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The Willetts on Wine: Wine – it’s what’s for dinner
Continuing the run-up to the release of the spring issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, here's "The Willetts on Wine," the wine column penned by my wife, Margaret Anne, and myself, from winter issue of FLR, in which it premiered. Eventually there'll be a dedicated Willetts on Wine website to replace the old Blogger blog we haven't updated in forever. But for now...enjoy! *** It seems like cooking dinner these days is a high-wire balancing act. You’re expected to perfectly balance protein, veggies and carbohydrates while also serving up fresh (preferably local) ingredients, delectable tastes, and tantalizing textures. Throw in the expectation of a perfect wine match, and ...Mike and Karla Sillinger have been everywhere…but Regina is home
The Spring 2010 issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, for which I'm the editor, is just around the corner. In honour of that, here's my cover story from the Winter issue, which featured former NHL player Mike Sillinger. *** Mike Sillinger holds the National Hockey League record for playing with the most teams—12 in all. He was traded nine times, another record. All of which means that in 17 years as a professional hockey player, he moved around—a lot. In fact, the list of teams he played for after being drafted from the Regina Pats by the Detroit Red Wings back in 1990 sounds like that old Geoff Mack song, ...Writers’ guidelines for Fine Lifestyles Regina and Saskatoon
Are you a freelance writer in Saskatchewan (or at least knowledgeable about Saskatchewan)? Then it could be I've got work for you. Here's the release I've been sending out today seeking additional writers for the magazines I edit, Fine Lifestyles Regina and the about-to-launch Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon: *** Edward Willett, editor of Fine Lifestyles Regina, continues to seek freelance writers to work on the magazine, and is now also seeking writers for Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon, a sister publication launching this spring. He’s looking for two kinds of writing: features (longer stories not tied to a particular advertiser) and advertorial (typically business profiles; these are part of a an advertising package purchased by a client and subject to the client’s approval). On the feature side, he’ll ...Winter issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina now online!
You can view the most recent issue of the magazine I edit, Fine Lifestyles Regina, in its entirety online. I recommend pages 124 and 125, which is where you'll find the new wine column my wife and I are co-writing, "The Willetts on Wine." I'm also going to be editing the new sister publication, Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon, launching this spring. (As we approach the release of the next issue, I'll post "The Willetts on Wine" and my cover-story interview with ex-NHL player Mike Sillinger on this blog, as well.)Winter issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina is out!
The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina magazine is out, all 260 full-colour glossy pages of it. This is the second issue I've edited, and I also wrote several articles for it, including the cover story, an interview with just-retired NHL player Mike Sillinger, a Regina native who's now moved back to the city with his family. As I did with the Premier Brad Wall interview from the last issue, I'll post that to my blog once we're getting close to the next issue. Also included in this issue: the first ever wine column by my wife and I, called "The Willetts ...An interview with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall
I'm in the throes of finishing up the Winter issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, so it seems like as good a time as any to post my cover story from the September issue: an interview with Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan. Enjoy! *** Premier Brad Wall: “The luckiest guy in the country in terms of a job!” By Edward Willett (Originally published in Fine Lifestyles Regina, Fall, 2009.) Brad Wall fully realizes that as premier, he has to represent the entire province—but he still hopes people will understand, if they see him at a Western Hockey League game between the Swift Current Broncos ...First Willett-edited edition of Fine Lifestyles Regina now online
Wondering what is this Fine Lifestyles Regina magazine of which I speak, for which I have written and which I am now editing? Wonder no more! The first Edward Willett-edited issue is now available for viewing, in its entirety, here.I’m the new editor of Fine Lifestyles Regina
Right after yesterday's morning writing session at Atlantis Coffee, I met with the publishers of Fine Lifestyles Regina, a thick, glossy, free-circulation, advertising-packed magazine that has now published two issues, each of which contained a story by me--the first about chef Rob Fuller, and the second about artist Victor Cicansky. They've had a different editor for each issue so far, and were looking for someone new for the next one. I expressed interest, and as of yesterday, I've got the job. (I hope I'll be around more than one issue!) I'm going to draw up some formal submission guidelines in the near future, but basically, here's what I'm looking for: upbeat, success-focused articles about interesting and innovative Regina people, businesses ...
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Terra Insegura
Finalist for the 2010 Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in English
Marseguro, a water world far from Earth, is home to a colony of humans and the Selkies, a water-dwelling race created from modified human DNA. For seventy years the colony has lived in peace. Then Earth discovers Marseguro, and a strike force is sent to eradicate this “abomination.” But Marseguro has created a genetically tailored plague to use against Earth’s Holy Warriors. With the enemy defeated, the people of Marseguro feel they are safe. But Chris Keating, the traitor who signaled Marseguro’s location to the Holy Warriors, has fled to Earth, unknowingly carrying the deadly plague within him. The people of Marseguro feel they must send a ship to Earth with a life-saving vaccine. Only time will tell what awaits them when they reach their destination.
Marseguro
Winner of the 2009 Prix Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English
Water world Marseguro is home to the Selkies, a water-dwelling race created from human DNA. When an unmodified human seeks revenge on a Selkie by activating a distress beacon taken from the remains of the original colony ship, a strikeforce is sent from Earth to eradicate the genetic abomination. Yet Marseguro will not prove as easy to conquer as the Earth force anticipates…
Lost in Translation
Kathryn was a human empath whose world and life had been destroyed when the alien S’sinn slaughtered her parents before her very eyes. Jarrikk was a young S’sinn, an unproven warrior who’d seen his flight mates slaughtered by the humans who’d sought to colonize his world.
As humans and S’sinn found themselves on the brink of war, these two Translators had to work together to find a common ground and avert catastrophe. But whether their Translators’ oath and training could overcome the enemies leagued against them was very much in doubt…
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Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw
Ten walks to points of historic and architectural interest in the cities of Regina and Moose Jaw (eight walks for Regina, two for Moose Jaw).
Disease-Hunting Scientist
The true stories of six real disease hunters. Epidemiologists travel the world trying to keep us safe from deadly diseases—from high-tech labs in Canada to remote villages in Africa. Learn how these “disease detectives” are coming up with new ways to fight disease, and find out if you have what it takes to become an epidemiologist, too!
The Bounty Mutiny
The Bounty was a British ship visiting Tahiti in 1789 when some of the crew overthrew the captain, William Bligh, and set him adrift in a tiny boat with sailors loyal to him. The mutiny resulted in a number of trials–both of the men who mutinied and of Bligh for losing command of his ship. These fascinating events have been the source for numerous Hollywood movies, most recently The Bounty. The Bounty Mutiny: From the Court Case to the Movie explores the famous case and the movies it inspired.
