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Wordstock Sudbury
Today, I was pleased and privileged to be a part of Wordstock Sudbury, the first of what is hoped to be a biannual literary event. At the Sudbury Theatre Centre (STC), Wordstock took over the main...
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Six questions with Anthony Armstrong
Photo by Jana Armstrong (used with permission) Find out more about Tony by visiting his web site: www.anthonyarmstrong.ca...
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CanWrite! 2013: The arrival
Though events and sessions weren’t scheduled to get under way until June 13, strictly speaking, I’m pretty keen to show up and get ready. I need a little time to rev up and get in the social way of...
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CanWrite! 2013: Day 1 Publishing Panel
For the most part, for the panels and sessions, I’m just going to be transcribing my notes, as written. I’ll attempt to offer some context, however. After the morning writing circle and some...
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CanWrite! 2013: Day 1 publicity and marketing sessions
As promised yesterday, I’m going to talk about the good, bad, and downright ugly. To start with … The Good I’ll start with Vikki Vansickle’s Mapping your Market presentation. Vikki was enthusiastic,...
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CanWrite! 2013: Day 2 agents’ panel
After another morning of creative writing and lunch, conference-goers again gathered in the academic building for the 1 pm Agents’ Panel Discussion. James Dewar acted as moderator for the panel, which...
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CanWrite! 2013: Open mic, Andrew Pyper, and Cordelia Strube
I already mentioned the welcome reception and the morning creative writing circles, but have since launched into panels and sessions without mentioning what happened the evenings of June 13 and 14....
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CanWrite! 2013: Day 3 Traditional vs. self-publishing panel
The day 3 (June 15) panel, featured Halli Villegas of Tightrope Books, Sheila Mahoney, Certified Copyeditor and Editors’ Association of Canada Director of Professional Standards, and Tom Taylor,...
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CanWrite! 2013: Gala and wrap post
Before I begin, I’ll apologize for the apparently drunken photo-taking. I’m still getting used to the camera in my Galaxy Note II On Saturday evening (June 15), conference attendees were shuttled out...
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Book review of Alon Shalev’s At the Walls of Galbrieth
I’ve fallen behind in my reviewing duties, so I’m going to be catching up over the next few weekends. At the Walls of Galbrieth What Amazon says: The young elf desired only to follow in his mother’s...
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Review of Blaze Ignites by JL Madore
As I mentioned in our interview, I’d worked with Jenny in an online critique group. I was so pleased to hear that she moved ahead with her novel and was eager to read the results. The Amazon blurb:...
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Caturday quickies: The Conspiracy of Three reading series in North Bay
I went on a bit of a road trip on Tuesday evening with Kim Fahner and her friend Brenda—a poetic road trip! Kim and our mutual friend Roger Nash had been invited to the Conspiracy of Three reading...
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Caturday quickies: What I did this afternoon
Hi all! I went to the local Chapters and hung out for a bit with my friend Kim Fahner, who was doing a book signing with her new writing friend Sarah Lashbrook. Kim and Sarah talking to fans Of...
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Review of K.M. Weiland’s Dreamlander
I’d been meaning to get K.M. Weiland’s Dreamlander and read it for a while now. Well, not long ago, Katie posted on Wordplay about Story Cartel, where readers can get free books in exchange for an...
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Terra Luna guest post by Vikki and John Woodward
Vikki and John Woodward are a married couple in Tallahassee, Florida. They are the authors of TERRA LUNA, an epic urban contemporary romance, which they have published on Amazon Kindle. Two sequels are...
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Review of Scott Overton’s Dead Air
This review is considerably overdue. My apologies, Scott. The Amazon blurb: When radio morning host Lee Garrett finds a death threat on his control console, he shrugs it off as a prank—until a series...
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Six questions with Jennifer J. Chow
Jennifer is one of many online friends I’ve made through Wordsmith Studio. I’m happy that her novel, The 228 Legacy, is published and that she’s agreed to this interview. Jennifer J. Chowphoto credit...
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The Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Susanna Kearsley
One thing that I must comment upon with a traditional writing conference like SiWC (this is their 21st year) is the frustration of concurrent sessions. I don’t think there was a time where I didn’t...
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Research panel
This panel was a question and answer session. Panelists: Anthony Dalton, Jack Whyte, Anne Perry, Diana Gabaldon, Susanna Kearsley Q: Is it okay to use unusual names? e.g. in a historical novel set in...
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Behind the curtain: How mainstream publishing works
This was a fun panel with an author, an agent, and two editors. They took us through the publication process at each stage, author, agent, and editor explaining how their part of the puzzle looks....
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