About
David Clink (also published as David Livingstone Clink) is a published poet and unpublished fiction writer (as of Sept 30, 2023), living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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David began writing when he was very young. He wrote a small book, called Dr. Egnahc. Note: Egnahc is “change” spelled backwards. He charged his brothers 25 cents to read the book, and then asked them questions about the story, to see if they had understood and remembered what happened.
David wrote many short stories, some handwritten, some hunt-and-pecked on a typewriter. These were all written in the mid to late 1970s. He also wrote a few poems. All of the writing was bad, and he took a break from most writing, but continued to write genre poems, occasionally. He attended the poetry round robins at early Ad Astra conventions. His sister, Carolyn, invited him to attend the second meeting of The Algonquin Square Table Poetry Workshop, which was started by Sandra Kasturi and A. F. Moritz, in the fall of 1995. And the rest, as they say, is history.
David had plans to keep at poetry for 15-20 years, then switch to short fiction, do that for an extended time, then move on to novels. He kept at poetry for too long a time, and is now just starting to try his hand at fiction, and at the age of 61, this may be too late to start a career.
David plans on sending his short fiction out to genre journals starting in January of 2024. He has a set of beta readers that will provide feedback.
List of workshops that David has attended / continues to attend.
The Algonquin Square Table Poetry Workshop (Fall 1995 – present)
The Plasticine Poetry Workshop (2005 – 2012) workshop ended when the series ended. David would have to check to see if he can find the dates when the workshop ran.
The Muse Cooperative / Monday Night Poets (Feb 2006 – present)
The Vault (genre fiction workshop) (Feb 2019 – present)
List of conventions that David has attended / was a panelist.
David has been a panelist at SF conventions for over 30 years. These were at local Toronto and vicinity conventions.
Ad Astra
Toronto Trek / Polaris
SF Contario
Anime North
Astronomicon
Eeriecon
Toronto WorldCon 2003
Montreal Worldcon 2007
David attended, but was not a panelist, at:
Worldcon Winnipeg 1994
Worldcon Anaheim 1996
Worldcon Baltimore 1998
Confusion in 2012 or so (cannot remember the year, but last one Mike Glicksohn was at)
David has also created a number of panels at conventions.
He has also hosted the trivia game at the annual KAG Feast. KAG is the Klingon Assault Group.
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David has organized and hosted 18 of the 19 Dead Poets Society Nights at the Art Bar Poetry Series (all but the third one). This is an annual night, usually the last Art Bar of the year, where 12 live readers read the work of dead poets.
David is the poetry editor (along with his sister Carolyn) or Amazing Stories Online. They are assisted by Herb Kauderer and Jennifer Crow.
David is on the board of CSFFA, that oversees the Aurora Awards and the Hall of Fame. David is chair of the Hall of Fame.
