Archive for November, 2011
Notes from Packaging Your Imagination 2011
Monday, November 7th, 2011This past Saturday, hordes of children’s writers and illustrators converged on Victoria College for CANSCAIP’s annual Packaging Your Imagination conference. I was part of the Durham contingent, a massive wagon train (okay, two cars’ worth) of creative types from the east end. We all do our best to empty our brains in advance, so we [...]
This Side of Morning
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Three weeks ago, I tried something new. So far, it has stuck. During the day, I’m editing a juvenile novel that I’ve been working on for some time. Okay, years. But I wanted to draft something new as well, so I decided to try morning writing. I started off with a bang. At 5:00 a.m. [...]