Ted Barris: Special Guest at February 6 Meeting

Ted Barris has kindly accepted the Uxbridge Writers' Circle invitation to come to our next meeting. He is well known and highly respected, especially in this community. Ted is the recipient of numerous awards for his writing and we are excited that he will be sharing some of his experiences as a writer with us. As always, non-members are welcome to join us. Our meeting is scheduled for 1pm in the large boardroom, Uxbridge Arena. Please email vickyearle@gmail.com.
See you then!

Fun With Word Challenges!

Rosemarie Dawson-Hill has written a great story using the words for the December challenge. You can find it by clicking on the "Word Challenges" page. Enjoy!
The February words are: seaweed; burro; spurt; leather; gaseous; harlequin. 
We enjoy hearing each other's poems/stories/memoirs/songs using the member-selected words each month. It never ceases to amaze us how different each piece of writing is! It's a lot of fun, and motivating as well! Check out the "Word Challenges" page to find ones from different members for the same month: www.uxbridgewriterscircle.blogspot.ca

Writers' Circle Meeting Dates for 2018

See the page "dates of meetings" for 2018 posted on our blog.
We're looking forward to a productive and fun year of writing and sharing. The first meeting is on January 2 and one of the pieces members will be sharing is a story/poem/memoir based on these words: dog-eared; rambunctious; crackers; spark; waterfall; stray. We never cease to be amazed at the exciting variety of stories members create from the same list of words!
Keep checking uxbridgewriterscircle.blogspot.ca for samples.
Happy New Year and Happy Writing!

Last Word Challenge for 2017!

Members of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle are poised to write their final piece for 2017. Participants are welcome to write a short story, poem, lyrics for a song, memoir, non-fiction or any other creative piece using all of the following words: relief; pole-axed; bottle; daisy; temperamental; lost.
Or we can simply listen and enjoy others' contributions.
We meet the first Tuesday of each month (all twelve!) at 1pm in the Uxbridge Arena. If you can't join us, then sign up to receive an email each time we post something new, such as samples of our members' word challenges, as well as other fun things like quizzes.
Happy writing!

Our Favourite Books!

We're starting a list of our favourite books - click on "Our Favourite Books!" above (uxbridgewriterscircle.blogspot.ca).
We'll be adding more!
We hope you're trying your (writing) hand at our monthly word challenges: the words for November are: nurse; trite; habitual; sling shot; conniving; disingenuous; signature.

New word challenge stories!

There are two new word challenge stories for you to read. Click on "Word Challenges!" in the list of pages above uxbridgewriterscircle.blogspot.ca
We hope you enjoy "Singing the Writer's Block Blues" and "Haunted" by Rosemarie Dawson-Hill.
The words for the October word challenge are: stockbroker; acute; stray; emotional; billy club.
What story would you write using these words? Watch this blog for a sample of the stories that our members create!

Word Quiz!

We invite members and non-members to participate in our first word quiz! It's free and no-one but you will know how you scored! See if you put the words in their correct places. You can find the quiz by clicking on "Writing Tips and Quizzes" above. We hope you have fun with it!