I’m busy promoting book fair at my school and with Word on the Street Toronto coming up, this fall it’s all about the books. I’ve even started a couple of new blogs recently. This funny blog, for kids and imaginative adults, is inspired by the protagonist of my novel-in-progress. http://marmaladecatdetective.com/ As a teacher, with experience […]
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I found Meg Rosoff’s There Is No Dog in the YA section of a Chapters store. Teens should find the book funny for its irreverent philosophy but I wouldn’t expect every adolescent boy to appreciate it. The premise is that God is incompetent and apathetic because he is a teenage boy. The job is foisted on
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I had my 3 showings of my video, The Fiendish Plot of Doctor Cyclone yesterday. People seemed to enjoy it and it was a pleasure to see the cast get up and get some applause after all their hard work. Here’s the blurb: The Fiendish Plot of Doctor Cyclone, a lunar comedy orbiting your funny
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Encouraging FeedbackI recently attended the Ontario Writer’s Conference and received some encouraging feedback for my mystery-in-progress. An editor with big publishing house credentials called my story good, saleable and said it should go to an American publisher. She liked the style and compared it to Alexander McCall Smith. She also told me I have a
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Here is a ticky tacky pic to go with my latest project. If you told me a year ago that I’d be writing a novel about a cat detective, I wouldn’t have believed you. I guess that’s what NaNo does to your brain. I’m learning lots of things about structuring and editing as I move
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I finished my NaNo novel today! It needs lots of editing but who cares? Celebrate now, edit later. I love a good first draft. Happy reading.
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The NaNoWriMo novel is going well this past week. I only hope now not to run out of plot twists before I run out of words. One thing I have learned from these fast-writing marathons is, I don’t seem to write much better when I have more time. Fitting in 1667 words a day is
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The month is half over and I am not halfway to my writing goal. To finish NaNoWriMo on time, I would have to write 2000 words per day without skipping any days. So far I have been getting up at 5:00 am on weekdays but I still haven’t been able to keep up. Today, I’m
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Hello to any fellow NaNoWriMo’s. I’m in the Toronto region under Cerealboxreader if you are inclined to join me. Hear all about it on my LJ account where I have a number of writing friends. We like to cheer each other on. In the morning, early
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So far NaNoWriMo is going well. My wrists are sore, but they were before anyway. I’ve run out of plot ideas for the night but I’m not worried. I can always think of more crazy twists during my commute to work in the morning. For now I’m going to celebrate the small victory of meeting
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