I am extremely grateful for my local bookstore, The Sherwood Park Bookworm for working with me to host a children's colouring contest. As my little monster, Rumble's story takes place at Halloween it is the perfect time of the year to get kids involved and read the...
There are multitude ways to promote your novels, from in person events to online social media sites, interviews, author readings and more. Other ideas are holding a prize draw at an event, or an online contest for a free copy of your book, or maybe as a guest at a...
Today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day. As writers and authors we have been encouraged, mentored and supported by the writing community during our writing career. I feel it is important to give back and help new and novice writers reach their potential....
Many of us are in a quandary over whether to participate in National Novel Writing Month this year, or not. After reading all the documentation, I have decided to enter only a manual word count figure, (the same as every year) and not copy and paste any of my work,...
As many of my regular visitors know I rarely write poetry, however during Poetry Month in April of this year, I did write a few! The Writers Foundation of Strathcona County set out prompts every day under the main title for the contest - World on Fire. You could pick...
As many of us plunge into the frantic creation of stories during National Novel Writing Month, there are those who pre-planned, and whose who did not! Most of you will know I am a panster, and let my characters guide me on their journeys. I don't always 'see' my...
Watch out for a Book Giveaway on 6th September! Make sure you enter. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadersCoffeehouse Which book should I give away? Comment below. The Commodore's Gift (steampunk romance) Life in Slake Patch (speculative fiction romance) The Twesome...
What was the initial inspiration to write Simikia? I have always loved writing and have been selling articles and short stories since I was 18. In 1982, I discovered the sport of Endurance horse racing due to my favourite movie BITE THE BULLET. The horse I started...
I am excited to be included in this giveaway. My romance/reincarnation novel, The Twesome Loop is on the list. To enter go to https://lnkd.in/gb5yEnvv and do all of thethings! There will be 5 winners!All books included are steamy Contemporary romances!The last day to...