By Trudy Prins Behind the ordinary faces of people, there sometimes lies the most fascinating stories. As with any buried treasure, digging them out requires time and patience, but they…
Library Writing Course
In December, a two hour online course by Lisa Cron will be available on the Library’s LinkedIn learning platform. Please take a look if you’re interested. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-the-craft-of-story/crafting-stories?autoplay=true&trk=course_preview&upsellOrderOrigin=default_guest_learning
Rock&Roll For the Heart&Soul
Come out and supprt our friend James John Miller!
Chad and I Take a Break
By Terry Carroll “I think of you as Charles George Peter Thomas. Are you okay with that? Do you mind if I shorten it to Chad?” I wrote to ChatGTP….
Book Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Book Review by Wendy Tippin As I said in my blog post of August, 2024, I am a young senior and a voracious cozy mystery reader, and I still am. …
Listen to your writing
From Peter Bloch-Hansen Writing is a form of speaking. We first learn language by hearing and repeating it aloud. Language comes to us mostly as meaning-filled sounds, long before we…
On God and godawful writing
By Terry Carroll On Saturday May 17, 2025 at St. Thomas Public Library, former St. Thomas Times-Journal reporter (turned adjunct prof at Redeemer University) Thomas Froese said something foolish to…
Pics from “On Writing Fiction” with Thomas Froese Sat. May 17. Click here
Elgin Writers Guild hosted an afternoon session on writing fiction, and voice in fiction, May 17, 2025, featuring former St. Thomas Times-Journal reporter/photographer Thomas Froese, now an adjunct professor in…
The Poet’s Guide to Word-Watching
by Julie Berry (for Poetry Month) When an unfamiliar word flies up and startles you, look for identifying features, try to glimpse its secondaries, comprehend its bone structure, its under-tail…
Writing from the Heart of the Story
By Peter Bloch-Hansen Recently I had opportunity to talk about ‘writing from the heart’ of the story. What is the heart of the story? It’s what you want the reader…
Opening Lines
By Elgin Writers Guild Vice President, James John Miller The opening lines of a story have the power to spellbind the reader, or turn themoff altogether. Editors in publishing houses…
Silencing Your Inner Editor
By Elgin Writers Guild Fiction Critique Group Moderator Tara Walker You open a new document and poise your fingers over the keyboard. You’re going to write a novel, and it’s…
Book of short stories and poems now on sale
A version of this story first appeared in Hometown St. Thomas and is reprinted with permission. In the late autumn, 2024 , Elgin Writers Guild marked a significant milestone with…