As many of you know I am the Secretary of the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County. We hold a writing conference every year. Our 14th will be held on 2nd May 2026 and the title is - Claiming Your Future Creativity Our presenters are experts in their field, so take...
As we celebrate National Tell a Story Day on 27th and Great Poetry Reading Day on 28th, this question arises. Why Read Books? For the consummate reader this is an easy question to answer - the love of story, the chance to 'escape' into a narrative, to indulge in a...
Is your character Suzanne Rickson a combination of real people, or not? Suzanne Rickson is inspired by my mother. While planning my first mystery novel and searching for ideas, I visited my parents at their retirement community on the West Coast of British Columbia....
Teen Literacy Day encourages younger people to read books and raises awareness for teenagers to be interested in reading more. Unfortuantely, teenagers are reading less and less and this is evident statistically: STATICS Back in 1980, 60% of high school seniors read...
Slow Down, Little Junie A calming guide for energetic children and the grownups helping them by critically acclaimed author and financial expert Kalee Boisvert Junie runs everywhere.She runs to greet her fish, races through the yard, and even runs in her dreams. The...
I have always referred to the multiple manuscripts I have filed as 'backburner', however, I found this word, which seems to give a better explaination. palimpsest *A manuscript, or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced...
As authors we all face rejection of our manuscripts at one time or another. Yes, we can be disappointed and disheartened, but the truth is a rejection doesn’t always mean the quality of our work is below par. There are numerous reasons it could be rejected by a...
As we begin the year there are a number of scheduling items we need to take note of, one of which is, our attendance at book fairs and events during the year. Some of us have regular events we attend and note the dates down on our calendars. However, there are always...
Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com In this month of love, we should remember why we became a writer, an author. It is the love of words that has engaged us to create characters and the worlds they inhabit. It is also partly a love of self too, we have found a...