Want to write a family history or your memoirs? Then this is the workshop for you. It covers how-tos -- from writing basics and data collection to creating characters and settings, using diaries, letters, and previously published material. Kiss your writer's block bye-bye.

Included:  getting started exercises, copyright and other legal considerations, Q &A (bring your questions, get workable answers), plus  practical advice on getting into print.

Also included:
The Family History & Memoirs Writing Kit:
-- Top 20 Tips for Writing History
-- Character Counts: bring people to life
-- Publishing Checklist
-- Editorial Stylesheet
-- Writing History Resources

Workshop leader Cheryl MacDonald has written 14 books including...
  Port Dover: A Summer Garden, 
Who Killed George? and 
Adelaide Hoodless: Domestic Crusader.
   
Cheryl writes a weekly history column for the  Simcoe Times-Reformer, and has written articles for The Beaver, Canadian Encyclopedia, and numerous other magazines and newspapers. She holds history degrees from the University of Waterloo and McMaster University.

To pre-register, phone Andrea at 426-1583

Cheryl MacDonald
 

Cheryl & Andrea