On a lovely summer night, three days after I moved into my beautiful new house, back in July of 2018, the most wonderful soul left this earth. After that, I drank more alcohol, smoked more weed (it’s cool – totally legal here), watched more TV, and ate more junk food. My niece overdosed on Aleve,…
Read moreAn exciting global initiative in Young Adult literature is coming to the Caribbean! The Burt Award for Caribbean Literature was launched at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Part of a unique global literary award and readership initiative aiming to give youth everywhere with access to books they will…
Read moreThirty-nine years, 50 books, and 350 million copies into his literary career, Stephen King will discuss the writing life with his son, first-time novelist Owen King on the opening night of the 34th International Festival of Authors. In his only scheduled Canadian appearance, Stephen King and his son, Owen King, will headline PEN Canada’s annual benefit…
Read moreSome people say to write something everyday. Let us imagine a world where all the writers have plenty of time, will, and talent to write anything they want. Now, you just have to find a topic to write about. As far as writing topics go, it’s great to find something unique, wonderful, amazing, and identifiable…
Read moreWriting can be difficult for any particular market. Today, I’ll use Ottawa as an example. There are a few newspapers, but with today’s world of syndication, it can be difficult to get on staff anywhere. There are a ton of technical writing jobs, although many of them require field experience. There are also the less…
Read moreI went to Montreal this past weekend. Whenever I go there, I feel completely inspired. Not every situation or encounter is wonderful, but every time I’m there, it’s a vacation for me. To me, a vacation is time to heal, time to think, and just generally time to breathe. I have good friends in Montreal….
Read moreI watched Mary’s wedding recently. It was amazing. If you live around the Ottawa area, you need to go see this play. The actors are amazing, and the play is awesome. All right, in fairness, I have to disclose that my (hugely talented) nephew is in the play. The entire audience was crying, even the…
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