Meet Reality Skimming Press

Find out how you can get involved, with a range of activities open to: writers, artists, fans, and other creatives in Prince George, associated with Reality Skimming Press.

We’ll pitch the existing opportunities, run breakout groups to develop ideas, and schedule appointments for further discussion with interested creatives. Reality Skimming Press depends on the talents of half a dozen people to continue expanding the reach of the Okal Rel Universe via multiple media and modes. It also maintains an active blog featuring articles by contributors and plans to publish at least 1 non-ORU work of SF in 2026.

RelSkim Writers is a local writers group for serious writers of all kinds, sponsored by Reality Skimming Press, that meets twice a month to read works-in-progress aloud to each other, and plan occasional events. A short introduction to your options will be followed by breakout groups where you can sample the RelSkim Writers experience, or develop ideas / roles related to the 2026 goals for Reality Skimming Press. Bring a five-minute reading of something of your own work if you wish to participate in the RelSkim Writer’s break-out.

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About the presenters:

Lynda Williams is the publisher at Reality Skimming press, author of the Okal Rel Saga decalogy and founder of the associated Okal Rel Universe (ORU) with over 20 contributors in the realm of art, fiction and even voice acting. Google “Okal Rel” for a glimpse of the ORU. Reality Skimming Press also publishes the occasional anthology and hosts a blog with guest contributors. The press is ramping up on multiple fronts in 2026 and looking for people interested in playing a role. In addition to her literary adventures, Lynda taught applied computing, founded a freenet, raised three daughters and is now a pet parent and grandmother. Reality Skimming Press is on facebook at https://facebook.com/relskim and online at https://realityskimming.com.

Chelsea is a Métis writer and educator based in northern British Columbia. She writes when the spirit moves her, while balancing multiple jobs, being a cat parent to two distinctly human felines, and tending life in her garden. Her creative nonfiction lingers with place, memory, environmental grief, relational care, and the strange textures of everyday life. Her work has appeared in We Make the Village: An Anthology of Community, the zine Tending the Wild: Vol. 3, and through the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network and the Reality Skimming Press Blog. She is currently at work on a growing body of essays and stories circling foxes, midlife, northern landscapes, and the uncanny. She also keeps circling a tech-horror novella that feels increasingly difficult to finish as the premise edges closer to reality. Her Substack, https://chelseahann.substack.com, is a growing collection of half-thoughts, essay experiments, and candid retellings of everyday life.