He noted the plan for the next three books is to feature a Hamilton waterfall on the cover.

Wagstaffe also designed the book’s cover and took the featured photo of Sherman Falls. “It’s amazing to have something that you’ve created as a permanent item that will be on shelves that people can read for generations.” “I had a campfire story in my head, put it on paper and adapted it to a short story,” he said. “I love writing.”įor Mike Wagstaffe, his 'Ghosts of Valens Lake' is his first published short story. “It’s about an old lady who is alone and her company is a cat,” said Karlinski who added writing the story was an enjoyable experience. 'Chitchat With a Cat' is a story by Teresa Karlinski, who has written stories for two previous guild anthologies. “It begins with a woman who has her tea leaves read and she’s told she’ll never ever meet anybody and coincidentally, by the end of the story, she falls for the contractor who comes to help with the house, the handyman, because up until then they spar with each other.” Margaret March has made her second contribution to the anthology series with 'Tea Leaves'. “It was more work than I thought but it was fun.” “I take you with me on my adventures I imagined and I try writing in different genres,” Joldersma said. Her contribution to book five is entitled 'Confessions of a Street Walker - Daydreaming', a continuation of her previous works with a bit of a creative twist. “Either it’s the setting or it’s cleverly in there,” said Joldersma who was also on the committee that oversaw the 173-page book’s publication. She noted their latest anthology features fiction and nonfiction short stories by 22 writers and they all have a connection to the Hamilton area.

If you were a member of the Hamilton Mountain Writers’ Guild, you were likely working on a poem or short story, and possibly helping oversee the publication of Volume V of their anthology that was published this past August.Īnita Joldersma, who has been writing about her quest to walk every walkable street in Hamilton, is a longtime guild member. The title is taken from Gurri’s model of five waves of technology that revolutionized media and communications, from the invention of writing to moveable type to the current age of internet and social media. What were you doing during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic last year? The Fifth Wave is a monthly column by Martin Gurri, a former CIA analyst specializing in the relationship of politics and global media.

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