Marie Bilodeau's Blog, page 22
June 17, 2011
Guest at Hal-Con
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be a Guest at this year's Hal-Con! If you're there, make sure to come say hi! The con is in Halifax, on November 12 and 13. I've heard awesome things about this con, so I'm very much looking forward to partaking of the fun. I'll post more info as soon as I have it!
Click on the logo to go to the con site. Aren't I just super tech-savvy today?
And may I
Click on the logo to go to the con site. Aren't I just super tech-savvy today?
And may I
June 15, 2011
Five-Year Plan - Goal Setting
I received quite a few questions on my five-year plan. I um'd and ah'd for a few weeks, but I decided to share selected pieces of my plan and how I came up with it. This will be a blog series for the next four to five weeks. I love blog series! Makes it all sound so official.
It took me months to figure out what I needed to do and how (with the action plan. Weeks only for the blog posts.)
It took me months to figure out what I needed to do and how (with the action plan. Weeks only for the blog posts.)
June 10, 2011
Letters with no Reply - Hallmark
I was cleaning out my really, really messy filing system, and came across a few letters that never received an answer. Which was too bad, as I had lots of fun writing them. Oh well, at least they'll make for fun blog material, now!
This one was drafted to Hallmark, several years ago. I lost the accompanying screenshot, which saddens me a bit. I had e-mailed AND faxed it, to cover my bases,
This one was drafted to Hallmark, several years ago. I lost the accompanying screenshot, which saddens me a bit. I had e-mailed AND faxed it, to cover my bases,
June 8, 2011
Lost a Week
Well, a blog week. I certainly didn't lose the week per say. I was busy running around and had no good Internet connection. Note to self: next time, prepare posts in advance. Ah well, live and forget what you learned.
I'm not going to try to go over everything, even though some awesome stuff happened. Instead, I give you a week in pictures!
On our way to AnimeNorth, my car (Maude)
I'm not going to try to go over everything, even though some awesome stuff happened. Instead, I give you a week in pictures!
On our way to AnimeNorth, my car (Maude)
May 26, 2011
Lament for a Convent
Two years ago I stumbled on a magnificent place to write - a convent. It was perfect. Quiet and clean, filled with dark hallways and surrounded by protected land, on an island by the St-Lawrence Seaway, great freighters floating by on their journey to Montreal. The rooms were small, with only a single bed, a reading chair, a desk and a sink. The low fee included three meals, buffet style. And
May 24, 2011
Anime North Panels!
After an awesome weekend of writing mercilessly (45k words in two days - a new personal best), I'm very much looking forward to next weekend's activity - Anime North!
Anime North will be doubly special for a con since Roomy will be making her first con guest appearance as a My Little Pony collector and customizer! An award-winning one too, to boot. She just finished a cute booklet she'll be
Anime North will be doubly special for a con since Roomy will be making her first con guest appearance as a My Little Pony collector and customizer! An award-winning one too, to boot. She just finished a cute booklet she'll be
May 16, 2011
Aurora Award Nomination!
I had the luck of being at the Prix Aurora/Boréal ceremony at the Congrès Boréal yesterday when they announced the English Aurora Award Ballot. And Destiny's Blood made the ballot!
WOO HOO! :D
I can't thank everyone enough for taking the time to enjoy and nominate Destiny's Blood. This wouldn't have happened without your support!
So now it's been nominated for the Foreword Book Awards, a
WOO HOO! :D
I can't thank everyone enough for taking the time to enjoy and nominate Destiny's Blood. This wouldn't have happened without your support!
So now it's been nominated for the Foreword Book Awards, a
May 9, 2011
It was *that* big!
On April 18, I had the pleasure of performing in Monteral with the talented storyteller, JD Hobbes, and wicked musician Shayne Grin. The two of them often perform together as Taelstrum They're awesome. It was the first show of our whirlwind cross-Canada tour, the second show being in Ottawa on May 14. (Okay, maybe not cross-Canada. Give us time and maybe about a decade. We'll work it.)
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May 3, 2011
Suffering For Your Art
... really? I mean, I don't mean to knock anyone who suffers, who is suffering, who has suffered, which right there probably covers the entire scope of mankind. So I guess I don't mean to knock anyone.
But I've heard this saying a few times over the past year and, truth be told, it bugs me. There are variations of this, of course. Here are a few I've heard:
You must use your disturbing past
But I've heard this saying a few times over the past year and, truth be told, it bugs me. There are variations of this, of course. Here are a few I've heard:
You must use your disturbing past
April 29, 2011
My iPhone is Stalking Me!
Some of you may have heard of the iPhone tracking system. It's not cool because users don't know about it. It's a stalker phone.
Curious, I looked at the files from my iPhone and this is what I found:
This looks pretty accurate, location-wise. Halifax, Calgary, and...
Everything in the Quebec City - Windsor corridor, my main traipsing ground.
Okay, but how accurate is this? Let's have a
Curious, I looked at the files from my iPhone and this is what I found:
This looks pretty accurate, location-wise. Halifax, Calgary, and...
Everything in the Quebec City - Windsor corridor, my main traipsing ground.
Okay, but how accurate is this? Let's have a
