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A Quick Killing: Writing the Mystery Short Story

Workshops,

When and where

When: Monday November 7, 2016 at 6:15-8:15 p.m.
Where: Alta Vista Branch, Ottawa Public Library, 2516 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa

Join us as Melanie Fogel, editor of Triptych Tales, presents an overview of the fundamentals of mystery short story writing. Register on the Ottawa Public Library website under the Programs and events tab.
Melanie Fogel has spent over thirty years in & around publishing.  She was a fiction editor for Storyteller, Canada’s Short Story Magazine for fifteen years.  Her work has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. 
Melanie was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award in 2006.  She is the author of two books, The Storyteller Fiction Writer’s Companion and The Storyteller Fiction Writers Workbook.

The rules of writing: Ignore at your peril

Meetings,

Melanie Fogel will speak on the rules of writing, their purpose, pitfalls and the  perils of ignoring them at the next CCW meeting on March 9, 2016 at 7 p.m.

Melanie Fogel is the editor of Triptych Tales, and the former editor of  Storyteller, Canada’s Short Story Magazine.

She has given lectures and workshops at the Bloody Words and Surrey Writers conferences, taught creative writing for the Ottawa-Carleton School Board’s Continuing Education program, and served as a judge for the Audrey and Arthur Ellis prizes.

An Arthur Ellis-nominated writer, her work has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies. She is also the author of The Storyteller Fiction Writer’s Workbook

When and where

When: March 9, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Where: Ottawa City Hall (Honeywell Room, second floor)