My one month to a 50 000 page ‘novel,’ (in length anyway) is almost over. According to the helpful schedule printed in No Plot No Problem (see previous) I should have written 30 006 words by the end of today. So far I have written 21 680, which is to say I am about four […]
I wasn’t supposed to do it. This summer I have so much to do. I promised the administration at my school that I’d have a musical written for the fall. I have guests coming from Sweden who will be in Canada for three weeks. I have my son home from school rather than in day
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Booking Through Thursday:Do your reading habits change in the Spring? Do you read gardening books? Even if you don’t have a garden? More light fiction than during the Winter? Less? Travel books? Light paperbacks you can stick in a knapsack?Or do you pretty much read the same kinds of things in the Spring as you
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I was on a long hiatus when Booking Through Thursday posted this great idea: Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 123. What is the first sentence on the page? The last sentence on the page? Now . . . connect them together…I think it would be even more interesting to juxtapose the first
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I was in the pub after at my writer’s circle this week and one of the members made an observation. I never reveal myself in my fiction. She does, automatically. Her novel in-in-progress grows organically out of her life and it is very funny and touching for it. Out of the ten of us, we
I will be attending the Writers Circle of Durham Region Ontario Writers Conference May 2 – 3. Order of Canada recipient Wayson Choy is the honorary patron. As a member of the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region, it will be interesting to see its first Ontario Writers’ Conference. I will miss the Friday master classes
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With the holidays on, I have been reading but not taking the time to write reviews. Here are a couple of quick recommendations: I recently read the first two books in the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. These are well-done teen dystopias. Of course I enjoyed them, in a craft-envious kind of way. They should
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I stole this fabulous idea from Ebony’s reading blog. Read ‘Em and Eat Party Invite several friends over for a potluck party. Each person brings 3-5 books to give away. Inside each book, guests write their name, number and a brief review of the book. Each person picks several books to take home. After the
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Do you use any of the online book-cataloguing sites, like Library Thing or Shelfari? Why or why not? (Or . . . do you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking to?? (grin))If not an online catalog, do you use any other method to catalog your book collection? Excel spreadsheets, index cards, a notebook, anything?Despite
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This week’s question is suggested by Island Editions:Do you have a favourite book, now out of print, that you would like to see become available again? (I have several…)I don’t have a favorite by my husband does. He reads the historical children’s series by Ronald Welch which starts with I Am David. Just last week
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