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THE POLITICS OF' IVRITING

by Marjorie Simmins In the debut of this informati thought-provoking new colur participants at the AGM panel d cussion of the same name exDr their views and opinions on t

multi-faceted

issue.

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with Gina McMurchy-Barber One of the most respected Science Frctron writers in North America today, Spider Robinson shares his

views on

A ITORD IN EDGEWISE

IN

life, the universe and

everything!

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I am a note-a-holic. There, rl's ouL in the open.

My wife has lived for years with my obsession for writing on I admit

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into subjecl envelopes until a laLer dale when I would dump the contenls on to our ugly brown

It's

wilh Lwo olher reasonably-priced second choices called MemoryMate and

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Afler some shopping around, I discovered Lhat, yes, lhere are such programs Unfortunately many information managemenl programs are designed for Nancy, travelling widgetseller or for Fred, corporale worker-drone. I narrowed my choices to programs I felt suited my needs as an unruly wrrler- Lype

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MemoryMaLe Broderbund Sof[ware

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FI]TIJRE

SPIDER ROBINSO}

IN PROTIL]

by Gina McMurchy-Barb +*

IT's after three 0n a sunny afternoon and

"Like mosL people, I had lo starl in Lhe trenches lvrttil shorl slories before being able Lo publish a book," he explains. "BuL even now afler 15 years we're still sliuggling and making very liltle from royallies."

Before taking up wrllrng Robtnson was folksinger, morf

attendant, piinter and securily guard. During a slinl a night watchman he lried hrs hand at writing.

break.

"l

tend to do most of my wriling belween midnight and 5 or 6 AM: that's when my favourite distractions have gone Lo sleep," Robinson says of his wife Jeannie and 14-year-old daughter Terri.

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is one of North America's top Science Ficlion writers. In 1982, the New York Times Book Review called him "the new Robert Heinlin". 0ver the last dozen years he has published 13 novels and won 10 awards, includRobinson

ing Lhree Hugos.

Callahan's I ady is Robinson's most recent tale of the fulure, bul his sleadiesL seller is Mindkiller' Hls success may be due rn part to Lhe way many of his characters

E

Lake on his ortn likeable

persona

His arachnid name

landed a job guarding a sewer; it was my responsibl to make sure n0 one stole iL," he says wrth a smirk' "There was nothing Lo do bul read. One night, after 'l finishing whal was not really a good book I thought' can wri[e betler lhan this "

"l

He sold his

first shorl story for $400---on

mission. "l

one sub-

thought 'l'll

send this thing off, gels loLs reiection letters and then I can tell women I'm a writer,"' he shrugs. "But they crossed me up and accepted iL "

Robinson defines SF as lhe bridge belween scientisl

and poet.

Good SF predicls the

fulure in away

Lhat

and fedora have become easily recognized Lrademarks'

imaginary yel viable

"Everyone has to have someLhing aboul Lhemselves that stands oul. When my friends decided to call me Spider iL was like manna from heaven," he says wiLh hands

"sF writers speculate what things will be like in the future, but we must always make internal' logical ser BuL Lhese days science is changing so fast thal it's getting harder to know what Lhe fuLure will be like."

Despite his long uinning streak' the unprelentious and articulate 4O-year-old says he still remembers the

"My ulLrmate purpose is Lo create a possible world Lh human being can live with and like and not g0 crazy with. I do this by Laking normal human beings and deposiling one thing from lhe future inlo their lives see how they handle

slruggles of attaining recognition

May/June 1989

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it," he exPlains.

Jeannie Robinson calls her husband a "sofL" SF writer.

"He's more of a humanist and writes about people going lhrough the future rather than fulure technology itself."

That's why his style is appealing to the general reader and not just Lhe hardened SF buff, she adds.

Robinson is working on two new books. One is a collaboration with his wife, Jeannie, a retired dancer and choreographer. The couple's firsl book, Stardance, was s0 successful it received a 1977 Hugo award before iL reached the bookstands in 19?B

with three basic speculaLions, says Robinson,"'what if...,','if only...,'and'if this goes on. I Lend to work mostly with the "if only" theme." He caulions new writers to avoid the cliche plots, but points oul even he has "come up with a few of them."

The working

SF wriLers work

'

Robinson suggests new SF writers begin by looking at what's currently on the shelves of bookstores. He also recommends reading authors such as Theodore Slurgeon and Edgar Pangborn for familiarily

title for the

sequel

to Slardance is

Starseed

Its heroine, a 46-year-old dancer, leaves earth for a belter life among Lhe stars. However, as she enlers zero gravity she drags along some of the baggage familiar to 20th cenLury \{ornen -- like being fat.

0ne of the advantanges to writing SF, says Robinson, is that it doesn't require much research. BuL for him iL's also one way of coming Lo terms with lhe unknown and coping wilh rapid changes.

in the genre.

"Science impacts 0n my life. The only way I can roll wilh Lhat punch is to get comforlable with it. lTriting helps me make sense of iL all."

"

FirsL sell some short stories to get the agent's atten-

tion. Then start

selling to a New York publisher," he

advises. "BuL while you're sending oul your manuscripls

slarl on your next story." tlthough there are no exclusive SF publishers in Canada, Press Porcepic in Victoria handles some SF novels and shorl slories. "They don'L pay much, though."

There aren't many ways wriLers can geL around publish.rs, BuL behind Robinson's pale complexion, long hair and lanky 6'1 slalure slill lurks a radical guiLar-playing

:rppie ready to thwarl the 'establishmenl'

ln Lhe fulure, everyone will have a Mac aL home ;then Lhey want to read my book lhey can call me and , ll lransmit my story from my compuLer onto theirs."

\{ay June

L

1989

SF

variety of events year round publishes a monthly fanzine called BCSFAnzine'

BCSFA also organizes a

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MEET THE BC SCIENCE F'ICTiON ASSOCIATION

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analyze the past' exist in the lresen! qld rs the Jr.urn of ttt. fufure, then perhaps Science Fiction

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It's also fun. i.utrring rr.t a variatftn of

year-and-a-half and offers support in the form manuscript exchanges and critiques'

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Tweniy years ago the ..piiihi'r.a on Ih. *iitr., by bringing them

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"The struggles of artists against indifferent governments can be soul-destroying," said Schroeder. "But even one pen can begin the process of change. Even letter sent adds to the one before it, and could be the one to push a decision into being."

"Collective effort within the community achieves more than a solitary struggle," echoed Lai. Perhaps the most creative exploration of the topic was

Ellis' discussion of attitudes towards children's

lit-

erature.

"l

do not write 'kiddie

lit,"'

she said, "nor am I at the

writing. But if I had to argue that position, I would say that it is at the edge or meetrng of two ecosystems that the most abundant and varied edge of acceptable

growth takes place."

Beaultfal Crescenl Beactl,

sle of lritiv yeark lClI

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ls writing unavoidably political? 0r do politics stalk the beauty in language? These questions were raised by poet Tom Wayman and creative documentarist Myrna Kostash durrng the 1989 Conference panel discussion, The Politics of Wriiing, Swords crossed as Wayman argued emphatically that "politics are expressed in the words we choose, and feminists have shown how language biases affect readers and speakers."

"Abstention is a political act of its own," concluded facilitator Jane Covernton. "lf writers do not develop their own political stances, their politics wrll be chosen for ihem," Conference participants not present on the panel included romance u'riters Moyra Tarling and Kathy Spencer, as well as BC representatives of the film and computer industries, Next year's conference will be held in Vicforia.

Eastern-bloc and South American writers would like to keep politics out of their writing, Kostash maintained, but that's a luxury they can't afford. This contrasts with the freedoms enjoyed in this country, she said. "l'd like to be dragged off to jail for my writing," she added, intrmating that that would indicate that Canadian writers do have political impact, The discussion, which also featured novelist Andreas Schroeder, historian/geographer Dr. David Chuenyan Lai, and novelist Sarah Ellis, was a fitting culmination to two and a half intensrve days of workshops and readings.

May June 1989

Pa r /t'ctpan

ls llyrna fios /asri an d,4n drea s,fciro eder

I

1989 Fraser ValleY Region

PoetrY ComPetitition The resPonse to th

unIri

Your bodY

Lr,r lireacher's drY PulPi[

and lL looked

Iike me.

evenL was excellenl' were submiLied, Th

warmesl Lhanks

in place of

Con

winners and thanks to work

the cinnamon liPs of Youth (ttrird Prize)

e

Ar[hur

/a//ey t?egbnal lnlroductng new fraser

JoYce

Lhe grizzled plunrp 'bu[Lerball

flep, ,4/ Plak.

of her hatt"

a single sirand Ialls

ovet'slubbled,

mardi-gras eYebrows in the eYeglass glass of her arLlsan's comPacL' nL^ -'.arrlc wprp nresenLed on Friday' April 21'

lumberjack.

she

still

Lraces

[he cinnamon IiPs of her You[h, huddlei wrinkled folds inLo Panled shadows descending

on bloodshoL glaze' mournrng a glance..

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y0u're nineteen Iife is forever uhen (Honourable menLion)

LhaL blor'vs Lhe ghosL

Denise McCann week Mv Mom cried a whole (well four daYs al least)

on self defense'

I wenL Lo Calr in Engineertng Sc B a andlreceived in lale Canada Lo relurned I

again' AfLer leaving Germany

r.i.it

*r'ttgr;,tL

ihe

Look

all l"he books

on deaLh

Irom Lhe librarY, s[ared oul Lhe window. and watched the "ater wind balter Lhe Pines it ,

1985 ancl and now re[ired

ii

"iipPing

I heard her Lhrough Yellow glass doors, moanlng Iow -

il

don'I understat d' l\Ihy? \{ihY?" me cry

shorL slories One of my f un N

proiecls is

Lo

vrile lhe

locatNDP

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til I

didn

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saw Your grad Piclure

ewsl eLLer.

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nexl lable over'

down, downward she aches, back into Lhe shallow stgh

of her girlhood like breaLh

The Lumulluous noise and confusion of Lhe

COLDS

barn forgolten,

(Honourable Menlion) Sherrie Thorne

The chalienge of Lhe dark rim of clouds aoproaching, Tir'e annoyance of Lhe skulking coyoles,

think iI simply ouLrageous Tha[ slill today Lhe cold is contagious! llle sniffle and dab, blow and squeeze, Cough and SpuLLer, wheeze and sneeze 0ur eyes loo[< like road maps, all marked Don'L you

oul in

Do

in

Crimson clouds in summer skies, And auLumn hillsides sleeP'

placid.

(This cud is really good).

red.

Along Lhe line of ancienL hills, SLill flaming in Lhe wesl", Fine [racery of bush and tree, Adorns lhe kopjes' cres[

bed.

0ur eyes are so walery, our vision a blurr' 1{iLh ioday's lechnology, why does lhis

MATOPAS

occu r?

SLrew

What happened get inLo bed"?

my ashes 'neath the cedars,

For my spiril fasL has flown Back Lo Lhe wild MaLoPas, Where the leopard has his home

chills, Drrnk lols of fluids and swallow our pills Ah "buL life musl g0 0n", Lhat's what we

il

And Lhe Lwilight afLer,

(Second Prize) Mairin Dandridge

And, oh, Lhose headaches Lhat come wiLh il all Make il seem like lhe skull is Lwo sizes Loo small.

0ur temperalures rise, bu[ we gel the

were Lold; (bel lhe person who said

And Lhe baboon keePs a senlrY

did nol have

lo "poor dear, you

They are righL You know, "lL's all

a

musL

in

Lhe

head'.

0n rocky baslions high:

wander o'er the whalebacks, And climb a granile dome' And [hrough [he valleYs.roam.

ln green maponi

doves,

Lrees

Louries, larks, and lilac rollers, Sing their songs of Praise, lfhere brightly coloured lizards Lie in Lhe sun and laze.

For Those Troubled Times: A LitanY

The lichen-paLlerned boulders,

(Honourable Menlion)

Thrusl far inlo Lhe skY, And eagle eyries reign alofl,

Chrisline Body

0n precipices high,

tam

the dwelling places of spiriLs,

A Placid Cow.

'Twas

My jaws move rhYthmicallY

For Bushman long ago, And Kalanga and the Rowze have always held iL so

Enjoying my cud.

My warm brown eYes Gaze nowhere, Unseeing, As my whole being Focuses on the Pleasure In my mouLh,

The counLless ages come and go, As kloofs are cuL bY slreams, And whaleback hills of sombre blue Will haunL my endless dreams Pinnacles,

And mountains draPed wilh snow;

I'll

All day long cicadas Lrill, There's droning of the bees, And sooLhing noles of cooing

Grolesque againsL Lhe skY' Are silhoueLtes of mammolh rocks, From ages long gone bY,

I have loved your icY

He barks a huskY warning, When danger's lurking nigh'

Sil on castle koPjes,

The Greal Abiding Presence Rests upon [hese hills, Grey lvladomba* knows iL' And Lrembles in l"he rills

BuL I long for old MaLoPas' 1{here warm winds softlY blow.

I've loved your foresLs slraighL and Your lakes of turquoise blue; BuL give me back MaloPas 14IiLh hills of burnished hue.

lffi/A///2r?/ff

Lall

So spread my ashes'neaLh Lhe Lrees, or on Lhe ocean [air, Then lo l{aLopas I'll reLurn,

And join Lhe sPiriLs Lhere rMadomba: African name for MaLoPas DOITN THE HOLD

(FirsI Prize) A.M Appleby Stanchions and Yardarms and masl, WiLh lhe lazy-guy loose and Lhe prevenLer made fasl; From lhe square of be[ween decks lhe ky elY forlorn and incrediblY high halch where [he masL-head ascends From Lhe

lip of the decks lo the sky it

subLends,

ln an in[ricale paLlern of sleel and sleam,

From the bowl of lhe sky Lo Lhe bighl of Lht beam

The day's busy galhering of grass is done

May/June 1989

sparkling reeds and waving grass, Benea[h the red acacia Lrees.

WiLh

The sun se[s o4.Maleme, Reflecls in wa[ers deeP

bother me

For at the moment I am Lolally content,

We have muscles LhaL feel like we lefl

t.hem

nol

Shadows on [he sunlil sloPe Mingle in Lhe cooling breeze

Ileather Glebe

:f

.::

President's Report

_r'ou

+.0

I

heal-

_':ncern 0r

=

through

I lool-: i::',' ,

;i: _: :hat gang

of ofi.c: ,.:

,i-:. ithumb?) : -: \igf 3isl'

of o-:' .., =.

-

ati:

-:' ::dication

: _:.: -

ls a blue-prinLcd lracing oI of rusL ridden sLa

-'-:- .naUgUfal -:=::r'ing Lhe

ys

ln a concold o[ angles in gun-rrelal 'J'haL

gleys,

converges arnidships Lo pulley and

.,::rtinue

parnL

lllrhele Lhe clcvices cleave and

reslrainL There's a "heads-up below

"

lhe cables

. likened il = -..;e in Lheir

flealler C/ebe dh nxecultre lheclor Bob l{ehs/er

and a claller of

_:.: ,f 0u are

::

gears As Lhe u'inches lcvolve wiLh Lherr cltaLlerirrg fe a

rs,

While Lhe drum-heads complain as llte

cables

u

nfold

'lo Lhe growling re-echoes dcep down in hold

"LeL'el go

"

Lhe

and "'Ware wire." and "BLrild up

Ure n'ings."

As Lhe lurnber swirls down

in

Lhe bighL of

the sJrngs

Io lhe lhud of lhe planks as

Lhey

bull-out

Lhe Iloor

lL's nine Lhousand feel lo Lhe hour or more, r4'lrile Lhe shadons slip lound from sIarboald L0 pOrL

Till

Lhere

As Lhe long hours drag and

lhe buckcls

r.Lrn

dry And Lhe boLLIe-blue l.ades frorn Lhe ghosL o[

lhe sliy

Fraser Valley Fed members are inviLed lo aLLend oul irrl.ormal, buL irrformaLrve and encouraging, rneelings which are hcld lhe second Wedncsday of every monlh aL 7'30 Plr{ aL lhe Fraser Valley College (downslarrs in lhe

in AbboLs[ord. parLicipanLs are

encoulaged Lo bring shorL pieces oI u'riting lo share For inlolmaLion call Al PLak al 874 iB9

The

mrnutes, one slep at a time, I d reached

whal had seemed a dtsLanL poinL

s liLLle of pleasure and nolhing of

sporL

cafeLerra)

first evening at Crescenl Beach uas a busy one, bul at dawn lhe ne.lL mornlng I laced up my sneakers and stt'uck ouL fot'a bit of exploring A fen paces up a litlle road and suddenly-Lhc sea! A vasl world lay before me, ocean, sky distanl island, with Lhe beach slrelching far and alvay lo Lhe soulh and jusl as far as lo Lhe north I iossed off in one direclion and in onlv J-bb-..

I can see the coming year as piesj::: of lhe FFiD rn Lhe same lighl ll s :;,,: fot' tne wiLh a vasl prcLure of pli=: .. before lxy eyes Bul much gr'.-:: -: be covered by setling out' :-jl:.: _r. disLanL goal and lakjnr iL:,-.: s,=- ,.

to

:.

Prestdenl

A decade

'r'-:ings

,:

betng to

,::Und

rr;:= sha ri ni LhaL

Norr

for

yOU

-::

that

UUI JU; I U:

:l ;rrilers we

n.\. i:_it

-:en meeling -:pefu))y we --:':cpulaLion, : --. ln qeneral

ii:rl ::

seems a along the

irere fasler

Lime as our pasl pre:-i.jeni 7:-'_,_.: _, showed

The AClt{ \\ras

a

ucnCeti-

Srtnlr er' irrcniri .,r a, ,,)el-l',sparl<ed u'hen enthus:.s-.-

I

aboul lhaL ireelieni Il'; : Lo all uho lere there :..: .-, of confidence and i.c-: ----

1\,1ay/JLrne 1989

--.:::Ln! some su/t a/

!.:nilna

2

relevant, I love mixing words with prctures and music. Anything so that the audience will have a good time

with 29 recommendatrons to con tinue improving Lhe environmet for Alberta's writers.

and come back.

I

During the weel< read to abouL fifteen hundred kids At every school Lhey lold me how much theY love 'l{e are havrng arlists come making headway in that direction Please ask teachers and parents to harass the department of education All we have to do is push and get

in.

h D

Linda Rosers Vice President's Repor[.

Vih.lr. National Book Festival is over.

Such a lot of energy going both rvays.

Soulh lsland had events in Duncan and Victona. The theme was Llving Book and so I focused on performance art. In Duncan, we had Ariel 0'Sulliban, Garl Harris and bill bissett. The roof came off. ll was an outrageous evening rn the snoozy

litlle

T

I I

through the Poor British Columbra Writers Almanac the other day and read that 1989 will be an even busiet" year than we antrcipated.

I was paging

town.

BC \Vriters.

ln layman's terms, in two years tJ Federation will have a 4,000 squa foot store front offrce space in t.

900 block of Howe Street, rent fr for the life of the building, In trven yeat"s xre will have Lo pay matntr nance cosls. The space will have reading room for the works of rvriters, a reading workshop spa available at a nominal cosl lo oth writers' groups and first class o fices for the Federatron. The oth provincial writers' guilds are en\r 0us.

The next night, we moved the festivilies to Victoria. bill found oLtL via my mailbox thal he js banned rn }\Ieslhill, 0niario for queslionable Lhoughls, questionable ianguage and dropprng his capital letters. That cerlainly got us up for Lhe big nighL

ai

Bob lTebster Executive Report

Looking beyond the coming yea VancoLrv-el Cily Council has votr unanimously to support the bonut ing proposal for the Federatron

Thls year we have the new office space; Lhe lVriiers Bridging Culi.trres Road Tour; increasing the frequency of ITordWorlis; corporale fund-rarsing; a Victorra 0ffice; flogging Have 1{e Got A Writer For Youl and the 1989 Literary Aris Directory.

This space is valued aL $900,000 in 1989 dollars, of course Please lake the Lime to compl the rnsert and return tt.

Have a nice day.

Open Space,

0pen Space has been ravaged bY internal politics. Our evenl was meanl to be a healer and it rvas.

Patrrcia Young read a new envirott-

mental poem

to

introduce Dan RLrbin's beautiful musical prcLure book about the Queen Charlottes and at the end there was silence ltl<e a

prayer. Really

moving.

This all goes to supporl my noLiorr lhat readings should be lively and May June 1989

Maurice Jenkinson Executive Assistant Report

Busy,

I altended the Alberta }Vrilers GLrild conference in CaJgary and amazed Lhem with lales of our phenomenal growlh olrr new office, our Members' Directory and fund-raising hi-jinks They were congratulating BC writer Andreas Schroeder for "Word For Word," a sludy on ihe business of u'riling in Alberl.a. lt rs a very useful reporL, rvellwriLLerr, u,ell thoughl orrt, //10flil/,'0fl/6'

0ur

corporaLe fundralsing cal paign is norv in full gear. A perso

appeal from Peler C. Nelman I accompany rnlormaLion kils that out to i.he corporaljons in BC. ( hopes rnclude suppori for coml titron, expansion of WordWorks t updaled versjons of ihe lVriters the Classroom and LiLerary I Di reclori es. (next pa t)n

This year's AGM was a great success.

There rras an exhilarating feeling of a communiLy of rnteresLs. I had Lhe

pleasure of rneeling many of ottt members and regional reps for the firsL lime. They wilJ no longer bc disembodred voices ovel" a crackling telephone line With the hiring of the new Section 38 slaff, Lhe workload on Bob, Lynne,

and me has been reduced. Ctndy, ivlarjorie and Gaii have gone slraight lo u,ork from the frrst day, wiih one resLrlL being the "ner,v" lVordtr\ror'l<s Lhat you have received.

The readrngs and tr{orl<shops Commitlee (of which I am a parL) is busy selting up short- lerm lVriters-lnResidency programs in conjunclion u,ith the Canada Council. We are also puLLing together worltshops and readirrgs for fall. I urge members lo serve 0n this northwhile commrLlee lL's a greal way to meet olher u'ri Lers

this way. lf so, please call and

say

hello.

The Prjnce Ruperl

-l{rilers'Gror-rp

writers in the anv inleresl in a 3day workshop- social - open - reading cvenl? We'd try Lo billel as many

woLrld like lo hear from

out-of-torvner"s as possible and or

find reasonable accommodation,

BC

May June 1989

624-

6312

Bring in a coupJe of guesls whose material comes from the north, It wouldn't have lo cost much---just a per" person fee to covet" expense. l{e are Lhrnking of a spring 1990 weekend

This fall we've invlled Andrerv lVreggitt, poet and script writer to read

and workshop. Sandra Birdsell should make it here to read in both Terrace and Ruperl ihrough North lVesl CommuniLy College. Readings and rvorkshops rlre hosLed lasL yeai' inclLrded Joan MacLeod, I,[argareL HolJingsrvorth and Myrna l{osLash.

5th annual North Coasl Colleclron is al lhe nrinlers and should be ready for Seafest, Jr,rne B- 1 1. Thanks to any of you who submitted,

lhe repion I lran lrorL SL Jolrn, blt maybe some of yorr uill be corning

l'm looking forward to serving

my with there's any news, the Fed lf term lel me know, Box10B0, Prince RuperL,

OLrr

I've recently taken over from l(aren Ballenger as northern r"ep Prince Rrrnert isn'l anv mot'e 'ccnLral" Lo

which I'll be allending A good week Lo be oLrL of Lown.

rcoion ls lhcre

i

Jean The

plays about a north coast fishing family will air June 5-9. Same week of the Radio Drama rvorkshop in Banff

Terrace lTriters' Guild have a 2nd colleclion of Northwest Skelches comirrg ouL soon. Their guild is also working on a documenlary for CF'fl( Lelevrsion about a series of plays on alcohol abuse rvhich were rvriiten and slaged by Skeena Junior High

Ann Walslt Centre Coastal Thrs ycar''s

AGlt4 aL

Crescenl Beach u'as

one of lhe besl I have allended as a regronal rep., allhoLrgh )u,onder rf llrerp is somc sio rrif icr rrcc in hcinn '.,.'b assioncd lo tcnd har holh niohlq As always, these meetings are a place to meel new members and renew fnendshinq wilh neonlc mcl lhrorro'h lhc ",,,y"

Ped over" other years. For

me,

ClrnsLjc Harris' delrghlful acceptance

as she recejved her life mpmholslrin \'La\ or)c of llre lriohliohls ''b'.',t],,." of lhe AGlt{ All organizations need a 'nrrppn mnlhpr' :nd fhrisl ip'q ruvrv u ore(r -

speech

5r

I have been working on a colleciion of shorl sLorjes for the JasL year or so wiLh Lhe assrstance of an Explorations granL I've just finished a

ciousness and genuine interesi tn other people make her a person we at"e proud to have as our 'royalLy'. Even the busrness meetings at the AGMs seem to be .oel.tin.o shorLer and more rnLeresling, Lhanks probably lo ihe firm guidance of our executive djreclor, Bob All in all, a good conference

series for Molninpside Drama. These

this year!

students.

l,r'

)

amusrng message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Good night and sood wrcsllino

Virginia Dansereau

- Okanagan

Outside strmulation and a httle free time to fantasize on the beach are a

Bob Wakulich South Islands Greetings from Daffodil Central, My

name is Bob Wakulich and I am lhe SouLh lslands Regiona) Rep, Laking over from Linda Rogers, who ltas gone on lo an execuilve posl. I live in Saanichton, whrch is kind of half pervay beLween everyLhing, and riodically manage to make a living as

I

a

vjdeo production technician, a trade which is often as lucrative as mosl kinds of writrng. I'm ongtnally from St, Catherines,Ontario, like the other Bob, and I cook a mean perogi,

Jusl having started,

I

don't really

have much to reporl, but Iwould like

to hear from regional members. I'd like Lo sLage a few readings over the next year, and if anyone rs interested in readrng as a part of a video program, probably al a cable slalion in Sidney please let me knon I'll also Lry io keep up wrth evenls and oLher lrLerary happenings in lhe region, and I thoughL iL may be nice to have a social event or two, just so members in this neck of the woods can meet each other, tall<, have an excuse to go out and so on, If any

nf lhiq inlprpslq \/nr nlprsp nall

nrpfprahlv hpfnrp midniohl (8 224491. Even if I'm nol home, my answering machine usually has an J\4ay

June 1989

winning combinafion to anyone artistically rnclined, The March conference at Crescent Beach was precisely lhat and mor"e. My congratulaLions lo Lhe slaf f for choosing Lhe r"inhl nlrcc and riohl nconle oncc agarn.

Pat Horrobin Vancouver

I am a poet and a former student o1 Earle Birney. I work as a librarian/ storyteller, and have experience as a newswriter, editor and broadcast er.

Speaking of riglrL places, Lhe Okanagan is idyllic at the moment: the aroma of apple blossoms, the twitter of birds, leaves opening to the sprrng rain, the lush green hills admiring lhemselves in the clear blue waLer of Lhe lakes. lt's wonderful. Do visil Lrs this summer

Writing-wise, the plans for the 0ctober 89 Writer-ln-Residence with Sandy Duncan are going ahead. All r{e need now is Canada Councrl approval and four more participants for the three-evening workshop in l(elou,na. The genres are adLrlt ficlion and children's ILeraLure, J'he fee is $42 PrivaLe consulLaLion will also be ai ailable, free of charge.

Kelorvna's dates are October 17 - l9 and Vernon's are October 20 22.

Perhaps some of you from the Penticton area would be interested rn makrng the dnve to Kelowna. lf so, please callme al 542-4166 or wrrte to 9004 Russet Drive, Vernon, BC VlB 2B7

-

Enough about me.

The Greater Vancouver members aL the AGM caucused and expressed interest in having at least two all day or half day workshops rn non-ficlion

wriiing techniques, markets, genres.

If you are interested in helping make this happen contact me at 266-1174 The last of the Third Thursday open readings at Cafe Cafe took place on May 18. But don't despair. Fed and

local Eastside poets are having ad hoc open readings biweekly on Fri-

days aL ?:30 (May 12,26', June 9, 23), same locaLion. ln the next issue of WordlVorks, organizer Dick Bird will let us know of Weslside locations and da Les.

In addrtion, plans for the

Summer

Potluck and 0pen Reading are well underway. Detarls are in lhe EvenLs seclion And Vancouver assislanI rep Bill Jajic is organizing a manu(nexl page)

scripi round-robin, Contact hjm at 321 - 138g to particrpate.

l'here are opportunities aL CITR (102 i fM) 332 Carrall Lo submjL wrlting for the foJiowrng programs: Radiofreerainforesi,, priimati"c anJ

gr0ups and book world events. lf there is enough informatjon to cir_ culate we may start a local news_

letter

Women Do This Every Duy. F;;. information call 684-84g4.

_Sandra Hariline I(ootenary Region Ten writers (almosl a third of the Kootenay membership) met jn CastJegar recenily and there u,".

plans to meel reguJarJy, aJternattng Dettl'een member readings (t0 m;n_ Lrtes max) and programs designed to grve practical jnformatjon. We are approaching 30 members nowl The

Fed recently sponsored lwo locaj readings by Nelson noveljsls Hazel Jameson, author of Icn Dollars alri Dream.

The following three events wjll have occurred when this issue goes to print, bul it's njce to lel eieryone know what we've been up to. 0n AprjJ

21 Bjll

Deverell read at Curpi.ii River pubJic library. ,l aayiton! wrilers' semjnar, sponsored iy the Comox Valley Writers' Club, 'tooli place on April ZZ. Also in April a literary celebration at Curpl.f t Rover s Page Eleven nooiurfor., . hosted proprielor Margo Cormack. Thjs last event pres"ented a prize ior besl hmerick on manu scnpt releciron.

!l

_

Moira Morningsiar NorLh lslan?s Greetings! As lhe new North Islands

I

jnviie reglonaJ represenlative, rnembers to rvrite me (nox :SO Herjol Bay, BC VOp 1ll0) u,tth your ideals and dreanrs foi, lhis area.

Lry to iollorv thlough ol .l'JJ u,hal look fonuaid t;

l can I

neLworl<ing rvtLh you, and lo Jearrlng

nue Van,

USZ 1Uz A

1'he Lonely Cry..."is a loose associa_

tron of June 19Bg

BC

writers

word after

a

word after

a

word is powen

_Margaret Atwood

Often lheir work is

fi

Bronte Street, Haiku Quarterly Seeks: fiction (5,000 lines); poetry (50 lines),

Lwrce yearly.

New Muse

Rates: $Z0/story;$5/poem Editor: Linda S. Valentine Market information is culled from a variety of sources. Interested writ-

ers are urged to verify addresses and request sample copies and contribulor's guidelines prior to makins submissions.

Address: 5428Ingram, Mesa

Seeks: ,AZ

USA 85203

CBC TV Seeks: new talent.

Address: Dwight Gallinger, Script

Coordinator, Box 500, Stn Toronto, 0N M51{ 1E6

A,

Canadian fiction Magazine Seeks: "sholt frction of reasonable length and amazing depth" Deadline: June 15 Guest Editor: Gary Whitehead Address:306-151 }f Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4

first

Impressions Publish-

ing House Seeks: novels, novellas,

Amaranth Review Seeks: poetry anq shori fictron (under 3500 words).

Deadline: August 1

USA 21208

June 1989

rpleil

nharocs

Address: Box 412, Otlawa,0N K1N

of Contempt

"fun, risque,

off-the-wall

poetry" Rates: Contributor's copy Editor: Joe Blades Address: Box 3581 South, Halifax,

NS

B3J 3J2

Prism InLernational ficlion, poelry, drama, translations, and creaiive non-frction for a special Pacifrc Rim issue. No lengih Seeks:

restrictions.

Deadline: September 1 Address: Pacific Rim lssue, PRISM International, Dept of Creative Writing, UBC, Vancouver, BC V6T 1,lr[5

Regina Leader-Post Seeks: book reviews.

Rates: $20-$40, higher fees negotiab)e for lnnocr nicees

Weekend Editor: Pat Williams Address: Box 2020, Regina, SK S4P 3G4

Second lTind Seeks: seneral. lravel and healLh

ar-

licles for seniors.

Address 15 Ketchum Sl, Westport CONN USA O6BBO

85079

Editor: Thomas F. Monteleone Address: Box 5788, Baltimore,

Rates: Advance $750.00 and 5% of

BV4

Address: Box 56235, Phoenix, AZ USA

Borderlands Seeks: "Fiction with no taboos, restrictions to 15,00C u'ords." r ,'ll nn Rates: up to $.07 a word

and

children's stories, any subjecL Deadline: For noveljas, June 30; chrldren's stories, June 15,

GENERAL TICTION

Contains 6 issues of the past year Address 4340 Coldfall Rd, Richmond BC V?C 1PB

Iris, A Journal About lYomen

DRAMA

Seeks: poetry and fiction.

Deadhne: August 1 no

for the winter

issue Address:

lris, c/o

Women's Stud-

res, B-5, Garrett Hall, Unrversity

of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA MD

usA 22903

Glenmore Dinner Theatre Seeks: scripts for three-act

pJays:

two-six characters, running trmes 30, 25,20 minules sets suitable for dinner LheaLre. Send spoofs, sil coms, Iarce, etc.

Literary Markets Yearbooks

v

Rates: Royaltres negotrable

Contact: Carljne RusseJl King Address: c o Playwright in Residence, B Woodfield Green, SW, Calgary, AB TZ}T 3Tg

Champagne Horror

-

rng mystery, morbid humour" in lhe followrng genres: Fiction: 300- 1200 words Rates: $5-$20 Poetry, 6 to 30 hnes of "word magic" Rates: $S-$tO Also: brief bio and SASE Editor: Cathy Buburuz Address: The Penthouse, 1265-919C Alberta St, Regina, SK S4R 2P7

Eldritch Science Seeks: 7,500

-

15,000 word fiction;

poetry with rhyme and metre.

Edrtor: George Phjllies Address: Eldritch Science, 87-o Park Ave, Worcester, MA USA 01605

Jabberwocky horror, experimental prose to 5,000 words Co Editor: Jeff Vander Meer Seeks: SF, fantasy,

Address: 7701 51{ Cainesville,

fL

7th

Rates: .02 cents for articles and fiction; $1-$3 for poems

0n Spec Seeks fantasv, SF shosl irvl horror vr , Slrwuvr I vt stories to ?,000 words.

Year's Best Fantasy, Third

Address: Box 4727, Edmonton, T6E 5G5

SCIENCE TICTION

Seeks: "psychological horror, chill

Randomly, Box 12705, Gainesville, FL USA 32604-0?05

Place,

USA 32607

AB

Porcepic Books, for Tesseracts3, anthology to be published in 1

990

Seeks. reprinL Ianlasy and horror Editor: fantasy, Terri Windling Address: Endicott Studies, 63 Endi-

cott St, Boston, MA USA 02113 Editor: horror, Ellen Datlow Address:0mni, 1935 Broadway, York, NY USA 10023

Seeks: short stories and poems by Canadian SF writers, Address: SF Editor, Porcepic Books, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria, BC

New

JUVENILE

UBZ 2M2

Collier Macmillan, Canada Scavengers Newsletter Is. a marketing co-op for SP fantasy horror writers interested in smell nrpsq Cost: $10 50

US

Contacl: Janet Pox Address: 519 Ellinwood, Osage City, KS 66523-3538

Seeks: 10-20,000 words kids Canadian novels.

Address: RR 3, Killaloe, 0N KOJ 2A0

Dundurn Press Seeks: Canadran hisLory novels (3O,OO0 words) for children 14 and up.

Editor: Kirk Howard

Science Fiction Randomly Seeks SF fantasv and horror to 10,000 words. "Socio-politically conscious" articles on a variety of subjects

Ralcs Pavs in conie5. r UJU llt vvyt\ Address: Science Frctton Randomly,

c

o

Random Productions,

Box

12705, Gainesville, FL USA 32604-

Jugular, Tales of True Terror

0705

Seeks: Splatterpunk, gothic, psy chological and occult horror to 10,000 words Rates: Pays one quarter cent a word and trvo copies.

Address: Hawk, Science Fictron

Serendipity Magazine Seeks: SP, fanlasy, horror

May June 1989

Annual Collection

mainstream fiction.

Address: 1558 Queen St, E, Toronto, ON M4L 1EB

Greey De Pencier Books Seeks: long novels (30-40

000

words) for 10 years and up.

Edilorial Director: Sheba Meland Address: 56 The Esplanade, fl306 Toronto, 0N MsE 1A7

Oxford University Press Seeks: fantasy or farry iales with or and

withoul rlluslratrons, Address: 70 Wynford Drive, Don Mills, ON M3C 1J9

b

lnsrder Practical Guides on how io get published will be as helpful as the monographs.

NON-TICTION Today's Parent Seeks: Features between 1,700 and

Practical Guides on How to get Published

3,000 words thaf are "positive, supportive and informative;" also columns to 850 words, Rates. $400-$900 Editor: Fran Fearnley Address: RR 1, Bailieboro, 0N

KOL

1B0

Canadian lTorkshop Seeks. pieces on home maintenance

and renovations,

I'dilnr Cindv l(iqler Address: 130 Spy Courl, Markham, ON L3R 5H6

Basil Jackson, a member, reports that he now has a series of five lnsider practical Guides io complement the successful lnsider Monographs Series 100 he made available to members last September

"While

the Insrder

Monographs

teach the creative side of writrng a novel or short story, the Insider Practical Gurdes shoit horv to go about the next step: how to get your novel or short story published," he says.

currentl 1f you have any rnformalion on the markets Help us slay

listed in WordWorks please notify us.

The success of the monographs resulLed in his selling up lhe Writer's Help Bureau to handle them. He believes that the new

His own record: nine nove)s published in the United States, Canada, and Britain, with several translations, including three novels in Japanese.

Details, price, and free sampJe pages of the new lnsider Praclical Guides may be had, rvithout obligaiion, by writing or phoning: WriLer's

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tripiine in membershiP that ttrat tinanclal Probiems ltave and services lhat our sisler budget) give their.members' we fear that our PhotocoPier may exPire at anY moment' you can resl whatever y'u can spare the Federation' would be deeply appreciated' i,he Please take the i'ime to read be iou, 1n..,,*.riutt'hip' year' assured ihai, the m.ney wrll .used Wotaryorks for the coming in utit**ftdgtO be wili llr .onirliuioi,

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information, call Heather Glebe at 492-1092 June 18, 19Bg The Greaier Vancouver Chapter of the Romance 'l{riters Associatron announces Lunch with Harleouin.

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Ireslival is: Josiane Polidari. Dtrecl all correspondence to her atlenlion.

A member reports thal Come Hold Lhc Moon is no )onger responding to

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1 ) Promotions Co-ordjnator 2) Volunteer Co-ordinator 3) Fundraiser +) 0ffice Co-ordinator

These positions will be directly linked I o the tr\riLers Bridgtng CLrl Lures Road Tour '89. Parltcipanls will be expected to be rnvolved and supportrve of other FED activities.

For information, call Bob Webster, at

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June 1989

HAVE THEY GOT A WRITER FOR YOU Looking for a writer to spice up that Annual Report?

Need an editor to improve your syntax? Or tell you what syntax is? A screenwriter for the new video? A humourist to fix that speech? Someone to teach the basics of good English?

The Federation of British Columbia Writers has just published, with funds made available by the Provincial Minsitry of Social Services and Housing, Have We Got a Writer for You!, a directory of over 250 writers from across BC. More than a hiring hall, Have We Got a Writer for You! is a valuable directory for teachers, business people, librarians, community arts personnel and members of the reading public.

Compiled and published by the Federation of BC Writers, Have We Got a Writer for You! samples the talents of Federation members who are Editors, Screenwriters, Novelists, Ghost Writers, Researchers, Playwrights, Poets, Journalists, Biographers, Teachers, Critics, Translators, Technical Writers and Historians.

Copies are available for $14.95 including postage and handling by calling 683-2057 or toll free inside BC but outside the Lower Mainland 1-800-663-0796, or by writing: Federation of BC Writers MPO Box 2206 Vancouver BC V6B 3W2.

The Federation of BC Writers' membership boasts over 800 professional and aspiring writers of all genres, across the province. As Western Canada's largest writers' organization their mandate is to bring together the reading public and the writing profession,

Have We Got a Writer for You! makes one of BC's most under utilized resources - its writers - accessible.

office: 683-2057

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}MELOOfuflE Summer is almost upon us and the lgBB membershio drjve is far behind us but, as you can see by the new membership list, applications continue to roll in.

Membership is now hovering around g00, and we have a good chance of reaching our target of 1000 members by the fall of 1989,

to all who responded to our most recent push for renewal. Your continuing support is vital.

Thanks

Personal apologies go out to those who, through computer or clerical errors, received renewal notices desptte having renewed already. lTith such a large membership, it's impossible to avoid a few mistakes. 5o far, fewer than 10 members have complained of such errors--pretty good odds, l'd sayl

To all members, old and new: Welcome from Melcombel

Linda Addison Rose Marie Ayres Mia Bailly laurel Baird

Allan Barr Rock Bates Sheila Baxter Susan Baxter

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Blake Desaulniers

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Carl Gustav Jung

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John G. Bowen Alan D. Bratus Sabina Maria Brennenstuhl Catherine Bryson Malerie Burton Laura Busheikin

JIT Dennison

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Sarah Ellis

Vancouver

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Vancouver

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Delta

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White Rock

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Vancouver Vancouver Ganges

Nanaimo

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Vancouver Surrey Surrey

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Vancouver

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Vancouver Vancouver

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