Weekly Writing Prompt

I hope some of you writers out there will help me inspire my writing students to participate this week by jumping in yourselves. This week’s classroom lesson was all about dialogue, so if you want to work some into your writing, go for it! And don’t forget...

Re-Read It February

One of the fabulous things about being an author is you are hip to some really great books and often, people give them to you. I’m extra lucky because my sales rep is also a pal/neighbour of mine, and so she gives me loads of ARCs. I love this, as you might...

Weekly Writing Prompt

Join my students and leave me a story in the comments section. This week, we studied plot, so as you write your story, keep in mind the Beginning, Middle, Climax, & End. Prompt: Use these five words in a story of any length. Pencil, giraffe, desperate, headache,...

The Weekly Writing Prompt

I am now doing a weekly writing residency at the local grade school with the Grade 6/7 class. At the end of every class, I give them a writing prompt and they can do it on their own time, or not. If they do participate, they get to share it at the beginning of the...

Bookshop Talk

The blog Bookshop Talk very kindly had me over for an interview this week. And sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll be interviewing Eileen Cook there too. Drop on by!