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ew Writers' Group In Lucknow
New Members Welcome
Valerie Gillies
Editor/Lucknow Sentinel
The Lucknow Writer's
Group was created when
Lary Lindsay was looking for
a way to continue to be sur-
rounded by writers when the
Wingham Writers' Gourp
disbanded earlier in 2014.
Lindsay and Donna
Hazelden together
approached Grant Robert-
son of and he gave the go-
ahead to begin holding
meetings in the Lucknow
Public Library. The first
meeting was held April 1,
2014.
Currently there are four
regular members. Joining
Lindsay and Hazeldon are
Heather McGugan and Mike
O'Neill with Terri Harrison
being a casual member. The
members have varying skill
levels, knowledge and gen-
res in which they work.
Lary Lindsay, owner of
Dream Dogs, enjoys creative
writing. She wants to get
back to writing and seeks out
the company of other writers
to keep her motivated.
Donna Hazelden has
worked in both print and
radio for magazines, com-
munity newspapers as well
as in public relations. I
have done script writing
(mostly training and pr vid-
eos). Hazelden writes a
description of her begin-
nings as a writer. "My very
first piece published when I
was 8 years old in an
anthology of short stories
for the North York Public
Library system in Toronto.
I liked seeing my name and
print LOL and have been
writing ever since." Cur-
rently Hazelden remarks, "I
am getting back to my crea-
tive fiction writing
which encompasses differ-
ent genres and I am work-
ing on a novel for young
children."
Terri Harrison is retired
from a long career in the
federal government where
she was involved in speech
writing for Ministers of
Indian and Northern Affairs
and Health Canada.
Although she has a strong
background in writing and
editing for business pur-
poses, Terri joined the
writing group in Lucknow
"to exchange ideas with
others and to learn more
about creative writing
Mike O'Neill is a self -pub-
lished author. He mainly
writes for young adults and
youth. O'Neill is grateful that
Pat Livingston, formerly of
the Lucknow Sentinel,
encouraged him to submit
articles to the newspaper. He
has a book that is a compila-
tion of the Christmas stories
that were printed in the Sen-
tinel over 20 years.
Heather McGugan writes
online fiction. She has writ-
ten 29 novels that are classi-
fied as urban fantasy.
On June 10 the Writers'
Group had their first guest
speaker, Valerie Gillies of the
Lucknow Sentinel.
Meetings of the Lucknow
Writers' Group are held each
Tuesday evening in the
Meeting Room at Lucknow
Public Library from 6:30-8
p.m. Hazelden states, "Our
meetings tend to vary from
week to week with critiques
of on going pieces, writing
exercises and discussions
of how to become better
writers. We welcome new
members of all levels of
experience."
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Members of the Lucknow WritersGroup meet at the Lucknow Public Library. From left: Mike
O'Neill, Donna Hazelden, Heather McGugan, Terri Harrison and Lary Lindsay. June 10, 2014.
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