I am really excited about the Ontario Writers’ Conference this weekend (OWC, for those in the know). The Honorary Chair of the Conference is Wayson Choy, author of award-winning novels and memoir (The Jade Peony — 1995, All That Matters — 2004, Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood — 1999, and Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying — 2009 ). There’s a stellar lineup of workshops, facilitators and mentors. I’ve signed up for a Blue Pencil session with Barbara Berson. I’m excited and apprehensive. Barbara gets to read three pages from my first novel – selecting those pages was like offering up a child for and experiment. Will it work? What if the outcome is awful? The thing is, I finished my…

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