Linda Poitevin's Blog, page 21
October 13, 2014
Recipes by Request: Vegetarian Gravy
Every so often, the topic of food comes up in my Twitter and/or Facebook communities, and I’ll get a request for the recipe for something I’ve made. This time around, it’s for a vegetarian gravy I make for the non-meat eaters at our holiday dinners (we celebrated our Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday). I’ve adapted the recipe from one(...)
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October 7, 2014
Facebook Giveaway!
So it turns out that I have several trade paperback copies on hand of Gwynneth Ever After in its originally published format of A Fairy Tale for Gwyn. With a new print version of Gwynneth scheduled to release in December, I’ve decided to treat these as ARCs (advance reader copies) and give them away on Facebook. Want your(...)
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October 6, 2014
Social Media Workshop Notes
If you were one of the participants in my social media workshop yesterday at CAN-CON 2014, please accept my apologies! I had handouts of all the slides for you, but in the rush of finding a projector and starting late, I completely forgot (and my husband, who stopped to have the printing done on his(...)
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October 3, 2014
The Friday Wrap-Up
(or What I’ve Been Doing This Week Besides Creating a Workshop for Can-Con): 1. Gwynneth Ever After has a gorgeous new print cover!!! It’s the same design as the ebook, just more of it…and it looks so pretty. And in case you missed the news, YES, Gwyn is going to hardcopy production. I’m just finalizing (I(...)
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October 1, 2014
Funky Fungi: Photos of the Forest’s Underbelly
Last year, a friend on Facebook posted a bunch of photos she’d taken of amazing mushrooms growing in a nearby forest. As I walk the same trails as she does (we run into each other periodically, to the great delight of our dogs), I was both delighted (yay, there are mushrooms in those woods!) and(...)
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September 29, 2014
Can-Con 2014: Where I’ll Be & What I’m Doing!
The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (Can-Con) is back for another year in Ottawa, running from October 3 to 5 at the Ottawa Downtown Sheraton. This will be my third time attending the conference, and I’m thrilled to be participating in a variety of panels this time around…plus giving a workshop!(...)
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September 24, 2014
Gwynneth Ever After NEWS!
Hello, lovely Readers! If you’re a fan of Gwyn & Gareth’s story, I have a several tidbits of news I thought you might find interesting. (And if you’re not, now is a great time to check out the story, which is very nearly complete on Wattpad. ) 1. First of all, I’m beyond thrilled to let you know that Gwynneth(...)
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September 23, 2014
Celebrating Love: 27th-Anniversary Style
This past weekend, I took a rare (very rare, especially given that it’s canning season!) weekend off, because…well, twenty-seven years of marriage just seemed worth celebrating. My husband and I even managed a little getaway, heading to Kingston, Ontario, about a two-hour drive from Ottawa. Our first overnight to Kingston was for our 21st anniversary, and(...)
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September 18, 2014
Early Review of The North, by Sean Cummings
Why I read it:Well over a year ago, Sean Cummings (a writer friend I’d met on Twitter) sent me a draft copy of The North via email. I wasn’t a fan of zombie novels (or zombies in any form ), and so I let it sit…and sit…and sit…until eventually, somehow, it disappeared from my inbox (I(...)
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September 9, 2014
A Review of Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
I’m very proud of myself. I’ve been making a real effort lately to do more reading…and to actually share my thoughts on my book choices, too. I don’t know how valuable those thoughts are to others, but I’ve discovered an enormous side benefit for myself. It turns out that taking the time to analyse someone(...)
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