London House B&B, Guelph. Acclaimed writers Barbara Kyle and Robert Rotenberg hosted eight aspiring novelists for a weekend of networking, food and wine and exciting conversations about writing powerful and sale-able work. On Friday evening we began with introductions and refreshments, cautiously, as a newly-formed group of strangers always does. Fueled by amazing food and wine our reticence disappeared as the layers of high-volume conversation piled up around the dinner table and our personal stories got told – funny, sad, similar, awe-inspiring. We began to meld as a team and over the weekend, it just kept getting better. Sounds hokey, but that ‘clan effect’ is what happens when skilled facilitators – and Bobby and Barbara were amazing – convene like-minded writers for intensive discussions…
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