Comments for Maaja Wentz https://www.maajawentz.com/ Worlds of Mystery & Wonder Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Let’s Connect! by Elizabeth O'Carroll https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74597 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:28:33 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74597 Hello Maaja!
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Elizabeth O’Carroll

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]]> Comment on 10 Reasons Writers Benefit From Conventions by Can-Con Conference and World Fantasy 2016 - Maaja Wentz https://www.maajawentz.com/2016/04/24/10-reasons-writers-need-conventions/#comment-74529 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:28:10 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1737#comment-74529 […] make it in person? Deciding whether to attend your first convention? The bios of the panelists for both conventions make interesting reading, and contain a trove of […]

]]> Comment on Let’s Connect! by Maaja https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74296 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:54:04 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74296 Thank for your your interest. It sounds like a great book, but I don’t feel qualified to review it. The good news is you seem to have a lot of 5-star reviews already.

]]> Comment on Let’s Connect! by Maaja https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74295 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:43:52 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74295 In reply to Jacqueline.

Let me email you a bibliography of books and a list of writing challenges I can recommend.

]]> Comment on Let’s Connect! by Jacqueline https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74273 Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:05:32 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/contact-3/#comment-74273 Are you the same Maaja Wentz that will be running the Write Better Faster workshop at the Spadina Road Library on November 4th?
I registered for it and hate to miss out on any tips may have. I’ve been scheduled to work and like everyone else, need he money.
Is there anything you can suggest or share to help me finish some little stories I’ve been working on?
Much appreciated. Hopefully I’ll get to attend another one of your sessions.
Thanks kindly,
Jacqueline

]]> Comment on I Failed at my 2022 Goals but Won the Creative Writing Game Anyway by Maaja https://www.maajawentz.com/2023/01/03/i-failed-at-my-2022-goals-but-won-the-creative-writing-game-anyway/#comment-73817 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:06:45 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/?p=7987#comment-73817 In reply to MK.

You are so right. The escape of fiction is a huge part of my life, too. I look forward to your books!

]]> Comment on I Failed at my 2022 Goals but Won the Creative Writing Game Anyway by MK https://www.maajawentz.com/2023/01/03/i-failed-at-my-2022-goals-but-won-the-creative-writing-game-anyway/#comment-73808 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:07:24 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/?p=7987#comment-73808 “And if words don’t change history or sway society, what good are they?”

Providing comfort and pleasure? I read a lot of romance books last year. Every one reminded me of the importance of relationships (and communication) and loving. I was taken to so many different worlds and into the hearts and minds of people very different from me. (I’ve made a point of reading books from diverse writers.) It was a sense of normalcy, a warm hug I gave myself. So what if in a decade most people won’t know anything about the book? It was there for me when I needed it. And that’s just as valuable.

For my 2023, I want to stop dancing around performing and actually do it. Spend as much time on my music as I do scrolling the internet. And in the back of my mind is a 4-book romance series featuring people based on me and my friends, (late 40s to early 60s who never married or had kids) people I never see in romance books because another thing I discovered was how good it was to see someone like me find a happy ending. (I felt so seen by Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert.)

I’m with you though. To hell with algorithms and a social media grind. I’ve come to believe that by committing to share my creativity with the world, ways will open up that will allow me to share it. I believe my purpose is to bring joy into the world. I know the world will make way for that. It will for you too.

]]> Comment on The Steak Trick: Top 5 Tips to add Sizzle to your Writing by Maaja https://www.maajawentz.com/2022/12/17/the-steak-trick-for-accountability/#comment-73765 Sat, 17 Dec 2022 22:55:37 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/?p=7977#comment-73765 Sunday I will post my current progress plus a creative prompt for readers on Substack.

]]> Comment on New Writing Opportunities by Maaja https://www.maajawentz.com/2022/09/25/new-writing-opportunites/#comment-73565 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:30:36 +0000 https://www.maajawentz.com/?p=7909#comment-73565 Children’s Fiction: https://www.apricotbanks.com/

]]> Comment on Maaja’s Writing by Gloria Ferris https://www.maajawentz.com/maaja-wentz-creative-writing/#comment-59445 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:38:14 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?page_id=898#comment-59445 Hi Maaja. It was lovely meeting you at Newmarket recently. I took a few photos of your reading. They aren’t terribly clear but in case no one else got pics, better than nothing. If you shoot me an email, I’ll forward them on to you. Am reading Feeding Frenzy now, and enjoying the heck out of it. Love the characters and setting!

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