Writing talk

I taught my first class at Alexander Writing Centre last night and it was stimulating and rewarding. The group of women (no men signed up) are all at different stages in their writing which is wonderful. They will all be able to set their own goals. To me it was thrilling to listen to them talk so passionately about their stories. The group has great dynamics and I'm already thinking of next week, sitting around the room, talking writing. What a treat for me who sometimes works in a vacuum. I've also been asked to do a career day at Western High School and a literacy/motivational conference at a school in Calgary. As a writer, (I'm in that darn editing process right now), I enjoy getting out into the real world, meeting students, adults who share something similiar. Books and reading is still so much a part of our lives. In my opinion, books can co-exist with Nintendo and TV. So, keep asking me to do things folks, I'm game and just love being in rooms where people are passionate and you can feel the electricity surrounding the written word.