Vancouver Island Writers?

Cassidy · Aug 29, 2007

Hi,
I'm in Victoria and was wondering if there are others in the area who might be interested in getting together this fall. October, maybe, at a coffee shop? Let's get together and talk about writing and writing-related stuff.
Cheers- Cassidy

willietheshakes · Sep 1, 2007

I'm in!

(Though I had absolutely NO idea this area of these boards existed till I got your PM...)

Cassidy · Sep 4, 2007

Ha, me neither until I looked around trying to figure out what forum to post in. I wonder if anyone else will find this or if I should post something in another area as well... Do you know who else is from Victoria?

Anyway, glad you're in. I'm looking forward to meeting up!

batgirl · Sep 13, 2007

I'm in Victoria - just found this message while searching for something else entirely.
I work at UVic, live just outside Oak Bay.
-Barbara

Chicken Warrior · Sep 13, 2007

Thanks for bumping it!

I'm in Victoria also, and also writing for the teen/MG market. Maybe we could start a small critique group? If you don't mind the precense of the underaged.

Cassidy · Sep 15, 2007

hey batgirl and chicken warrior! great to see your posts! i was starting to think that there wasn't anyone else on AW from Victoria. batgirl, i work at u vic too, as a sessional (though not this term) and live in fernwood. and chicken warrior-- another teen/MG writer, that's fabulous. i look forward to hearing more.

what do you all think about meeting for coffee sometime in october? at the black stilt, maybe (easy parking)? or some other coffee shop?

Chicken Warrior · Sep 18, 2007

Sounds good. Black Stilt across from Bolen Books and that?

batgirl · Sep 19, 2007

Sounds good to me - Bolens is an easy bike from my place. I'm off work at 6pm Mon-Fri, free weekends, may be previously booked for the first weekend in October, depending.
-Barbara

Cassidy · Sep 28, 2007

Just bumping this to see if we get any more interest before October rolls around... Hey, Victoria writers? Coffee, Black Stilt, some evening in October.. anyone else joining us?

britlitfantw · Sep 29, 2007

I may be able to make it, but I'm not sure yet. What fun that would be. :snoopy:

batgirl · Sep 29, 2007

Should we all wear yellow carnations or something to identify ourselves?

-Barbara

Chicken Warrior · Sep 29, 2007

Hmmm. Well I'll recognize Mr. Wiersema, and Ms. Stevenson if she props a book or two on the table.

So you guys can't be late.

britlitfantw · Sep 30, 2007

I wondered about the flower idea, too. XD Maybe everyone could carry a certain book. Of course, there's always the standby: "I'll be wearing a blue baseball hat and blue jeans and a green, rhinestone-studded shirt."

batgirl · Oct 1, 2007

I have an Absolute Write coffee mug - think they'd mind if I brought my own mug? And a Viable Paradise t-shirt in bright yellow.
-Barbara

Cassidy · Oct 2, 2007

so when should we meet? i guess i'll throw a couple dates out there as a starting point. how about wednesday october 10, 6:30 pm or sunday october 14, 10 am or 6pm? what works for you guys?

and maybe i could get there early and put an AW sign on the table, just in case yellow carnations are hard to find...

Chicken Warrior · Oct 3, 2007

Both of those work. Might be a bit late on Wednesday, though.

batgirl · Oct 3, 2007

They both work for me as well.
We could plan for Oct 10, with Oct 14 (10 am slot?) as a backup? Depending what the others say, of course.
-Barbara

willietheshakes · Oct 4, 2007

Not so good for me, those dates. My wife's having surgery on the 10th, so I have charge of the boy...

willietheshakes · Oct 4, 2007

Chicken Warrior said:
Hmmm. Well I'll recognize Mr. Wiersema,

I can't decide if I should be concerned or not...

Chicken Warrior · Oct 4, 2007

I'm stalking you. Or is it stocking? No, i'm definitely not stocking you. But I would if I was a bookstore.

Seriously, I only see your picture in the paper every month. You're like Nellie Furtado or Steve Nash or Sir James Douglas. A little bit.

BTW, I meant to see you speaking today at Camosun, but I couldn't make it.

I'll have to go to the Bolens thing.

Cassidy · Oct 5, 2007

Hey,
Well, after suggesting Wednesday I looked at my calendar and realized I'm supposed to be taking my three year old to a friend's place for pizza that night. Oops. Sorry guys. So between that and Robert's wife's surgery, maybe I should try again with some possible times? How about... Sunday Oct 21, 6:30 pm?

By the way, if any of you are interested in coming to my book launch, the details are confirmed-- it'll be at the Cornerstone Cafe, corner of Fernwood and Gladstone, on Thursday Oct 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you do come, introduce yourself so I know who you are!

And I just wrote Robert's Oct 30 Bolen Books thing on my calendar-- that sounds like an interesting evening; I'm looking forward to it. Actually, if others are going too, maybe we could grab a coffee together afterwards? Would that work?
-Robin

willietheshakes · Oct 5, 2007

Well, I'll be there on Oct 30...

Chicken Warrior · Oct 5, 2007

Hopefully, yes.

And that would work for me or I could do Sunday.

batgirl · Oct 11, 2007

Cassidy said:
By the way, if any of you are interested in coming to my book launch, the details are confirmed-- it'll be at the Cornerstone Cafe, corner of Fernwood and Gladstone, on Thursday Oct 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you do come, introduce yourself so I know who you are!

And I just wrote Robert's Oct 30 Bolen Books thing on my calendar-- that sounds like an interesting evening; I'm looking forward to it. Actually, if others are going too, maybe we could grab a coffee together afterwards? Would that work?
-Robin

I can make a good try for both of these - if you don't think you'll be too tired and 'peopled out' after the socialising?
Robert? Are you free after, or dashing off? And hoping here that all is going smoothly with both surgery and child-minding today.

-Barbara

willietheshakes · Oct 13, 2007

Well, if I schedule it in I should be all right...

And yes, the surgery went well, and child-minding... well, the boy and I are both enjoying season six of Smallville a great deal (hanging out with my son is sort of like a boy's weekend, minus the scotch, strippers and cigars.)

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