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Thursday, June 24th, 2010This is book launch week! Last Tuesday was the launch of “Writescape: Inspiration Station“, a book of writing exercises put together by my friends and writing group partners Ruth Walker and Gwynn Scheltema. The writing exercise book came about as a result of the successful Writescape Writing Retreats that Ruth and Gwynn run twice a year. [...]
Book Launch, School Presentation, Deadline!
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Lots of blog-worthy news lately. Not a lot of time for blog writing.
Book Launch
My book launch, held on May 15 at Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, was a huge success. There were more than 50 people there–far more than the 30-40 that I had guessed might come. I feel hugely grateful to everyone who came: [...]
Free Teacher’s Guide for Boarder Patrol
Monday, April 19th, 2010Orca makes all of their teacher’s guides free for download. The one for Boarder Patrol just went up!
Boarder Patrol isn’t available yet, but here’s the link to the teacher’s guide. Enjoy!
Book Launch Date Change! May 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Due to a conflict with Book Expo Canada (which, oddly enough, appears to lack a proper web site), the book launch for Boarder Patrol is being changed. Same wonderful location, slightly earlier date.
New information:
Boarder Patrol Book Launch
Blue Heron Books
62 Brock Street West, Uxbridge, Ontario
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Stay tuned for a “beginners’ guide to [...]
Reading Video
Sunday, March 28th, 2010My husband recorded me reading from Boarder Patrol this morning. It’s a bit quiet, but pretty good for an iPhone across a room. Especially given that I’m more than a little on the soft-spoken side. Thank goodness for microphones!
Erin Thomas Reading from “Boarder Patrol” from Erin Thomas on Vimeo.
The man who stands up at the [...]
Chocolate Café and other news…
Thursday, March 25th, 2010On Sunday, March 28, somewhere between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m., I’ll be reading a short selection from my new YA novel, Boarder Patrol, at Isabella’s Chocolate Café in Oshawa.
The reading is part of the second annual Coffee, Tea & Words 24-Hour Read-a-Thon, a fundraiser for the Literacy Council of Durham. I’m part of a group of [...]
Getting into Character
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010This is a writing book recommendation.
Sometime last year, around the time my husband and I visited Stratford, I started thinking about acting. Not about me acting! No, no, never. I took Drama in grade ten because someone told me it was smart to have an easy course to bring up my average. Ha.
I started thinking [...]
Of ARCs and Aliens
Friday, February 19th, 2010It’s been a busy writing week with lots to report. Hence the utter lack of blog updates. When things are happening, I find it hard to make time to write about it, thus my news here tends to be sadly outdated. Anyone else find that difficult when blogging?
Public Reading–yikes!
One not-yet-outdated announcement: I’ll be reading from [...]
Holly Lisle and First Drafts
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010I just stumbled across Holly Lisle’s novel-in-progress, Talysmana. Holly is an established fantasy writer who is sharing the first draft of her latest novel scene by scene, as she writes it.
Incidentally, she is currently running a contest, if anyone wants to become a character in her book. Not my cup of roiboos, but it’s an [...]
School Presentation at Sir Wm. Stephenson
Friday, January 29th, 2010Yesterday afternoon, Cheryl Rainfield and I presented to grade five and six classes at Sir William Stephenson public school in Whitby.
I didn’t attend Stephenson, but I did attend Kathleen Rowe, the much older, much smaller and much loved school that used to exist on the site where Stephenson now stands. The roof beams in Stephenson’s [...]