Out of the Mist (28 page)

Janet also holds a B.A. in
Psychology (Waterloo), a diploma in Historical/Natural Interpretive
Services (Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology), a
certificate in adult education (St. Francis Xavier) and studied
folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

She lives in Halifax,
where after leaving journalism, she worked for the federal
government, first as an interpretation specialist with Parks
Canada, then as a Human Resources Advisor with a variety of federal
departments. Now happily retired since 2009, she has time and
freedom to devote to writing. She is currently working on a
historical novel set in the 1870s in Jersey, Channel Islands, and
Isle Madame, Cape Breton, along with shorter works of fiction. She
is one of the founding members of Evergreen Writers
Group.

Tom Robson
–

Tom gave up writing
creatively when the powers that be determined that untidy
penmanship, erratic spelling, absent punctuation and grammatical
inaccuracy were more worthy of their attention and criticism than
his brilliant story ideas. But eventually he left school and, 20
years later found himself encouraging children to write, while
satisfying his own urge to write with them and for them.

There have been many short
stories and much personal writing. He likes to write poetry though
it is not his forte. His one effort at a novel for middle grades
won him first prize in the Atlantic Writing Competition in 1991.
The necessity to revise and rewrite to satisfy publishers’ demands
was a writing requirement that frustrates him still.

There was a follow up success; second place
in the Personal Writing category of the Atlantic Writing
Competition for a story, “The First Time” or “All Those Days When
the Earth Didn’t Move.”

His adaptation, into a
performance piece, of “Peace Begins with You” by Katherine Scholes
is published in Peaceful Schools and has been performed in many
classrooms and as far away as Bosnia. Other original plays have
been performed by his students in schools.

Currently, Tom writes for
his own enjoyment and is collecting the many Scary Stories he has
written for children, with a view to having them published. He also
has a collection of personal reminiscences entitled “Long before
Seventy Five,” that he wishes to self-publish.

He thanks his spelling coach and very
understanding wife and those long suffering students; the victims
of his obsession. But they can write and he even thinks some enjoy
doing so.

Arthur G. White
–

In the dedicatory remarks
of his book, Art writes: “To my Father, a letter-writing man, in
whose likeness I’m proud to be compared.” Also on that page was
this: “To Henry Cowan, my boyhood English teacher, who valued a
well-turned phrase above one purfectly spelt.”

In the lee of those
mentors, as a manuscript preacher, story-teller/writer, author and
playwright, Mr. White has well-turned phrases all his life. His CV
includes more than 200 magazine stories and articles in the United
States and Canada, a collected work: “From Away, Here to Stay” and,
in recent years, dozens of plays and historical readings, in which
he has occupied roles as producer, director, actor, publicist and
ticket-taker.

Says the author: “Thanks
to Evergreen Writers for including ‘Making it Happen’ in their
Anthology. It’s a story I’ve been wanting to pass along for
years….”

Wilma
Stewart-White
–

Wilma’s fascination with
the printed word started early in her life. A voracious reader and
a journal keeper, the step into writing was natural. A business
owner, museum curator, avid gardener and traveler, she lives in
retirement in a very old house in Lunenburg County that holds its
own secrets and ghosts. Her
teacher training left her with a healthy respect for
grammar and spelling and
a
deep and abiding love of books especially biographies and English
novels
. She is currently working on a
mystery set in her small town.

Phil Yeats
–

Phil Yeats
lives with his wife of
40
years on the ocean in Halifax. He has a keen interest in
environmental science and dabbled in yachting and golf before
turning to creative writing. Phil is the author of two published
short stories written using the pen name Alan Kemister, and is
working on a mystery novel about a detective in a fictional town on
Nova Scotia’s South Shore. More information about these writing
projects is available at alkemi47.blogspot.com.

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