Agents for unpublished writers - useful?
Is it a good idea for new writers (ie, writers who don't yet have a published book) to spend time trying to get an agent? Or is that something to focus on after you've gotten your first book published...
View ArticleWriters new to Toronto and Canada
For those of you who came to Toronto from outside of Canada looking to start or continue your writing career, what was the experience like? What were the challenges you faced/continue to face? Do you...
View ArticleThe Next Eco-Warriors Book Launch Tomorrow
The Next Eco-Warriors book launch is tomorrow night at Revival on College. Here's some information about the book: http://www.nextecowarriors.com/
View Article"New Pages" Resource for Writers
"New Pages" is a great resource for writers. It provides information on literary journals, calls for submissions, writing contests, etc. Check it out at http://www.newpages.com/
View ArticleTips for improving public reading skills?
How do you handle doing public readings, especially if one is not used to doing them? Any tips?
View Articleany tips on impoving grammar?
Any courses, resources, techniques to learning grammar? I have always been intimidated by this aspect of writing and would like to grow an interesting creative grammar style. The Element of Style was...
View ArticleBook that made you want to be a writer
Is there any one book you read that made you want to be a writer? I'm always curious to know about books that have a deep effect on someone, and why.
View ArticleWhat are you reading now?
I am currently reading Damon Galgut's The Good Doctor, a fascinating novel about a white South African doctor struggling to come to terms with the past, in the morally ambiguous context of the "new"...
View ArticleGoodreads Social Networking
Are you familiar with the social networking site Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/ ?They have book clubs and online writers' groups crossing a wide range of literary genres - from fantasy to the...
View ArticleWriting for Contests
Winning a literary contests, one supposes, lets a new writer arrive with a bang.The bigger the contest (prize money?) the better. It's like getting a key to the writing kingdom, a passepartout that...
View ArticleInteresting Article on Bestsellers
Over the weekend, I stumbled upon this fascinating article about the history - and unpredictability - of what makes bestsellers:http://bookforum.com/inprint/018_02/7781
View ArticleMemoir Book Launch by DD Writer
I participated in Diaspora Dialogues as an emerging writer in 2009, when I enjoyed being mentored by Emma Donoghue. A few years later, my memoir The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again has...
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