Restarting a Writer’s Journey
Story of Joe Years ago, my wife asked me a question one rainy day in Scotland. I’d just spent the week returning phone calls from work instead of enjoying the foggy views and highland lakes and ruined...
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This weekend, the 5 writers join the hundreds of other aspiring writers – and the generous agents, editors, publishers and bestselling authors who support us – at our favourite annual literary...
View ArticleCitizens of the writing nation
Silk’s Post #6 — My epiphany at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference over the weekend was that I’m now a citizen of three nations: the United States, where I was born; Canada, where I live; and...
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Karalee’s Post #32 I did something for myself this weekend and registered for a Writer’s Digest University course called ‘The Agent One-on-One: Your First Ten Pages Boot Camp. Now why would I do this...
View ArticleThe other side of the critique
Joe’s Post #39 — As some of you know, way, way back, before cell phones, before computer spell-checkers, before I could even type, I wrote my first book at the wise age of 9. Invasion of the Mole...
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