Now that I’ve finished my magnum opus, many people have asked me what I’ll do next. The short answer is “write book two.” In fact, I’ve already started plotting it. But what happens to book one? As I write, Crossing the Rubicon is safely in the hands of my beta […]
The prologue, like the humble adverb, is a despised thing among writers so I’ve learned. So much so that, if you can believe the rhetoric, a manuscript of 90,000 words daring to contain one adverb is in danger of being denounced as rubbish and cast aside by agents – its […]
On Monday (October 22) I’ll be on my way to Kilmory Resort in Swift Current, Newfoundland to attend the Piper’s Frith Writer’s Workshop. You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging much lately – well, it’s because I’ve been preparing for this workshop. I’ve never been to anything like this […]
This month Braco, the award-winning debut novel from Lesleyanne Ryan, will be released. As a former UN peacekeeper, Lesleyanne served in Visoko, Bosnia in 1993/94. There she helped a friend send food to a young boy in Srebrenica. When the Canadian military pulled out of Srebrenica in March 1994, he […]
Last month, author Linda Abbott, published her first novel entitled The Loss of the Marion. Newfoundlanders among you may already be aware of the story, either from local folklore or the song by Simani recorded back in the ‘80s. For those who aren’t familiar, the Marion was a banking schooner […]
Well now … I’m curious to hear what my fellow writers have to say about Ian McEwan’s advice to aspiring authors. He says: to write well, one must read, and one must set aside time for writing (creative writing courses can be useful). No controversy so far … but, he also […]
