Writing
Author Profile: Marcia Laycock
Today Marcia Laycock is my guest: I’ve lived a short distance from the Arctic Circle, in Dawson City Yukon, and two degrees off the equator in Papua New Guinea. But I now make my home in central Alberta Canada where I live with my husband and two rambunctious Golden Retrievers, Jorja and Jaxon. Tell us…
Read MoreAuthor Profile: Jack Popjes
Today my guest is Jack Popjes: Jack started writing stories for missionary newsletters during the decades he and his wife were Bible translators in Brazil. For the past twenty years, he has blogged weekly on missions, church, and Christian spirituality. His current blog is INsights & OUTbursts. He has print published three books and e-published two…
Read MoreAuthor Profile: Loretta Bouillon
In the next few weeks, I’ll be introducing you to some of my author friends who also contributed to 7 Essential Habits of Christian Writers, published by InScribe Press. Today’s guest is Loretta Bouillon (https://lorettabouillon.wordpress.com/) who says: I am a homeschooling mother of 3 amazing kids and also a writer, hoping to publish a book in the near future.…
Read MoreAnnouncing: 7 Essential Habits of Christian Writers Blog Hop
In July I told you about the launch of a new e-book called 7 Essential Habits of Christian Writers. I appreciated the opportunity to not only have my article, “Fit Writing Into a Busy Schedule” included, but to also help put the book together and see it through to publication. On Friday evening, September 25, 2015,…
Read MoreWriting as Community Workshop at When Words Collide
Richard Harrison, a professor who teaches writing at Mount Royal, shared the concept of writing as community during the 2015 When Words Collide conference. (This is a process he’s participated in for over 20 years.) Instead of the usual chairs in a row, participants form a circle. “This is a great first step in building…
Read MoreLessons Learned at When Words Collide – Overview
Last week I enjoyed the opportunity to attend When Words Collide with other members of the executive from InScribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship. The conference took place in Calgary with over 600 people attending. My purpose for attending was two-fold: To see how a conference is run by a different organization and see if I could…
Read MoreSneak Peek into what I’m teaching at a Writing Camp for Kids
This week I’m combining my love of writing and teaching through play to facilitate a writing camp for kids in St. Paul, Alberta. The St. Paul & District Arts Foundation is offering Compose Your Summer, four days of literature and dance. Miss Heather is facilitating the dance and I’ll facilitate the writing portion. Here are…
Read MoreA New Arrival: 7 Essential Habits of Christian Writers
I’m very excited to share one of my latest projects with you. As many of you know, I serve as President of InScribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship. Just over a year ago, during one of our executive meetings, we discussed the possibility of putting together an anthology with contributions from members of InScribe. We organized…
Read MoreWhat I Learned at Write Canada 2015 – Part 2: Indie Writer Continuing Class
The continuing class, Five Keys to Becoming a Successful Indie Author/Publisher with Linda Hall especially fascinated me since I began the process of publishing my own books this year. (My next book – Learn Twitter: 10 Intermediate Steps is launching July 15, 2015.) Linda started out by describing different ways to get books published (Traditional, Independent, and Small…
Read MoreWeek of June 21 to 28, 2015 – Technology blips, Last week of school, and Editing
This has been one of those weeks: On Sunday night our internet suddenly died. A few phone calls and a couple days later the internet service came back to life. (The power pack for the radio system needed to be replaced.) No internet service = NO Google hangouts. The InScribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship executive had a…
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