Lily Iona MacKenzie's Blog, page 21
September 27, 2021
How are writers like detectives?
I’ve been thinking recently how writers are like detectives. They need to be constantly observant, picking up clues from what people are wearing, how they gesture, the words they speak, the way they interact with others. They study others’ facial expressions and what they suggest, storing away the data in their memory banks or taking […]
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September 20, 2021
Monday Motivation: Tillie takes readers on a wild ride. Join her if you dare!
The Ripening: A Canadian Girl Grows Up is a sequel to my novel Freefall: A Divine Comedy (published in 2019). The print copy will be released on October 15 2021. The ebook comes out on November 14, 2021. Tillie, a zany installation artist, is the main character in Freefall. I so enjoyed interacting with her while I […]
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September 13, 2021
The Perils of Launching a Book for Publication
Though I already had experienced what it was like to publish a book when my poetry collection All This came out in 2011, each work offers its own peculiarities. Partly it’s the difference in publisher, so when Pen-L Publishing wanted to release my first published novel Fling!, I had to learn what that house wanted of me. […]
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September 6, 2021
Meet-the-author Monday: Sophia Kouidou‐Giles
On my blog today, I’m privileged to introduce my readers to the bi-cultural Sophia Kouidou-Giles. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, she tells me about what inspired her to write her memoir Sophia’s Return: Uncovering My Mother’s Past, a work that captures family secrets. Sophia Kouidou‐Giles was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and university educated in the USA. […]
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August 30, 2021
How do opposites enlarge our personalities?
The publishing anniversary of my novel, Curva Peligrosa arrives in September, so the narrative is very much on my mind these days. The book’s title, Curva Peligrosa, names its central female character, but a number of peripheral characters also have a big role. One is Billie One Eye, a member of Alberta’s Blackfoot tribe who becomes […]
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August 16, 2021
Meet the fascinating Bonnie Lee Black, a writer who created the award winning blog THE WOW FACTOR!
On my blog today, I’m delighted to be in conversation with the lovely Bonnie Lee Black, a woman who has been Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon, Central Africa, who has conducted an independent economic development project in Mali, West Africa, and who has been a professional writer and editor for over 40 years. She currently lives in San […]
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August 9, 2021
How I Gave Birth to My Novel’s Title!
For writers, titles are tough. There’s no getting around it. Revising a piece we’re working on many times can be the only way we finally find the core of an article, or anything else we’re writing. It is also true for coming up with an appropriate title. Often, it can take many attempts before we […]
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August 2, 2021
Join Guest Author Pat Taub in this interview and meet her muse!
On my blog today I’m talking to Pat Taub, a family therapist, a journalist, a writer/host for the Syracuse NPR station program “Women’s Voices,”a writer for Key West Magazine, and a writing teacher. Pat explains how her memoir, The Mother of My Invention, helped her make peace with her troubled relationship with her mother. Pat Taub’s […]
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July 26, 2021
Giving birth to fictional characters
My novel Curva Peligrosa opens with a tornado that sweeps through the fictional town of Weed, Alberta, and drops a purple outhouse into its center. Drowsing and dreaming inside that structure is its owner, Curva Peligrosa—a curiosity and a marvel, a source of light and heat, a magnet. Adventurous, amorous, fecund, and over six feet […]
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July 23, 2021
Words of Wisdom from Wise Older Woman: Lily Iona MacKenzie: Forever Learning
I don’t usually send my blog followers links to interviews with me, but I thought some of you might enjoy this one. It deals with my dual role as a writer and teacher which, according to my calculations, adds up to learner. Let me introduce you here to Bonnie Black’s wonderful blog and the interview. […]
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