I attended a creative workshop a couple of Saturday's ago held by my writer's group, The Writers Foundation of Strathcona County. The topics were POV and plot lines. We had several warm up exercises and an explanation of the various POV types and the variety of...
A biography, commonly known as a bio, is defined as a detailed description of a person's life. Rather than dealing with the basic facts of the subject's life like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience with life events, presenting...
This week I will be preparing for an author reading on Saturday. With the theme 'Back to School' I will probably read from my children's chapter book, Ockleberries to the Rescue. As each chapter revolves around a particular animal, I will more than likely choose one...
With no immediate events to attend I am busy planning for a couple. The first is a submission for a competition and the other an author reading on 26th August. Free time is always at a premium for me on the whole so I'm enjoying this relative freedom. One part of my...
It is Board meeting week for me this week, Tuesday is the Writers Foundation meeting and then Wednesday is the Arts & Culture Council meeting. We have a lot to plan and organize for our annual Words in the Park and Culture Day events. Again we are co-hosting our...
Please welcome Joe to my blog. He is a great writer, a talented artist as well as author and the President of the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County. What inspired you to write your first book? I have always had a love for storytelling. Even when I was young....
As I mentioned on Friday, tomorrow is my writing group's Christmas party - it is an opportunity to share our current projects, reflect on the past year and reconnect with members who have been away. Part of the celebration is for everyone to read a seasonally themed...
A first today - a double reblog as both parts are great for inspiration (and our sanity!) Editing is hard...that is a fact but with some forethought and planning it can be made slightly easier. Decided on which particular edit you want to do - spelling & grammar,...
We all have different coping mechanisms when it comes to changes in our lives. Some changes are welcome, some raising curiosity while others are certainly not wanted or wished for. I experienced two smaller occurrences in the last couple of days and it began a line of...