Summer Writing Fun: Compose Your Summer

Are you looking for interesting, inspiring programs for your children to participate in this summer? Check out the Compose Your Summer opportunity from the St. Paul (Alberta) and District Arts Foundation. I’m looking forward to being one of the facilitators for this program. My part will be working with the three different age groups (5-8,…

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5 Things I Appreciated About Write Canada 2015

I just returned home on Sunday from Toronto, where I attended Write Canada 2015. Over the next few weeks I plan to share some of the teaching and tips I picked up while I was there, but today I’ll share an overview. 1. Focus Although Write Canada is a writing conference and the focus is…

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Lessons in Trust and Technology

  Sometimes I just have to laugh. (I’d rather laugh than cry, wouldn’t you?!) After I posted last time, I ran into major technology issues. It all started quite innocently, with the addition of a new e-mail address. After the creation of the e-mail address, I wanted to add it to my e-mail program so…

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Favourite Quotes from The Art of Work by Jeff Goins

In January I received an invitation to join the launch team for The Art of Work by Jeff Goins. Although the official launch date of the book is tomorrow, March 24, 2015, everyone on the launch team received a copy of the book a couple of months ago. In this book, Jeff shares from his personal experience…

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2015 Writers’ Blog Hop Week 4 – Lifelong Learning

  Today I’d like to share a couple of graphics programs that have made a huge difference for me. WordSwag Wordswag is a free app I downloaded onto my iPad. It’s very easy to use and is great if you want to create square graphics to use on your website or other social media. (All…

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2015 Writers’ Blog Hop Week 3 – My favourite character

Thirty four years later I can still picture him: my grade 7 teacher, Mr. Arthur Freeman. (The picture above was taken while I sat in his classroom.) He taught junior high for decades at Prairie Bible Institute. When I met him, his silver-grey hair masked his quick whit, keen mind, and ready sense of humour.…

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2015 Writers’ Blog Hop Week 2

2015 Writers' Blog Hop

  [inlinkz_linkup id=488288 mode=1] You’re welcome to put the Writer’s Blog Hop button on your website. The code is <a href=”https://ruthlsnyder.com/writers-blog-hop-my-writing-goals-for-2015/” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://ruthlsnyder.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Writers-Blog-Hop-1-300×3001.png” width=”300″ height=”300″ /></a>

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Writers’ Blog Hop – My Writing Goals for 2015

Welcome to my 2015 Writers’ Blog Hop! This week’s topic is writing goals for 2015 When I reviewed my writing goals from 2014, I noted that I had a few unfinished projects: Twitter Manual for Writers Sequel to Cecile’s Christmas Miracle Olga’s Discovery – full length novel I thought these would top my goals for…

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Thanksgiving Thank You from Helping Hands Press

This is a guest post from Helping Hands Press Thank You! We can’t say it any more plainly. As each day grows closer to those times of the year that makes one pause and reflect on what they are thankful for and what their year was like, we cannot help but come back to the…

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Five Minute Friday: Notice

Five Minute Friday: Notice

What do you notice when  you go somewhere you’ve never been before? People? Natural beauty? Houses? Flowers? Something else? What about when you meet someone you’ve never met before? What do you notice? Hair? Eyes? Shape? Smile? Personality? Gestures? We all notice different things. Ask five eye-witnesses what they saw at an accident site and…

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