Writing About Our Lives
This post is not about writing your memoir. So, if you find this personal vent while looking for advice, there's no need to be disappointed. Just go take a class. Today, I'm talking about my recent…
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1321 postsA free trip to Australia if your writing is good enough
The official title of the award is: The Henry Lawson Award for Travel Writing It is an annual prize sponsored by The Australian Tourist Commission and Qantas Airways The prize will go to an "exceptional…
Read more →Positive Quote About Dreams
I'm going to miss seeing this magnet on the fridge when I leave Waterloo next week: If somone believes in you, and you believe in your dreams, it can happen. - Tiffany Loren Rowe Yeah, I'm a mushball. But…
Read more →Jimmy Carter, Blogger
Here is Jimmy Carter's blog about his trip to West Africa. There are five posts from Feb 2-9, links to a slide presentation , and his take on Togo, Ghana, and Mali. Don't forget to read from the…
Read more →Writing Memoir Seminar Tomorrow!
Ok, I'm well aware that this is late notice. I haven't been reading my other newsletters in a timely manner. But, if you can't get $100 and your butt over to 826 Valencia tomorrow, then take a look at…
Read more →Looking for an Agent?
When it's not sent to my bulk mail, I get the Todd James Pierce newsletter , and always find it inspiring. Recently, a writer friend asked me if I had any agent leads, and that's how I found that Jenny…
Read more →Backflip.com, My Daily Routine
I'm in love. This is the coolest thing since I bought my Dazzle. My Daily Routine organizes all the websites I want to look at and speeds up the process of browsing through them, tenfold! Now, all the…
Read more →Jenny Bent, Say It Isn't So...
I just went to jennybent.com, (the agent I want the most), and saw that she's not taking unsolicited submissions. How could she, I just recommended her! Have I missed the boat? I'm hardly deterred. It's…
Read more →Almost there...
I'm wrapping up my first selection to turn into Travelers' Tales. But let me tell you, it's going to be harder to get stories printed, and copied, than it was to choose which stories made me laugh and…
Read more →Ayun Halliday at the Travel Expo
In January I posted about the New York Times Travel Show. Well, new word is that Ayun Halliday, author of the wild and entertaining No Touch Monkey, will be at the there. If you are going and want to meet…
Read more →Writing Inspiration
I'm finally reading The Life of Pi. As I cram in my last few weeks in Belgium, my own personal writing has fallen by the wayside. Not including blog or website stuff. No, lately I've been tending to that…
Read more →Write About Ontario
According to Travel Weekly, Ontario is going to shell out the big bucks to bring back tourists post SARS. It might be a good time to pitch some Ottawa stories. Here's a link to Ottawa Tourism. While…
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