Archive for February, 2011
Something I Learned from Carole Enahoro
Monday, February 21st, 2011Last week I found out that my friend, Carole Enahoro, has been shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Doing Dangerously Well. Regional winners will be announced in early March and final results in May. Carole was a member of my writing group here in Whitby. Actually, she was the one who [...]
On Productivity and Golf Balls
Monday, February 14th, 2011Over the last week and a half, I’ve tried something new. I put writing first. It was a busy few weeks. I’d been planning the workshop, and judging stories for a contest, on top of my usual writing-related (but never quite writing) commitments. Research, story planning, emails, critique group… you know how it goes. So [...]
New Book Covers and Writing Workshop
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011Book Covers The Skinwalker books are coming! This is the new hi-low fantasy series from HIP Books that Cheryl Rainfield, Deb Ouellet and I have been working on. Paul Kropp sent us the cover images yesterday. Mine is the one in the middle: Wolves at the Gate. This series is different from the Dragon Speaker [...]