Denis Ledoux's Blog

You Can “Package” Your Books into Bundles.

It’s fair to assume that most and perhaps all the readers of this blog post are writers. We may not like marketing but we recognize its importance. In this post, I want to write to you about the importance of bundling in your marketing efforts. You—and I—ought to be always asking ourselves about how to […]

How an Idea Becomes a Book

This is how an idea becomes a book. ___ Every month (at 1 PM/ET, 12 CT, 11 MT, 10 PT), you can participate in a live memoir-writing workshop on ZOOM. Usually, it occurs on the third Thursday of the month, but in November, I will be traveling to give a book talk on the third […]

Book recommendation: “Here to Stay”

[This review of my latest book was posted on Substack on October 20, 2025, by Jean Edouard Pouliot. Thank you profusely, Jean, for your support in publishing Book recommendation: “Here to Stay”.] [Jean’s text] I wanted to mention a wonderful new book by my friend, Denis Ledoux, who has been writing for years about the […]

Here to Stay Launch

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9 Tips for Self-Publishing a Memoir Successfully

If you believe you have the skills and stamina to undertake handling the publication process yourself, read on. The following will help you to succeed…

Many disparities between women in early Canada and in New England

[Jeanne Mance, founder of the first hospital in Montréal (the Hôtel-Dieu) and a key figure among the women in early Canada.] We want to believe that European settlement of North America was identical, but it wasn’t. The French and the English colonies established different patterns. The women in early Canada had a more public presence. […]

What Kind of Stalled Writer Are You – And What to Do About It

An unfinished manuscript haunts a writer, sapping energy that ought to go into more writing. Over the years of editing and coaching, I’ve noticed that there seem to be two sorts of people who do not finish their manuscripts.

Telling the Past as It Probably Was!

My latest book is Here to Stay/Lives in 17th Century Canada. In this post, I want to make clear that people then lived with different paradigms. It’s the only way I can explain things. Telling the past of New France was not easy. As I was writing Here to Stay, a story of my ancestors […]

Have You ever Written an Advance Review?

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Preparing for publication: it doesn’t happen by itself.

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