I haven’t done any editing this weekend. I’ve been too busy with my son’s hockey team photo, my report cards, catching up on my marking and a bang-up Christmas party laid on by my husband’s company. Tonight we’re going to my brother’s house for dinner. I feel very lucky to be busy in so many […]
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This week’s Booking Through Thursday asks: how many of us write notes in our books. Are you a Footprint Leaver or a Preservationist?This is an easy question. It depends on the book. If if comes from the rare book library, turn the pages with a pencil and don’t even get the oil from your skin
Writing Madness I’m still on my editing hot streak. I’ve edited the first 188 pages of a 37 600 word manuscript. That means I have about 60 pages to go. Of course now that I’ve come this far, I can see I will have to rewrite the ending. As it turns out the ending of
Last week my students did an excellent series of tableaux to the tune of A Pittance of Time by Canadian singer Terry Kelly. It’s a touching video based on a true story which you can easily find on YouTube. Here’s a link: A Pittance of Time. I continue to be impressed by the maturity and
I love Jane Smiley’s 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. Stuck on her current project, this author of many novels in different genres decided to read one hundred novels. Her journey makes fascinating reading. I love her personal insights and humble tone. A book essentially for readers and novel fans, there is also an
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Thursday night I took the bus from work to my new writing group (1.5 hours). The return trip was over 2 hours long, by which time I figured the BTT site would have so many comments, it wasn’t worth bothering with. It’s too bad this is the week Deb at BTT (Booking Through Thursday) decided
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What would you think of a twitter-based site that posts the first lines of books? At twitterlit you can get your reading inspiration, twice daily. If a sentence inspires you, click on the handy Amazon link for full title information. Happy reading.
I found a good essay on flash fiction at smokelong.com. This is a site which features lots of stories that can be read in the ‘time it takes to smoke a cigarette.’ I wonder if they’re addictive and dangerous as well. In other news: The first meeting of the new writing group was pleasant, although
The Giller prize short list is out. There are ballots in Canadian public libraries so your can enter their annual “Guess the Giller” contest. Lotus gives you the rundown better than I could. Writing Group Tomorrow night I’m off to a new writers’ critique circle. The group is over a year old and comes highly
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Lullabies for Little Criminals is unique. For days I’ve been trying to decide how to approach this review. If I outlined the plot, you would think it’s depressing. It isn’t. It’s a charming, hopeful tale about a motherless thirteen-year-old with an immature, heroin-addicted dad. It’s also about childhood’s irrepressible happiness. I’ve never read a story about
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