Category Archives: Writing

My eight-year-old daughter, Sarah, is a ferocious reader. I think that’s normally ‘voracious,’ but given the way she snarls when interrupted, ‘ferocious’ is more of a fit. And I’m glad of it — I love that she loves to read. … Continue reading →

At the Niagara conference, one of the concepts that came up over and over again was the idea of a great character. Someone with spunk, someone readers want to spend time with. Someone strong enough and interesting enough to sustain … Continue reading →

First, a smile for the day: check out this video shared with my writing group by friend and author Bill Swan: All You Need to Know About Fonts. This past weekend was the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and … Continue reading →

One of the perks of having my daughter go to school on a modified calendar is more breaks through the year. It’s good for us as a family. Sometimes not so productive for me as a writer, though, so with … Continue reading →

Last Friday, I attended the Whitby Forest of Reading celebration with my daughter. Kathy Stinson was one of the invited authors and we had plans to have tea together after the ceremony. I didn’t realize until later that another friend … Continue reading →

Two hour-long workshops this Saturday — one on editing, one on writing for reluctant readers! “Edit like you Mean it” workshop will be after the WCDR breakfast meeting this Saturday. We’ll look at tackling the big-picture revisions, and playing with … Continue reading →

There’s a workshop course in Toronto, run by George Brown College, but actually tucked away in a cozy corner of Mabel’s Fables children’s bookstore. It’s colourful there, and bright, and filled with books. The bookshelves are pink and the walls … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the book launch for Haze at Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge. It went wonderfully! Thank you so much, all those of you who came out and who sent good wishes. It means a lot. Writer friends Susan Blakeney, … Continue reading →

Aside: Book launch is this Sunday! Exciting! 🙂 I hope some of you will be able to make it. There will be yummy banana bread. I passed what feels like a major milestone this past weekend — I finished my … Continue reading →

Remember that puzzle from last week’s blog post? Here’s what it looked like this morning. Actually, it looked a lot worse than this at one point. Like Jaws took a bite out of the top. Lots more has been filled … Continue reading →