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Walking the World: Canadian Pagans in Print

I have been mentioned among several other authors in this article written by Dodie Graham McKay. It can be found at The Wild Hunt.

The article is called: Walking the World: Canadians in Print.
You can read it here: http://wildhunt.org/2014/09/walking-the-world-canadians-in-print.html

NANOWRIMO 2014

Gearing up and getting excited for this year's NaNoWriMo. I hope to finish the next section of my Trust & Guardianship series.

Also this year, I am hosting a Young Writers Program! This is through Stepping Up Resource Center. Check out the set-up and later on the progress here: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/1810355

Inspiring young minds to achieve great things in writing and learn life skills about publishing and marketing themselves.

2014 Cosplay Self-Crafted Shadowhunter Components:

This is a VERY long post of the creation of weapons and props for cosplay. Nothing teaches you more about your characters than how things are made and used. Great learning experience. Also... this is VERY picture heavy. Enjoy!

Bow Creation:

1-      I spray painted an old hickory self-bow with black tremclad.

2-      With a silver sharpie, I drew on three runes for :deflecting and for precision.

Arrow Creation:

1-       I snapped 2 wooden dowels in half, sanded them, and used them as arrow shafts.

2-       I made the arrowheads and the fletching from craft foam.

3-       I glued on the arrowheads and the fletchings with a glue gun

4-      Then I spray painted them silver and used a black sharpie to mark runes on them for Angelic Power and Pain to Demons

 

Stele Creation:

1-       Cut the tab off a sharpie and glue 3 long stir sticks to the sharpie, tie the end with thread

2-       Glue a quartz crystal to the end of the cap

3-      Cover with foil tape

4-       With a black sharpie, mark runes on it.

Seraph Daggers & Glowing Swords:

1-      First, I got a huge piece of plexiglass and cut it into strips for daggers and swords.

2-      The daggers were stenciled from a real dagger I own and then cut out of the smaller plexiglass pieces.

      3-      The sharp edges of the daggers were sanded down with a mop sander, as were each flat side.

4-      I stenciled a broad sword for the swords and cut it with a scroll saw (thanks to dad’s help).

5-      Each sword is 3 layers of plexiglass with holes cut in 2 layers for the mini LED light.

6-      The layers are then sealed together with a special acetone/keytone liquid that melts the plexiglass and makes the layers stick together

7-      I then popped the LED light into the hole to light the sword up.

8-      Then sharp edges are cut smooth with a saw I cannot name (thanks dad).

9-      The plexiglass was too clear to glow properly, so the flat sides were scuffed with sandpaper so the light had something to reflect off of.

Newly published: My contribution to an anthology available for pre-order

Naming the Goddess is written by over eighty adherents and scholars of Goddess and Goddess Spirituality, and includes contributions from Selena Fox, Kathy Jones, Caroline Wise and Rachel Patterson. Part 1 is a series of critical essays focusing upon contemporary Goddess issues. Part 2 is a spiritual gazetteer featuring over seventy Goddesses.

Part 2 on Naming the Goddess hosts my writing on the Goddess Sophia.

http://www.amazon.ca/Naming-Goddess-Trevor-Greenfield/dp/178279476X/

The Best Parts

Who says that only children should dress-up?!

Sometimes the best parts of writing are the things you read. And the best parts of the things you read are the worlds and characters that draw you in and inspire you.

So in honor of Cassanra Clare and her various Shadowhunter books, I will be cosplaying a shadowhunter from her fantastic world. I will have a preliminary costome on Saturday of Montreal's Otakuthon (August 23, 2014) and then reprise the role with the finished work at Montreal's Comic-Con (September 13, 2014).

Much of the costume is pieced together with some creative aspects and some arts & crafts. I will post step-by-steps of the craft work here. And if you want to see some of the incredible things my friend did, check out Ethan's shadowhunter accessories!

Ethan's Shadowhunter Stele: http://heythisismyjob.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/shadowhunter-stele-project/

Ethan's Shadowhunter Bracers: http://heythisismyjob.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/shadowhunter-bracers-project/

I will be working on a bow, arrows, leather armor, silver knives, and later special item. These special items will include a witchlight (a glowing stone) and crystal blades (that will hopefully glow too).

Let's Write!

SO! You or your son or daughter want to be a writer!
Contact me if interested.

Welcome to the Young Writers After School Program (part of NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month: http://nanowrimo.org/ ) where your child will have an opportunity to learn fun writing skills, learn to compose a short story, edit their work, and then see it manifest into a published anthology! Children will also learn valuable life skills as they organize and promote a Book Launch in the spring.

This after school program will run on Fridays 2-6pm (open sessions, come anytime within these hours) from September 26th through February 27th. There are 20 planned sessions (October, November, January, February). September session is an introduction for parents and children. December is open and free for extra writing practice over the holidays. When the session is over, there will be a formal book launch in March and every student will receive a free copy of the anthology.

Schedule Fridays 2-6pm:

September 26th - Introduction: So you want to be a writer!
October 3rd - Character Development
October 10th - Conflict and Challenges
October 17th - PLOT
October 24th - Settings
October 31st - Storyboard / Outlining the Story
November 7th - 28th - Write WRITE Write with NaNoWriMo Challenge
December 5th - 19th - FREE Writing Time to Finish Up
January 2nd - 23rd - Editing, Refining, Draft Printing
February 6th - 27th - Publishing & Planning Book Launch

Saturday Mark 21st OR 28th will be an official Book Launch of their work!

Cost: $500 or $100 per month per child starting October 1st
Workbook FREE in a Dropbox, please print in advance.