Archive for January 2014
Revision & Editing
I haven’t posted in a little while, partly because I’ve been knee-deep in edits for my new novel. I also taught a Sharpening the Quill Writing Workshop on this very subject and thought I’d share a little of it here with you. Editing makes all the difference in your life as a writer. You have…
Read MoreTo The Person Who Sent Me A Message About Their Drinking. . .
Yesterday someone sent me a message via this website, saying they had read a recent article in Elle Canada Magazine about alcohol in which I’m quoted. This person — a man I think — told me a member of his family was a ‘raging alcoholic’ and that he was questioning his own drinking. I get…
Read MoreYear End Book List — the final 20
Okay, so I didn’t quite make my target of 75 books this year, but I did read 70. I aim for 52 books every year — a book a week — and if I manage that I feel pretty good. So, here are the last entries. The first 25 are here and the second here.…
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