Poets, young and older, will be celebrating this month with poetry challenges. National Poetry Month was initially established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and in Canada in 1998 by the League of Canadian Poets. The main aim is to highlight the vital place...
On 9th January we celebrated National Word Nerd Day and Poetry at Work Day, both are cause for a high five within the writing community. Let's start with Word Nerd Day. As writers words are our super power and learning new ones to enable us to express our selves in...
I had the most wonderful evening on Friday at my local bookstore, The Sherwood Park Bookworm. I was joined by the most amazing authors - Lynn Gale, Katie O'Connor, Delainie Tiedmann and Kathie Sutherland. We read from our latest books and our gracious hostess paired...
We all know the importance of reading to our children. Not only does it build a parental connection with them and give them their first introduction into letters and words, but also how they can become part of a story's characters world with their imagination. In a...
1. What drew you to write children’s stories? I write and produce picture books. I call them that because they are not necessarily for children. My slogan is 'for kids aged between 6 & 99yrs old!" I'm interested in stimulating a...
1. How did the idea for the Thyrein’s Galactic Wall Series come about? Thyrein's Galactic Wall was born in my classroom. I taught 6th grade English language arts and social studies for 15 years. The curriculum in social studies was...
When did you start writing poetry? What was, and is your inspiration? I began in high school, not long after my parents’ divorce. Looking back, I see that I turned to writing to sort out my confusion at the time. My world was upended when my parents sold the family...
1. What drew you to write your first fantasy story? Believe it or not, it was a picture I made from a picture application of me with a dragon next to me. I wrote a short catchy phrase that I only later learned was a 'blurb' I still use on...
The writing group I am secretary of, the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, has recently published two poetry anthologies. These collections of poems were created using the responses to prompts created during the last two April Poetry Month challenges. As many...