I recently attended a terrific workshop put on by the Manitoba Writer’s Guild featuring a panel of self-publishing experts. I was most impressed by the personal story of Winnipeg author Mary Anne Appleby, whose...
I recently tweeted the line below and it received a lot of reaction, making me realize that it was worth a blog post: “I’ve figured out why I love #blogging more than #writing. Blogging is social. Writing...
As this year comes to a close, I’d like to thank each and every one of you who have visited this blog and contributed to the conversations over the past 3+ years. The posts...
It’s no secret that I love chocolate and I love to travel. So I look for every opportunity to combine those passions. And that is what I’m doing this week in St. Lucia as...
conferences are a great place to pick up blogging tips I had the pleasure of attending the first-ever blogging conference put on by New Media Manitoba and the Women’s Enterprise Centre in Winnipeg. It...
The writing life is an interesting one. I’ve been a freelance writer since 1993, during which time my career has evolved from that of independent communications consultant, to freelance periodical writer, to author of...
This week’s post is timely for me, and courtesy of Emma J. Fox whose business is Pit Stop Media, based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Emma has some SEO tips to help raise your...
This is a special, unscheduled post about The Next Big Thing, an author’s Work In Progress project from SheWrites. When I read A.K Andrews’s blog last week, I immediately thought what fantastic questions for any author to ask themselves....
I had the great pleasure of being the keynote speaker at last weekend’s Connect, Celebrate & Collaborate PWAC on the Prairies Regional Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I’ve been a member of the Professional Writers...
I’m sure many of us have been at a book launch, poetry reading, or art show where despite the fact that we were proud of the creativity of the author or artist and could...
