Return to the 2020 Wild Words North Schedule and Line-Up
Patrick D. Ferris, Fort St. John, BC
Patrick D Ferris is an multi-genre author based in Fort St. John, B.C., Canada. He has written two series—the gritty Terry Reid cycle, with His Disciples Replicate published earlier this year and the forthcoming His Disciples in Motion (November 2020) and the whimsical cycling romance of the Gypsies series. His short stories have appeared in compilations and print.
Tracy Krauss, Tumbler Ridge, BC
Tracy Krauss is a multi-published novelist, playwright, and artist with several award winning and best selling novels, stage plays, devotionals and children’s books in print. Her work strikes a chord with those looking for thought provoking faith based fiction laced with romance, suspense and humor. She holds a B.Ed from the University of Saskatchewan and has lived in many remote and interesting places in Canada’s far north. She and her husband currently reside in beautiful Tumbler Ridge, BC where she continues to pursue all of her creative interests. “Fiction on the edge – without crossing the line” Contact: tracy@tracykrauss.com .
In 2020, Tracy published Angels Watching Over Me and Tempest Tossed.
Rebekah Rempel, Dawson Creek, BC
Rebekah Rempel studied creative writing at the University of Victoria. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of journals, including Canthius, Grain Magazine, Prairie Fire, Room Magazine, and Contemporary Verse 2, as well as several anthologies, including Voicing Suicide (Ekstasis Editions), Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds, and Refugium: Poems for the Pacific (Caitlin Press). One of her poems received Canthius’s 2019 Priscila Uppal Memorial Award for Poetry. She has also contributed a poem to Bimblebox 153 Birds, an environmental arts exhibit in Queensland, Australia. She lives near Dawson Creek, BC.
2020 Publications:
Ekstasis Editions: Voicing Suicide, edited by Daniel G. Scott
Canthius: Issue 8. 2019 Priscilla Uppal Prize Winner
Caitlin Press: Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds, edited by Yvonne Blomer
Grain Magazine: Winter 2020, Vol. 47.2
Norma Rrae, Fort St. John, BC
Norma Rrae’s “White Sheets” story is being published September 20, 2020 in the Perfectly Poisoned Anthology, Hot Moroccan Nights.
For this spotlight, Norma will also be contributing a video, described as follows: ‘Where do stories come from? What makes it a good story? Norma knows that with anything, it’s- fake it until you make it. Norma talks about the tools she uses in her writing and editing as well as how to balance family, work, hobbies and free time all with epic world building.
Watch this video where Norma talks about her writing tips and tools.