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...
How has your teaching experience influenced the characters you write about? It has definitely helped me make authentic and relatable teen characters because this is who I’m surrounded by everyday. I also have a group of students who generously donate their time as...
Today is the celebration of Webster’s Dictionary and maybe all dictionaries. Without them writers and scholars would be lost in their endeavours. Of course, with the impact of online resources a physical disctionary is not as well used in today's world. In fact...
Hello, I am Here A hilarious and messy backpacking adventure in the '90s The third book in the Back in a Year series continues its hilarious journey with an all-new perspective of the Middle East by author Candace MacPhie The book is available worldwide in print and...
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...
How did you find the transition from short story to novel writing? I wouldn't consider it a transition because I still write short stories. In fact, short stories came after I learned how to write fiction. As they say, writing long is easy ... it's shortening it up...
First Light, Last Light, the first new poetry book in six years by Glen Sorestad, one of Canada’s elder literary icons, coming this month from Shadowpaw Press. Shadowpaw Press in Regina, Saskatchewan, is thrilled to announce the release on September 23 of First Light,...
With my impeding attendance at Word on the Street, Lethbridge this month, I thought I could share some book fair table tips for in-person book fairs. Once you have paid for your table, you will receive the number and location of your allocated table with a room plan...
Today, I am sharing some mentoring tips, as I am fortunate to be mentoring a couple of University of Alberta students soon in relation to the running of a non-profit organization. As Secretary of my local writing group, the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, my...