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Patrick d’Entremont

BIOGRAPHY
Patrick d’Entremont writes stories set in Nova Scotia, literary fiction novels about people and places in rural settings. Readers have told him these stories evoke laughter and tears, with their snappy dialogue, distinct characters, and vivid settings.

He is a former Certified Management Consultant, entrepreneur, and writer. His monthly column, Business Technology, ran continuously in the Chronicle Herald for over six years, and his articles have been recognized by the business community for their accuracy, relevance, and wit. Patrick has also contributed to Halifax Chamber’s Business Voice, Computing Canada and Microsoft Momentum, among others.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Acadia University, a CMC designation from CMC Canada, and an ISP designation from the Canadian Information Processing Society.

Patrick is currently working on a trilogy of novels about a teenager in an Acadian village who starts questioning everything about himself and his French 1960s upbringing once he gets exposed to television and American radio.

www.patrickdentremont.com

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca