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Category Archives: Writing
Chicken Man
Ever wonder how a writer is made? Here’s how. On Thursday, my seven-year-old daughter came out of school at lunch complaining about a “mean supply teacher.” Being a supply teacher myself, I asked what he had done that was so … Continue reading
How my Writing Group is like a Bumblebee
Because we’re always buzzing about something? No. I was actually thinking about that old saying about how a bumble shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bee doesn’t know that, so it flies anyhow. However, a quick Google search put … Continue reading
Cows and the YA Mafia
I don’t keep up on Twitter very well. I follow too many people. When I’m away for a few hours (say, writing) I end up scrolling past a great number of comments that I’ve missed. Every now and then, though, … Continue reading
Lena Coakley’s Website Open
I wouldn’t normally post twice in one day, but this deserves its own space. My friend (and very talented writer) Lena Coakley has just posted her first blog entry. It’s a cute one, on writing and superstition and how she … Continue reading
What’s To Lose?
(In which I disagree with my husband.) Last week, Aaron posted a blog entry on Apple and the future of publishing. It pretty much disappeared without a sound, as blog entries often do. But being a good and dutiful wife … Continue reading
Something I Learned from Carole Enahoro
Last 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 … Continue reading
On Productivity and Golf Balls
Over 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 … Continue reading
New Book Covers and Writing Workshop
Book 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 … Continue reading
Blue Heron Books featured on CBC Books
Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge is being featured as one of Canada’s best-loved bookstores on CBC Books! See the Shop Talk article here. I’ve blogged about Blue Heron books before. Shelley, the owner of Blue Heron, was kind enough to … Continue reading
Poem for Writers
Lots happening lately in my little writing life. The Mabel’s Fables workshop (aka. George Brown College’s Writing Fiction for Children, level two) started up again last night. It looks like we’re a smaller group than usual, probably because of the … Continue reading