Wdot, our once-weekly writing group met before the holidays at Mosaic Market in Davis Bay. And decided that we are going to get published in GEIST Magazine in 2011. Each of us have a subscription now; I gave my winning subscription (won at the Zine Fair in Vancouver) to Joanne B for Christmas – and Shelley and I bought ours with our 500-word postcard story entry. So now it’s all three of us, the three w’s. And GEIST. It’s a start.
Origin of our name, w.dot
The w’s stand for three women writers, Joanne Bennison (YA), Shelley Harrison-Rae (poet, non-fiction) and me, Caitlin Hicks (literary fiction, short story, non-fiction).
(the dot is Richard, a poet who last attended when we commented vigorously on his novel-in-progress; we were somewhat over-enthusiastic in our comments, and he was devastated; he’s an excellent poet, and promises to return). There are two others who have joined since then, Nina Haedrich and Sally Simpson. But I digress.
Here we are at Mosaic Market, me, Shelley & Joanne B. With GEIST in our hearts and 2011 adventures and visions of sugarplums scampering around in our heads.
