How to Prepare for a Writing Trip
I’m really not an expert. But I’m travelling to Senegal in a week or so on a writing trip. The best part is that I’m bringing along my 15-year old daughter Holly.
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Working With Friends
Last week Canadian Christian News Service launched in Canada to great fanfare. Just kidding about the fanfare.
Still, the mood was celebratory in three offices in far flung towns and cities. Years ago, I was struck with one of my best ideas ever…to try to work with a writer I really liked, Patricia Paddey.
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Writing Vulnerable
Writing honestly is the best way.
Anne Lamott, one of my favourite writers (precisely because she is so honest) says: “If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal.
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Lessons From Being Interviewed
I don’t like being interviewed. That’s the first thing I learned.
A fellow writer came to our home for a short profile piece she is doing on the contributing writers for Focus magazine, the local Scugog magazine I write for every now and again. Focus wants their readers to know a little bit about their writers.
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When you don’t know where to start
Not every lead introduces itself to the writer. Some do. There have been times I’m in the middle of an interview, or research, and the lead jumps out at me in a spangly pantsuit and yells “Start your article with me! I’m perfect for you!” And it is.
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