As writers and authors, learning new skills, keeping ahead of genre evolution, trope changes and writing methods is vital for our continued improvement as a wordsmith. With the industry changing so quickly, we need to be ahead of the game. The best ways to do this...
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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Organizing My Writing Life
As you may know, I have made a goal for 2021 to enter contests, submit articles to magazines and stories to anthologies. This seemed an easy process until I began to look at all the paperwork accumulating. For each submission there is of course, rules, guidelines,...
Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Goal Planning
Firstly, a Happy New Year to you all. I hope the writing gods are kind to you in 2020 and inspire you to write many new stories. It is customary to make goals or resolutions with the arrival of a new year, some will be accomplished others not, but no matter what, we...
Today’s desk diary word…sparks a writing tip
Cerulean (adjective) - si-roo-lee-in Definition - a deep sky-blue colour. Just saying this word conquers up lazy summer days, lying on the beach or a lush green lawn looking upward in that happy childlike innocence. Here in Alberta we are very fortunate to have...
