Bought at Packaging Your Imagination The Alchemist’s Portrait by Simon Rose The Mysterious Mummer by L.M. Falcone Good Times Travel Agency: Adventures in Ancient China by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin. I wanted to buy one of Sharon Jenning’s Bats books for reluctant readers but I only saw her books for younger readers. Workshops […]
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Today I attended CANSAIP’s annual conference called Packaging Your Imagination. Held at Trinity college, Toronto, the day-long conference consisted of three workshops and a keynote speaker. Between the second and third workshops, there was a sit down lunch with brief speeches from the CANSCAIP organizers. I will talk about the workshops another time. I’m still
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I love film and TV so of course I want to read about them. Jane in Progress is a blog, recommended to me by my friend Artist-At-Large. It’s a fascinating look inside big TV. Jane’s blog is so honest. She even quotes her hourly rate. It’s endearing, although odd, that she also records what she
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As part of the ImagineNative festival, on Saturday I went to an excellent screenwriting seminar given by Elke Town of Storyworks, sponsored by the Harold Greenberg Fund. She was an excellent presenter and a good sport as well since she posed for this picture! Top tips: Study the films that you like the best and
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Today I sent away for the 2007 edition of the Canadian Writers’ Contest Calendar. I have had a soft spot for the publisher, Deborah Ranchuk, since she published an article of mine in the August 2002 edition of Canadian Writers’ Journal. This is not an online journal so you won’t be able to read my
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Last night I attended the monthly CANCAIP meeting. The atmosphere was, as always, very friendly. I enjoy meeting people who have actually “done it” before — published a children’s book, that is. The special topic for October was research for non-fiction. Editor and writer Gena Gorrell talked about predicting unforeseen problems, filing and obtaining photo
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This year Word on the Street was so big that I ran out of time before I got to the children’s and SF vendors. Too bad for my husband and son. Usually I bring home goodies for them – that is if I don’t bring them along. One reason I was rushed is that this
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Word on the Street Toronto is being held Sunday September 24 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The link to find out more information is: http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto.php It’s a reading smorgasboard with readings, author signings, live music, food and entertainment for the kids. There are specialty displays on every kind of publishing and writing you can
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Telling It by Anne Frank (ed.) Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules by Ken Dancyger & Jeff Rush Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices by Rick Schmidt Screenplay by Syd Field Writing the Second Act by Michael Halperin Lew Hunter’s Screenwriting 434 by (you guessed it) Lew Hunter Television and Screen Writing by Richard Blum
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