |
Assistant Lead |
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Ramona Furst is a member of The Word Guild and presently partners with Jan Cox for the job of Assistant Prayer Team Lead. |
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Public Relations Team |
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Co-Lead |
Co-Lead |
Steph Nickel is a freelance writer and editor. She is First Editor of The Word Guild's Write! On news bulletin for members. |
Fred Ash was a magazine editor for 13 years, and a pastor for 20 years; he has written numerous articles articles for evangelical magazines. |
Blogger |
Blogger |
Jenny Burr is a freelance writer, copy editor, public speaker, workshop organizer and teacher.
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History buff Linda Jonasson has written a children’s book, I’m Just a Home Child, and freelance writes for Maranatha News and Christian Courier. |
Registration Team |
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Registrar |
Conference Treasurer |
Bonnie Gilpin has been Write! Canada ’s Registrar for eight years. She retired in 2010 from her position as office manager for a small construction company.
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Les Lindquist, treasurer for Write! Canada, is a partner in That's Life! Communications, publisher of the Hot Apple Cider series, and Chair of the Board at Christian Info Canada. |
Member |
Member |
Kimberley Payne is an author and speaker exploring fitness, family, and faith for people over 40. She has been a member of The Word Guild since 2003. |
Karen deBlieck is a night-owl fiction writer and a second place winner of the God Uses Ink Contest 2011.
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Manuscript Critiques and Appointments Team |
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Lead |
Assistant Lead |
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Sara Davison is author of The Watcher, a winning novel in the 2010 Word Alive Press publishing contest; she was also a finalist for two national writing awards. |
Coming Soon |
Appointments Overseer |
Appointments Overseer |
Debbie Powell has overseen Write! Canada appointments for four years. She’s been writing for 30.
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Kim Burgsma, columnist and speaker, is an award-winning landscape designer and writer. Her first book, Almost Eden, was released in 2011. |
Bookstore Team |
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Lead |
Assistant Lead |
Heidi VanderSlikke in her regular column for Christian Courier, and in numerous other publications, focuses on her three loves: faith, family and farming. |
Charmaine Beckles is an avid reader, so logically the best place to meet her is in the Write!Canada bookstore. www.jcbeckles.com (under construction) |
Members |
Member |
Brian C. Austin and his wife Carolyn Austin live on a small acreage at Durham, Ontario. Brian's first novel, Munnin's Keep, was shortlisted for The Word Guild's 2011 Writing Awards. |
Glynis Belec is a freelance writer, children’s author and private tutor who faces each day with hope and thanksgiving. |
Member |
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Darcy Elizabeth Neal joined The Word Guild in 2002. She works in a Christian bookstore and has helped organize bilingual Write!/Ecrire! conferences for Quebec. |
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Audio-Visual Team |
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Lead |
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Terry Pitts is an enthusiastic photographer involved in audio-visual work with his church. His background includes electro-mechanical engineering and business management. |
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Volunteers Team |
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Lead |
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Ghostwriter and editor Andi Harris has served as The Word Guild's newsletter editor and a Write! Canada conference volunteer.
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