This week we celebrate those marvelous people - librarians! From 6th-12th it is National Library Week, with the 8th as National Library Workers Day and the 9th National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day). Librarians facilitate access to...
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Wordsmith Collective Thursday – Investing in Your Writing
As writers we want to produce the very best story for our readers. Although, we would like to spend all our time writing, there are many other demands on our time. Family commitments, work, chores and more, in fact just life! To improve our writing skill, however, we...
Author Interview – Dana Popov and Marc Evans…
What inspired you to write your first book? The first book of the series 'Ti and the Magical Key' was part of a project we started in 2007. We is my husband who is originally from Quebec/Canada and I am from Germany. In 2002 we met in Playa del Carmen - Mexico where...
What are you working on?
Let's have a game of tag - answer the questions and tag another blogger... What is the working title of your book? Ockleberries to the Rescue Where did the idea come from for the book? I wrote very short stories for my children years ago but lost the manuscript so I’m...
Planning – a new experience…
Up until now all of my writing has been ‘free flow’. My initial idea or thought literally flows through my mind into my fingertips and I have no control over the work’s length, story arc or ultimate ending. From simple prompts I have created short stories, novellas...
An Industry on the Brink—Five Mistakes that are Killing Traditional Publishing
An Industry on the Brink---Five Mistakes that are Killing Traditional Publishing. I suggest you read and digest...its a new world out there. Kristen has her finger on the pulse and worth following.
