Reading into International Literacy Day
Today is the first day of school at our house and across much of North America. Students headed back to teachers, pencils, books and all that comes […]
Writing
Blog articles related to writing
STATUS – First Draft and Counting
There are days when I am so excited with how far I have come with my travel memoir about my time in Africa. And there […]
Festival of Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Authors in London
Last Friday I was invited to participate in a school field trip. It was one I had been looking forward to for the better part […]
Attack of the Word Police
The Language Police strike. I read an interesting article at Daily Writing Tips and want to share. It is about censorship—more specifically about self-censorship of […]
The Power of Short Words
“You can go a long way on short words.” – Joseph J. Romm Short words. Hmm, I’m not sure how far I’ll travel then. I’ve been […]
Constructive Criticism: Making your Writing Better
I got to take another trip to see the Writer-in-Residence at Western University today. The last I spoke with him, Gary Barwin suggested I take […]
Perseverance: How to Keep Going With your Book
UPDATE: For those who have been following along with the continuing saga of the writing of my African Adventure, know that I am still at […]
Time for a Critique
Feeling nervous. Taking a step today. It might amount to nothing, but it is still a leap in my life as a writer. I am […]
The Next Chapter
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? It’s funny how life has a way of… oh, I don’t know; getting you lost. […]
Editing Africa: Getting the Story Out There
Editing Africa; I have over 67,000 words written and edited in my epic African tale. This hails from the 97 original posts I wrote over […]