Virtual Help

by | Nov 24, 2017 | addicted to fear, Amherst Writers and Artists, AWA, Barbara Turner-Vesselago, Comparable titles, Fear of creating, First Nations, Freefall Writing, inspiration, literary agents, not giving up, Prompts, querying, rejection, Unexpected Gifts, Writer's Block, writing groups, writing together

A short while ago I was invited to a virtual writing workshop with Amherst Artists and Writers (AWA) Executive Director, Maureen Buchanan Jones. It was a wonderful experience writing with people from Paris, Seattle, Toronto, Amherst, Victoria all in the same virtual...

Getting Back on, Falling off Again, Getting Back on, and so on

by | Oct 4, 2016 | applying for grants, Canadian novel writing, creative non-fiction, fiction, grant application, literary agents, memoir, not giving up, Phil Dwyer, publishing, querying

  I’m no stranger to broken bones, concussions, and sprains from the whims of grumpy horses, so after the last rejection threw me flat to the ground I climbed back on my literary horse. In a Facebook post I shared that I was sitting in my car eating dark chocolate...