“Are you writing a series?” asked bestselling author, C.J. Carmichael. I looked around at our writers’ group meeting and there was a mixture of nodding or shaking heads. “If not, you should be!” As it turns out, I am actually writing a series, making her presentation even more gripping than anticipated. Readers Fall in Love With […]
I had the complete pleasure to sit on the Trends in Romance panel at When Words Collide this past August. When approached to sit on the panel, my reactions went sort of like this: (more…)
First, you may ask, what is hybrid publishing? Simply put, hybrid publishing is when an author publishes both through a traditional publisher and through self-publishing. At the recent When Words Collide conference in Calgary, we had the absolute pleasure of having Mark Leslie, author and Director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, speak to […]
Okay, we’ve done the profit and loss statement, we’ve received our reasonable advance (which we will of course earn out), now what? (more…)
Adrienne Kerr’s 2014 When Words Collide workshop was heavily influenced by John B Thompson’s Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the 21st Century. This book is pretty high on my to-read list now, but what Thompson and Kerr discussed were the different types of capital that a publisher can provide. (more…)
Hello readers! It’s a week since I attended the When Words Collide conference and my brain is absolutely BUZZING! I had the absolute joy to attend some fascinating workshops. My notebook is overflowing and I am filled with tidbits of information that were completely new to me. Don’t you love it when that happens? And […]
As a member of the Alberta Romance Writers’ Association, I’ve had the honour to meet some incredible authors. Lorraine Paton is one of them. In the two years or so that I’ve known Lorraine, I am continually impressed by her complete devotion to all aspects of the craft. She writes (obviously), critiques, teaches workshops, runs […]
Some of my upcoming Weekend Writer posts will be discussions or reviews of panels that I saw at the 2013 Surrey International Writers’ Conference. First off, if you ever have the opportunity to go to this conference, DO. I found it an incredible conference that would appeal to both new and professional writers. The panels […]