Linda Poitevin's Blog, page 48
July 10, 2012
Juggling Summer
You’ve heard the Nat King Cole song, The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer? Well, in my case, he had two out of three right: hazy and oh, so crazy! While our weather has become a little more reasonable temperature-wise, we’ve sweltered through a couple of impressive heat waves, whether they ranked so officially or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 6, 2012
About that author… (What Heaven thinks of the Grigori Legacy)
And now for a bit of Friday fun! This post originally appeared on Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf, but it ended up being so much fun that I wanted to share it here, too. It’s a mini-scene between Verchiel and Mika’el…who are discussing me. O.O About that author… Verchiel hesitated, taking in the bowed head and slumped […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 5, 2012
My Canada Day in Pictures: Reliving the War of 1812
If you read my blog a few days ago, you know I spent Canada Day (July 1st), at a naval battle reenactment on the St. Lawrence River at Kingston, not far from Ottawa. A part of the bicentennial celebrations for the War of 1812 between us and our southern neighbours, the event involved several tall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 29, 2012
Celebrating Canadian-Style
This Sunday, July 1st, marks Canada’s 145th “birthday” — the anniversary of the British North American Act (BNA) which united three separate colonies (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada) into the beginning of the country we now know as Canada. Because Britain retained limited political control over the new country, the day […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 28, 2012
Keep Your Reader in Your Story: 8 Tips on Editing for Flow
Whether you do much of your editing as you write (as I do) or you’re the kind of writer that gets the whole story down on paper before worrying about the craft points (which I wish I could do), sooner or later you’re going to face a final edit. By this point, your major plot […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 26, 2012
World-Building for the Grigori Legacy Series
The world behind The Grigori legacy unfolded slowly for me…and, I must admit, rather painfully. The first several versions of Sins of the Angels contained mention of Heaven, but no solid description of the place. I had created wonderfully tormented characters and an edge-of-your-seat plotline, but setting? At the time, that wasn’t really my forte. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 24, 2012
The Grigori Legacy Goes Home
Given that the Grigori Legacy series begins in Toronto (and, indeed, spends much of its time there), it really was about time that I ventured down to that city to do a book signing…and that’s exactly what I did this past weekend. The World’s Biggest Bookstore has been promoting me as its Featured Urban Fantasy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Virtual Cloning: How to be in two (or more) places at once
“I can’t be in two places at once.” Sound familiar? If you’re anything like me, you’ll have lost count of the number of times you’ve spoken those words to your children/spouse/co-workers/boss/etc. I’ve often wished there was more than one of me (though my husband and children would disagree!), because there just isn’t enough me to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 21, 2012
Grigori Legacy Toronto Book Signing!
Just a reminder that I’ll be making my first trip to Toronto tomorrow for a book-signing event! For the entire month of June, The World’s Biggest Bookstore has had me as its Featured Urban Fantasy Author (with my own name tag on the shelf and everything!), so it seems like the perfect opportunity to visit the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
June 18, 2012
Guest Post: Paranormal author Cege Smith
Today’s guest on the blog is indie paranormal author Cege Smith, who very kindly interviewed me last week on her blog, The Paranormal Bookbeat. Cege has four novels out, ranging from YA to romance to thriller, all paranormals, and today she’s sharing some of the elements that go into the creation of her stories. Enjoy! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
