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March 19, 2012
Getting Rid of the Fish Head
Sunday Morning Writer's Blog I said I would write about the fish head this week so here goes. The fish head is the writing you do when you sit down at your desk and don't know where to begin. Except that you know you have to start somewhere so you write the fish head. It's [...]
March 12, 2012
Gender Crossing and Casanova
Here's a visual clip for my Sunday Morning Writer's Blog. It's from a conversation I had with producer Louise Fagan. Next week, I'll talk about fish heads.
March 4, 2012
How Present is Your Present Tense?
Sunday Morning Writer's Blog I've been thinking a lot about tense lately because I'm writing a novel in the voice of an older woman talking about herself as a twelve-year-old girl. So sometimes the narrator talks like the twelve-year- old and sometimes she sounds much older. And sometimes she talks in the present tense too, [...]
February 26, 2012
Travel is Like Writing
I bet you didn't know you should pack up your suitcase when you sit down to write. Well, maybe not a suitcase. In fact, maybe it's your state of mind that needs unpacking. My post for My Sunday Morning Writer's Blog for February 25 is from a recorded interview. Here goes:
February 19, 2012
The 'God is in the Details' Thing
Sunday Morning Writer's Blog I've promised my writing students that every Sunday morning I would talk about an aspect of the writing craft. So here's my offering for February 19: the God of Story lies in the details. That means kicking the slothful habit of using vague, general language. For instance, something, somewhere, somehow are [...]
February 12, 2012
The Idea For a Novel Can Come From The Most Unlikely Places
Sometimes novels grow out of an unexpected situation or in the case of my last book, from a comment that turns your head around and makes you see something in a different light. My conversation about Casanova with Jack Crean (an uncle-in-law) was one of those times. I went from an ardent Casanova dis-misser to an ardent fan and [...]
February 11, 2012
The Globe and Mail's Roundup of Hot and Sexy Reads
Authors Susan Swan, Claudia Dey, Linda Griffiths and more share their favourite erotic read in this week's edition of the Globe and Mail. Check it out by clicking HERE and add your own pick.
February 8, 2012
Goodreads Giveaway
Goodreads Book Giveaway What Casanova Told Me by Susan Swan Giveaway ends February 14, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
Kobo Offering an Amazing Valentine Special on E Book
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February 5, 2012
Book Club Valentine
Make Casanova Your Book Club Valentine Are you interested in finding out more about Casanova, the serial seducer and feminist who once famously said: I have never made love to a woman whose language I don't speak because I like to enjoy myself in all my senses at once. If you are, make What Casanova [...]
