Category Archives: Writing

Eight Favourite Books on Writing

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Erin Thomas

Happy New Year! In honour of resolutions and all that, I decided to start out the new year by sorting through my collection of books about writing. (Okay, the truth is that I need to move the bookshelf so I … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day Links

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Erin Thomas

Friend and fellow writer Bill Swan is feeling proud over his stepson launching a new song at the True Patriot Love Foundation fundraiser dinner last night. Net proceeds from the song go to foundation, which raises money for Canadian forces … Continue reading →

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Children’s Literature Awards

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Erin Thomas

Tuesday night , the Canadian Children’s Literature Awards Celebration was held at the Carlu in Toronto. That’s right–the same night as the Giller. I think it was on the mind of a few of the speakers, as they congratulated us … Continue reading →

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Online Interview, Arthur Slade and PYI Conference

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Erin Thomas

It’s been a busy few days in writing land. Yesterday was the annual CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination Conference. The day before that, I had the opportunity to drive one of the PYI speakers (Arthur Slade) to a couple of library … Continue reading →

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Ten Honest Things: Blog Links

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Erin Thomas

Have you ever heard of the Honest Scrap Award? I hadn’t. A writing friend, Kevin Craig, recently chose me as one of his three pay-it-forward Honest Scrap Award recipients. Which means that at the end of this blog, I get … Continue reading →

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GG Finalist Cheryl Rainfield

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Erin Thomas

Exciting news! My friend Cheryl Rainfield is a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for her novel, Scars! She’s quite understandably thrilled. It’s a wonderful, and well-deserved honour. If you haven’t read her book yet, you need to! Here she … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been iPadded! (Geek-talk alert.)

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Erin Thomas

For our tenth anniversary last month, my lovely husband surprised me with an iPad. (I’ve mentioned that he’s a hard-core Mac Geek, right?) I’m not exactly an early adapter when it comes to technology, and I have to admit, it … Continue reading →

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Cheryl Rainfield Television Interview

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Erin Thomas

I’ve mentioned my friend Cheryl Rainfield, author of Scars, on this blog. She just sent me a link to an interview she did for Daytime Toronto. It’s well worth watching! Cheryl’s Interview on YouTube

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All on the Same Fuse

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Erin Thomas

The power just went out. No surprise. We’re getting into that chilly time of year, and my husband and I both work from home. Unfortunately, both of our offices, and the space heaters that we’ve squeezed into them to make … Continue reading →

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Book Launches

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Erin Thomas

This 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 … Continue reading →

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