Frequency:
1st Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm
Location meetings are held:
Colonial Retirement Residence,
Activity Room (down hall to the left of front foyer)
101 Manning St. Whitby, Ontario
General format of the meetings:
Participants are given a monthly challenge (about 300 words) which we read and critique (kindly) at the next months meeting. We do some writing on the spot, then share any other work we have been working on if time permits. We also network info regarding publishing opportunities, etc., relevant to our genre.
Are you open to new members?
Most definitely!
Contact person for inquiries about the group:
Deborah Elsmore deborah.elsmore@yahoo.ca
Special note: The Colonial provides us with a comfortable and beautiful place to meet and also supplies coffee, tea and cookies as a most welcome treat. To show our appreciation for their kindness, we have a Reading Night for the residents twice a year, in lieu of our June and December meetings.
Hi, Deborah
I am a new member of the WCDR who lives a fair distance from your area. I could have joined a children’s writer online critique group, but I feel an actual, in-the-flesh meeting is more my style. Currently, I have no writing friends, and am keen to make some. Reading about your wonderful-sounding children’s writer circle fills me with longing. As I envision myself as a member of your group, I am curious to know the number of participants, if there’s any age restriction in your membership and the sorts of writing that members are working on.
As for me, I’m awaiting word on the publication of my first sci-fi novel for 10 and up (Tundra Books has had the ms. for 4 1/2 months now; as well, I have other publishing-related irons in the fire.) The manuscript’s acceptance by a publisher will firmly cement my resolve to surround myself with the support of other writers, and relocating to Durham Region could be the right course to follow.
Dawn Hagan
Fellow children’s writer