Alberta Romance Writers' Association (ARWA)

Celebrating 35 years in 2022! Alberta Romance Writers' Association (ARWA) is a non-profit society, that provides a support network for our members and writers.

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Early 2025 workshop preview! 📚WANT TO JOIN US?📚 It’s easy to join on our website (link in bio). We prorate memberships so you don't have to pay the full year fee to join now for amazing workshops, cowriting sessions, and more! #virtualwritingworkshops

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Sometimes, writing feels like herding cats. Sassy, sassy cats.

#wwc #yyc #calgaryarts #yycarts #yycevents #yycartscene #YYCWriters #YYCWritingCommunity #yegwriters #writingcommunity #bookstagram #indieauthors

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Who in our community is writing Western Romances? With it being the Day of the Horse, we thought we'd ask. So are you dreaming up a cowboy romance? A horse girl rom-com? Let us know! Or tell us one you've read and loved.

#bookstagram #indieauthors #westernromance #cowboyromance

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On Dewey Decimal System Day, what sections of the library do you frequent?
Do you just love to sit in the stacks and read (We love 808.3 for all our fiction writing education needs)? Or snag a table and some writing time for yourself?
#writingcommunity #bookstagram #indieauthors

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December 8 is...Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day!

So what are your favourite time travel romance reads? Or are you writing one? Have you written one? Tell us about it!

#writingcommunity #bookstagram #indieauthors

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It's Letter Writing Day! Are you going to write one to someone? #amwriting #letterwritingday

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It's national sock day! We've talked about writing rituals, but what about your reading rituals? Do you...
📚 Wear comfy socks?
📚 Drink tea or coffee?
📚 Read only right before bed (and into the night promising "Just one more chapter...")?
#amreading #bookstagram #indieauthors

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December is here! What are you currently writing to keep warm on these cold evenings?

#writingworkshops #wwc #yyc #calgaryarts #yycarts #yycevents #yycartscene #YYCWriters #YYCWritingCommunity #yegwriters #writingcommunity #indieauthors

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Motivational Writing Quote O'Clock!
"I'm writing a first draft
and reminding myself that
I'm simply shoveling sand
into a box so that later
I can build castles."
- Shannon Hale
#nanowrimo #4thewords #pathfinderswritingcollective #roughdraftchallenge #NoQuWriMo #Shutupandwrite

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Last week of November! This week, we have our usual Monday evening write-in! It's easy to join us virtually and get some words out. On Nov 26, our writing discussion is on writing a memoir after our workshop this month. We hope to see you at one (or both?!)

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Jodi Picoult: "You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page."

#nanowrimo #4thewords #pathfinderswritingcollective #pwc #roughdraftchallenge #NoQuWriMo #Shutupandwrite

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Gilbert and Hall Press, run by an ARWA member, has a call out for short story submissions! It's open now until January 2025. The title is Green Magic: Stories of hope and power. More info at the link in our bio.

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This week at ARWA: Virtual cowriting session on Nov 18. And our writing discussion on November 19? We are talking writing ~erotica~ after last month's erotica workshop. #indieauthors #amwriting

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"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." ~ Octavia Butler
Are you getting a writing session in today?

#nanowrimo #4thewords #pathfinderswritingcollective #roughdraftchallenge

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The 2024 Treasures Along the Fenceline: A Collection of Creative Works by ARWA is now available! The theme was "holidays," with short stories, poems, and non-fiction pieces for a range of holidays from New Year's and Valentine's Day to Halloween and Christmas. Link in bio.

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Join us THIS SATURDAY for our monthly workshop on writing memoir! Calgary author, Romie Christie, relates how she crafted a touching ‘memoir’ based on her parents’ story.
#writingworkshops #wwc #yyc #calgaryarts #yycarts #yycevents #amwriting #YYCWriters

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Motivational writing quote time~
"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good." - William Faulkner
#nanowrimo #4thewords #pathfinderswritingcollective #pwc #roughdraftchallenge #NoQuWriMo #Shutupandwrite

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Member Book Launch! A Horseman for Harriet, Book Two in the Series The King’s Colours is a historical romance by ARWA member D.S. Weber. Launch event on Nov 28 in Edmonton, info here: https://t.co/L0W9lAdzDI

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This week at ARWA is huge! We have our Monday night virtual cowriting session on Nov 11. On Nov 12, we are chatting about writing body language. And this month's workshop, the last workshop of 2024, is on Nov 16th! Join us so you can take part.

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Check out "A Christmas Cup of Joe," released by ARWA member Kirsten Clark on November 1st! Join Kirsten Clark for the virtual book launch event on Facebook from November 1st to 15th! Link: https://t.co/yXenagBZUJ