Lomond Writers' Gathering

LOMOND WRITERS’ GATHERING PROGRAMME 26TH-29THMARCH 2012

AT THE KILTED SKIRLIE, LOMOND SHORES, BALLOCH G83

Mon 26th
Whodunnit day 11-12.30    

Insp. Judy Wilson (Strathclyde Police)

Researching Police Procedures
This will be a question and answer session, so come prepared 

   2.30-4pm

Pat McIntosh 

(mediaeval crime writer)

Crafting the Crime Novel

5-6

Moira McPartlin (writer)

New Tools for Narration

7-9

CANCELLED

CANCELLED

Tues 27th
    Romance 11-12.30    

Raven McAllan (historic romance)

Finding your voice as a writer

 2.30-4pm

Marguerite Kaye (Harlequin)

Creating effective heroes and heroines for romance

4.30- 6pm Workshop
Accompanied juniors welcome

Arya Grey (Writer & Illustrator)

Show don’t tell simplified

   7-9 

Accompanied juniors    welcome

                 All welcome  

OPEN MIC for writers to read their work

BOOK QUIZ and raffle

Wed 28th
Write it right 11-12.30

Hugh Scott (writer)

Effective writing
This will be a question and answer session, so come prepared  

   2-3.30

Angela Gilchrist (People’s Friend)

Telling and selling short stories

   5-6 Workshop
Accompanied juniors welcome

Tom Gold (writer)

What makes a hero?

   7-9 

Accompanied juniors    welcome

All welcome

OPEN MIC for writers to read their work

BOOK QUIZ and raffle

Thurs 29th  

 Facts day 11-12.30

E.Giannini (A4E)

How to make a business of a hobby. Business set-up explained

   2-3.30



Lisa Verrico (The Times)

CANCELLED

Freelance article writing – how to make it
CANCELLED

   6.30-9

Accompanied juniors    welcome

Agnes Owens

Alisdair Gray

Prize giving - Readings

Lifetime Achievement 
Award Ceremony

Tickets for workshops are available to buy in advance or at the door. 

Tickets cost:   £6 per single workshop      £11 per day     £40 for the whole programme.  

Writers shortlisted for BEST ENTRY :   

Hannah Mckenzie Wood, Dumbarton - Mary McLuskey,Clackmananshire -  Mary Nixon, Cambuslang - Linda Bowes, Cumbria  - A.E McKinnon, Balloch;

Highly Commended: Lindsay Drummond , Helensburgh; Helen MacKinven, StirlingshireJohn M. Wyllie, Tarbert;