Writing.wise is done...we had a seamlessly fabulous panel...there was a diverse crowd of interested writers that included technical writers, song writers, a poet, a medical writer, an editor and those are just the ones I recognized....we had about 45 people in the audience and there was ample opportunity to talk to the panelists individually...the moderator, kc dyer, kept the proceedings at a lively pace...I'll get back with more details about what went on but that will come after I've caught up....
11/15/2007
11/13/2007
Tickets at the door
That's it, advance registration is closed. We do have tickets at the door and I hope to see you there.
Logistics
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Radha Yoga and Eatery (728 Main St., yoga on the edge and
above the Brickhouse Bar)…
Door opens at 6:30 pm, and the event starts at 7 pm.
Tickets are $15/$20
11/12/2007
Registration ends at 11:59 pm tonight, Monday, Nov.12.07
I keep forgetting to mention that there is a cutoff for getting tickets and it's tonight...tickets can be purchased here Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Register Now button.
11/11/2007
Sellout event?
It's possible Writing.wise will sell out...we have about 40 tickets left...if you're hoping to get tickets at the door, you might want to reconsider..tickets here
I've been getting some interesting questions; here are some answers:
- yes, the panelists will be there live...this is not a video presentation....
- Radha is more than a yoga studio...
- they have a liquor licence and offer wine and beer...plus there will be light food available to order...
- there is parking near the building...
- 728 Main St. is between Georgia and Union Streets on the east side of Main...it's very close to the Georgia St. viaduct exits from downtown...
- the building dates from 1907 and Radha is on the 2nd floor....
When/Where
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Radha Yoga and Eatery (728 Main St., yoga on the edge and
above the Brickhouse Bar)…
Door opens at 6:30 pm, and the event starts at 7 pm.
Tickets are $15/$20
11/08/2007
Registration starting to climb and the latest publicity
Right this minute (Thurs., Nov. 8 at 1:48 pm) we're slightly over 30% sold and as anyone who's ever organized something in Vancouver knows, most of your tickets are sold in the last few days. So, we're on target. Writing.wise has been listed in the Georgia Straight as a Literary Event on p. 72 and in the West Ender under the Words category on p, 29 Here's the latest information about the event and about how to purchase tickets:
Writing.wise—an evening event for writers of every stripe on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.
Anybody engaged in the craft of writing today whether a novelist, technical writer, song writer, screenwriter, copywriter, playwright, publisher, medical writer, short story writer, comic book writer, editor, academic writer, marketing communications writer, science writer or otherwise is taking part in a revolution, whether they like it or not.
Panelists such as
· Kaare Andrews (writer of the Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, and other comics),
· Sue Thomas (a UK expert on new media who has the inside story on the Penguin wiki novel project and is in Vancouver for one night only),
· Shari Ulrich (a songwriter and musician who’s in the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame)
· Ian Verchere (a founder of Radical Entertainment, and developer of over 30 games)
· Mira Sundara Rajan (an expert on Intellectual Property Law and author of Creativity and Copyright)
· with moderator, kc dyer (author of four contemporary and historical young adult novels)
will look at today’s writing scene where books seem old
fashioned, new media doesn’t pay (e.g. tv and movie writer’s strike in the US),
copyright is up for grabs, and writers who used to produce text only are now
expected to include visuals, animate them, and/or figure out how to use
techniques suitable for graphic novels, wikis, games, machinima, 2nd
Life, and more.
Logistics
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Radha Yoga and Eatery (728 Main St., yoga on the edge and above the Brickhouse Bar)…
Door opens at 6:30 pm, and the event starts at 7 pm.
Tickets are $15/$20 and available here
11/05/2007
Registration issues
The link is good but the Register Now button for the Writing.wise event is on the far right of the screen...if you have a monitor like mine, you'll have to scroll horizontally...I'm checking to see if we can change that...meanwhile, scroll to the right if you want to register for Writing.wise now
11/04/2007
Poetry rules
Heather Haley is a poet who explores tough (a lot of the time) ideas in poetry that's both traditional and nontraditional. She's experimented with video poetry, recorded spoken word CDs, integrated music (she's also a musician) into her work, had he poetry books published, and, now, she's offering poetry workshops for children and adults.
With "Word Games," Heather gets children to play with language. Getting them to vocalize sounds and words and mash up text so writing a poem seems like fun, not work. "Sideways; Alternatives to print" is her workshop for adults. She's offering a tour of the various means of getting your poetry out there today. In the first session, she contextualizes the current environment with examples from her own work and in the subsequent session coaches you on how to adapt your poetry to performance (with or without music), audio, video, and/or Flash treatments.
Full Disclosure: I've known Heather for years. We met when I was on the board for Edgewise Electrolit Centre, an organization she founded to promote poetry in various media outside traditional publishing means.
Some of her latest poetry is featured here: Habitat on About.com and her website is here:Heather Haley
11/02/2007
Registrations rolling in
The pace is starting to pick up as we get the publicity out there and people begin to realize that Tues., Nov. 13 is just around the corner. We've had interest from as far away as Ottawa and Montreal (writers from those cities who are going to be in Vancouver at that time) and lots of interest locally.
10/17/2007
Sponsorship and other news
We've got a sponsor for the event...thankfully, a lowkey sponsor who seems to get the spirit of the venture...and here's the sponsor:
10/16/2007
It's shop talk for writers
Writing.wise's rip roaring, rip snorting description doesn't do it for everybody so from time to time I get asked to explain what the event is about. As far as I'm concerned, it's shop talk for writers and an opportunity to talk to a bunch of people who're interested in some of the same things I am. A good beer, good food, a rousing discussion about copyright, the impact that technology has on writing practice, integrating new and old forms of writing to keep the work juicy, collaborating with people who view writing as the easy part of job, and so on....
Recent Comments