Sylvia McNicoll's Blog, page 11

The Good Bad Review

Really, I want everyone to love everything I write.  There’s some part of me that still believes that each new story I produce will be the ultimate all acclaimed novel. But the thinking part of me sadly realizes this won’t … Continue reading →

Revenge on the Fly Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway Revenge on the Fly by Sylvia McNicoll Giveaway ends May 31, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads.   Enter to win  

CANSCAIP Writing on the Fly Talk

 As promised these are my notes for the talk I gave at CANSCAIP Wednesday  April 9, 2014.   The first entry is a poem I wrote in honour of poetry month. On Earning a Living Writing by Sylvia McNicoll Most people … Continue reading →

What I get out of CANSCAIP

    Writers seem to be of two types: the extreme introverts who hate attending any kind of function or getting together with anyone; and the heavy partying types, Hemingway for example, who crave getting together with other likewise engaged … Continue reading →

Writing about Writers––Not a walk in the park.

        Disclaimer: I’ve written about Timothy Findley (I apologize Tiff that I never sent you a copy of the article. The Post editor switched my photo of you with someone else, so how could I? I know … Continue reading →

Re-visiting Hemingway and what he taught me

    Before my pilgrimage to Ernest Hemingway’s house, I wanted to re-read some of his work.  I picked up The complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway and learned he doesn’t use a lot of commas, just like me.  He … Continue reading →

Thankful for most fun job ever.

Before the end of the year, I want to steal a moment from the usual Christmas craziness to say how grateful I am for my job, which incorporates meeting and working with great people: all my editors and writing friends … Continue reading →

The Looneyspoons Sisters and me–WOTS Saskatoon

In our hotel at breakfast, the lovely Ukrainian Ganna was asking me what brought me into town.  In the past I have always avoided too many details because every time you say you’re a writer, the whole topic becomes your … Continue reading →

Voicing a Story

How many times have you heard something like this in response to the premise of a story “Oh that’s been done before.”  Or how many times have you been writing about something only to hear someone say there’s a movie … Continue reading →

Hot Fudge and Caramel Moments in Writing (and reading)

  A while back I wrote a guest blog at Leanne Dyck’s site called the Rewrite Meltdown http://sweatercursed.blogspot.ca/2013... In it I mentioned how a panel of editors all agreed that it could be a single line of writing that captures them … Continue reading →