Discussing Canada Reads Nominees
Canada Reads - Terry Fallis is stops by CBC Books to discuss the final five books in this year’s Canada Reads competition.
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Rights for Writers
Rights for Writers: Proposed Copyright Law Threatens Writers’ Ability to Earn a Fair Living in Canada
To semicolon or not to semicolon?
Is it true? Is the semicolon the most feared punctuation on earth? Fear not, dear writers. All your semicolon questions are answered on this clever and knee slapping site that even uses cartoons to make their point.
A page for your book?
So you’ve got yourself a book. Published, self-published, even waiting to be represented – it doesn’t matter. It does matter that you get the word out, and what better way to round up readers than our reliable old friend, Facebook?
Tell them like it is, Maurice
We writers are a peculiar bunch…comes from a lifetime with too many ideas in our heads.
A writer’s resolution…
Never break the chain. Easy as that, according to Jerry Seinfield. Instead of wasting a New Year’s resolution on dropping a jean size or walking more, why not focus on writing…you are a writer after all, no?
Click to read Jerry Seinfeld’s Method for Creative Success…
Why can’t Genre and Literary get along?
A Private Letter from Genre to Literature…lets just get it out there. Let’s get along over the holidays shall we?
A laugh and a half…
Canadian Icon Gordon Pinsent, known for his performances including Shakespeare and L.M. Montgomery, has ventured into some brilliant new territory. He could read the phone book and make it meaningful.
Looking to win…
“If you’re salivating to win a Nobel Prize, and just don’t think your diplomacy skills are good enough to win the Peace Prize, here are eight techniques you can use to make your writing more literary.”
On the first day of writers block, the RAW site gave to me…
Forget the twelve days of Christmas. How about the five essential tips for writers? Who better than to run it down than Ernest Hemingway for the top 5 tips for writing well…
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