A week after my very successful book launch, as I was finally starting to settle again from all the excitement, …
Writing The End is not the end.
by Tammy Plunkett You can’t just write your shitty first draft and send it off to the publisher. It’s right …
It’s all About the Engagement
At times, we can become so blinded by crafting the perfect sentence or intricate story structure that we forget there …
Writing Is Not So Solitary
It is often said that writing is a solitary pursuit. We picture the great authors of our day hunched over …
Writing Requires Thinking
Believe it or not, a writer staring off into space is hard at work! Writing requires thinking time. Time to …
Memoir: Oversharing or just right?
Do you battle with how much to share about your life in your memoir? There are a few sides from …
Setting The Scene
The biggest indicator to me that someone is new to writing stories is that they miss the opportunity to set …
Writing in Past Tense or Present Tense
There seems to be a new decision to be made in today’s book market besides writing in first or third …
Why Stress Dampens Your Creativity
…and how to write again It has happened to all of us at some point. Your life just blew up …
Multiple Author Books: Yeah or Nay?
Sometimes called anthologies, or compilations, multiple-author books can be a way to get a taste of the publishing world …
Promoting your book to the right audience
The second point in this book promotion series I wanted to share after my successful book launch is to focus …
Support Local by Following the ABCs of Airdrie Reads
by Allissa Blondin The past couple of years have been hard on all of us. With local businesses having to …
Don’t Be Afraid of New Year’s Resolutions
By Kim Cheel I think there are two camps regarding New Year’s resolutions: Camp 1 is all for it and …
Dealing With Rejection In Writing
By Kim Cheel You’ve finished your manuscript, you’ve got a query, and now you’re pitching to agents and publishers. You’re …
Writing The Right Words
By Kim Cheel There’s a scene in a later season of one of my favourite 30-minute shows, The Office, where …
Don’t Rush the Last Half of Your Book
By Kim Cheel How often have you agonized over the first half of a project and then realized you’re over …
Tell Your Story
By Kim Cheel There’s a line in one of my favourite pump-up songs (Die Vampire, Die) that proclaims, “You have …
How to write a book in 25 minutes
By Kim Cheel Last week, I had myself worked up because I had given myself the admittedly astronomical word count …