It was suggested by Robyn Read that one of the things an author could do to prepare for publication was to write a long bio as well as the necessary short one. I started to have some fun with that, and will surely cut this one back. But here’s what I have so...
It’s happened. I am a published author. I can “honestly” say I’m a writer without feeling like I’ll be hit with a stack of books, even though EVERYONE says, if you write, then you are a writer. But now, well, the realness of it all has...
Yesterday I attended Robyn Read’s Publishing in Canada day-long workshop. She is the acquiring editor for Freehand Books in Calgary, a boutique press that has published the likes of Marina Endicott and Kristen den Hartog. Robyn It was a wonderful day filled with...
> Novel Holiday As I have mentioned, my story is in shreds, new chapters blooming under my fingers with nasty little turns, and the old ones with lines shot through and several different versions of each, some in first person, some in third, and some in someone else’s...
> I begin this post with a big fat contented sigh. This past weekend I spent immersed in all things writing. creating, learning and sharing. It’s the last bit that is the most nourishing and for which I the most grateful. The Sir William Mackenzie Inn is a...
