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The unpretentious atmosphere of Blue Heron Books with its comfy chairs, wood shelving and creaky floors lends itself to a long slow, browsing session, but under that sleepy atmosphere vibrates a strong pulse. The store has a quaint, old-fashioned look with an up tempo vibe, because there is always something happening. The store is a hub for the community and a bastion of calm chaos where everyone is welcome, even the local dogs that drop by with their owners for a treat from the tin kept under the front counter.
62 Brock St. W., Uxbridge, Ontario. 905-852-4282Fun with Freelancing!
with Dorothea Helms
Writing well is a fundamental step to getting published – but if you want to make money writing, you have to venture away from the right side of your brain and engage in business practices such as marketing, invoicing and keeping a set of basic books. Sound like a drag? According to Dorothea Helms, The Writing Fairy®, TOO BAD!
During this 10-week course, she will teach you to buck up, buckle down, stop whining and get moving on being an entrepreneur. Participants will learn what it means to be in business and how to translate that into freelance writing for a part- or full-time living. You’ll even have fun along the way!
Monday evenings, February 27 to May 7 (10 weeks, no class during March Break) $300
Time: 7:00 to 9:30
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Bio
Dorothea Helms is an award-winning, internationally published writer and popular writing instructor. She is the author of the highly successful book The Writing Fairy® Guide to Calling Yourself a Writer (now available on Kindle), and she offers courses, workshops and keynote speeches that inspire adults to write and publish their work.
Dorothea is also owner of Write Stuff Writing Services, through which she provides professional writing and editing services of all kinds to newspapers, magazines, businesses and individual clients. Over the years, she has served as contributing editor to dozens of publications, and has provided many writing colleagues with paying gigs. She also owns The Writing Fairy®, a business through which she provides humour writing, keynote speaking and writing instruction. Her “Business of Writing” workshop has helped to launch many freelance careers. For the past several years, Dorothea has pulled in six-digit revenues from her freelance businesses.
She has been teaching creative writing at the college level for 17 years, and is proud that many of her students have won writing contests, started freelance careers and become published authors. Dorothea’s work has appeared in publications such as Homemakers, Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun and Canadian Architecture and Design Magazine. She was featured on CBC Radio’s “First Person Singular” twice, and has twice had personal essays published on The Globe and Mail’s Facts & Arguments page.
She is known for her trademark humour. Where Dorothea goes, fun follows!
We've listened in for years, but this year CBC Books turned the spotlight on Blue Heron Books, naming it the Independent Bookseller for the month of January.
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