Have you ever had a feeling of regret as you finished reading a book? You knew you would miss the characters and their stories, as if they were old friends. Well, it’s a little different when you are writing the book. Sure, I’m a little sorry to finish rewriting Spies are from Mars, but I’m happy […]
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Update: I recently received my contributor’s copy of Urban Green Man, including a green man pendant as an extra thank-you. How nice to have a souvenir from my first poetry sale! This summer I’m taking a break from blogging and critiquing in order to finish the new draft of my work-in-progress, “Spies are from Mars.” As of today I
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I am bursting to tell you my publishing news, times two: My short story “Wild Caving,” is going to be published in the Amprosia anthology, which launches in two weeks. My poem “Fallow God,” is going to be published in the Urban Green Man Anthology, with an introduction by Charles De Lint. The Green Man
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Witchlanders I attended the WCDR breakfast meeting this morning. Speaker Lena Coakley was excellent, laying out the seven things she wished she had known about story, before she published her first novel. Lena is the author of Witchlanders, a high fantasy YA novel. Some of her tips were: Learn about plot from screenwriters Know what
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My latest poem, “Fallow God,” is being published by Edge in their Urban Green Man Anthology. The book will be launched at When Words Collide in Calgary this August. I feel very lucky to be included. Happy Reading!
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I haven’t blogged much lately but I do have some good news. One of my poems was shortlisted for the annual Science Fiction Poetry Association Contest. My name appears after the winners here. I also have a piece shortlisted for inclusion in a fantasy fiction anthology which I can’t mention by name until I know
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When the leaves change colours, I feel like going for walks to hear the crunch underfoot and wind up being inspired by all that natural beauty. Fall is the perfect time to spend evenings and early mornings curled up with a coffee to read or to write. I’m having a busy season. This Sunday my
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I completed the first draft of my work-in-progress “Ark of the Convenient,” on Monday this week. This was a great new experience for me, completing a novel manuscript in less than two months, without rushing it because of a deadline. Since then I have been letting it ‘rest’ while I clean out the office, work
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I managed to write regularly over the last nine days despite parties, kids, singing, dancing, drinking, swimming, video taping a crazy family horror spoof and generally having a great time at the cottage. My rough goal was to write a 80 000 word manuscript but I’ve reached “the end” of the rough draft in under
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I never have writer’s block in the pure sense. Ideas are easy to come by and if I sit down to write, I can always write story, character, scenario, scenes. What slows progress, is feeling my story is going down the wrong path. It means reevaluating, making changes, rewriting. Until all the problems are resolved,
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