Archive for July, 2009
Proofs and a Contract
Friday, July 24th, 2009My big job for this weekend is to go through the proofs of Draco’s Fire, my first book, which is due out this September from HIP Books (book three of the Dragon Speaker trilogy–the first two books were written by Cheryl Rainfield and Debbie Ouellet). I’ve never actually seen proofs before, so it’s pretty exciting. This [...]
Muskoka Novel Marathon 2009
Friday, July 24th, 2009I joined in the Muskoka Novel Marathon again this year, one of my favourite writing events. It’s a fundraiser for the Muskoka Literacy Council, run by the wonderful Susan Lowe.
I wrote a children’s novel this year; just under 25,000 words in 3 days. Crazy. Obviously it’s going to need a lot of work (when I [...]