Posts Tagged ‘creative writing’
What 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 More5 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…
Read More2015 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.…
Read MoreFive 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…
Read MoreFive Minute Friday: Long
This is my first attempt at 5 Minute Friday: Long means something different to each person. When we are young: –long is waiting until our parents are done talking –long is driving a few miles (Will we ever get there?) –long is waiting for supper when you’re hungry, especially when Mom tells you no snacks…
Read MoreExperimenting with Word Swag
I find learning fascinating. Not just what we learn, but how we learn, and the incidental learning that happens. Serendipity, if you will. Yesterday I attended a webinar on how to use Pinterest effectively. As I was listening, I received a notification that I had a new e-mail from the Social Media Examiner on How…
Read MoreOn my writing “To do” list
As my children head back to school, I’m taking stock of my own “To do” lists. Here’s what I have on my list so far: Get my children successfully started in school. Start my Music for Young Children classes. I’m still putting my schedule together for the fall, so if you want to register…
Read MoreHaving fun with words
Words are essential to writers, who need to find the exact nuance to help readers picture what we’re describing with our words. According to the Global Language Monitor, there are about 1 million English words. Most dictionaries only have 200-600,000 words in them. The average high school graduate has a vocabulary of approximately 45-60,000 words.…
Read MoreMy Writing Process – Blog Tour
Thanks to Bruce Atchison http://bruceatchison.blogspot.ca/ for inviting me to participate in this blog tour. What am I working on? I have several projects on the go right now: The San Francisco Wedding Planner Series with Helping Hands Press. For this project I’m working with 5 other authors on a light romance. Several of the volumes…
Read MoreLife as a Writer – Author Support Blog Hop
Thanks to Sharon Bayliss for hosting this author support blog hop. WHAT do you do? Give us a summary of your crazy life and all your responsibilities Wife to Kendall, who is a mechanic working at home Mother of five, ages 6 to 16 Writer (Connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+) Editor…
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