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The Writers in Residence Program in Whistler culminated last weekend and I’ve felt adrift ever since. As I clapped for the last speaker at the Pecha Kucha event, part of the Whistler Readers and Writers Festival, I realize it’s over for 2011. However, now I have a notepad full of scribbled exercises, piles of handouts, and a tower of suggested reading to get through. It has been a month of one-on-ones with award-winning short story writer Sarah Selecky. Every Monday after work I would make my way down the valley trail to the house on The Point. It’s the last building on the right before the train tracks, perched on the edge of Alta Lake…

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