It’s been a few weeks since I’ve checked in on this site and it’s chockablock full of interesting information for writers – take a moment to have a look!

Jennifer Represents….

Okay, the turkey’s eaten (at least in Canada it is) and we all have a day to recover from the food and festivities. Hopefully after all the clearing up is done, you’ll have a little time for yourself today, and hopefully that means a little time to write.

The writing prompt for today is about Thanksgiving. I want you to write a list of things that a CHARACTER is grateful for in his or her life. Once the character has written this list, I want the character to describe something he or she deeply regrets. Getting to know our characters makes the stories we want to write much, much easier and more fun!

This seems like such a fun thing to try:

Regina Public Library Book Spine Poetry Photo Challenge

Book Spine Poetry is composed using the spines of books, stacked on one another, to create a few verse poem. In honour of both Saskatchewan Library Week and Teen Read Week, Regina Public Library is asking Book Spine Poets to submit a picture of their book spine masterpiece:

1. Compose a poem using books from RPL or your personal library.

2. Take a picture of your poem

3. Submit the photo of your poem to:

Warren James

Programming Unit

ya@reginalibrary.ca

306-777-6151

Winning submissions will be chosen by our Book Spine Poetry team and will receive gift certificate prizes; RPL will accept both hard copy and digital photographs.

— Contest open to all age groups

— Include your name and contact information in your email or on the back of your photograph

— Hard copy photographs will not be returned and should be sent to Warren via PO Box 2311, S4P 3Z5

To see examples of Book Spine Poetry in action, go to the Glen Elm and Albert branches and interact with their Book Spine Poetry shelves.