Whew. When Words Collide in Calgary is the most comprehensive, well-organized, affordable reader/writer conference anywhere! Three days of non-stop activity, starting with a Master Class facilitated by Marty Chan, who writes plays for adults and children. He started out penning interactive murder mysteries for dinner theatre and had to learn to layer on action, mystery and clues to keep patrons coming back for more. But talk about tumbling down the rabbit hole! With 180 sessions on a variety of topics (12 going concurrently) in 50-minute sessions, it was a mind-boggling task to pick out just one to attend in each time slot. It was wonderfully chaotic. Can you imagine – 700 participants and meeting rooms in two separate buildings of the Delta South hotel.…

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