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BIBLIOPHILE’S COLLECTIVE TUESDAY – ROMANCE SPICY OR NOT

With the explosion (excuse the expression!) of ‘spicy’ literature across the social media platforms and book stores, it is now customary to have a page of explainations of the content to ‘warn’ readers what to expect. Whether you prefer spicy or not, or something in the middle, there is a scale you can follow. As […]

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WORDSMITH’S COLLECTIVE THURSDAY – MENTORING TIPS

Today, I am sharing some mentoring tips, as I am fortunate to be mentoring a couple of University of Alberta students soon in relation to the running of a non-profit organization. As Secretary of my local writing group, the Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, my co-Director and I will share the workings and technicalities of […]

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BIBLIOPHILE’S COLLECTIVE TUESDAY – SHARING A STORY

Today I am sharing a story I created from a prompt set at our writer’s circle. We had to use a sentence at the beginning and end of a story but the meaning had to change. I hope you like it. Curtain Reveal “I’ll be watching you.” I smile at my boyfriend as he turns […]

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WORDSMITH’S COLLECTIVE THURSDAY – THE FIGHT AGAINST AI THEFT OF COPYRIGHT

The fight against AI theft of copyrighted materials is currently massive. And although, it will take time to resolve the theft of millions of copyrighted materials from the mega AI corporations, there is some good news. Anthropic, a supposedly safety and research company, has settled an AI copyright lawsuit with book authors. We must trust […]

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BIBLIOPHILE’S COLLECTIVE TUESDAY – First FLASH FICTION ATTEMPT

As many of you know I attended a writer’s conference recently. One of the presentations covered flash fiction. I dabbled many years ago in short prompt responses when I was starting out in writing, largely because the thought of writing a novel seemed an ‘impossible task’, so creating flash fiction was not on my radar […]

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WORDSMITH’S COLLECTIVE THURSDAY – A SUPERB WRITERS CONFERENCE

It’s taken a few days to come down from the ‘high’ of the When Words Collide conference this past weekend. It was a superb writers conference to say the least. The keynotes, sessions and panels were interesting, informative, inspiring and fun. You really need to be cloned to get to more! Prior to this writers […]

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BIBLIOPHILE’S COLLECTIVE TUESDAY – WILLOW TREE TEARS IS ON THE booktok bus

I’m excited to announce another venue for my western romance, WILLOW TREE TEARS. You can now find Willow Tree Tears included in the BookTok bus collection of romance novels. You will find my novel under Sport as Madison, the main character, is a champion barrel racer. Let me know if you find the bus and […]

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Wordsmith’s collective thursday – writing conference tips

A writer’s conference gives you the opportunity to learn about specific writing skills as well as network with your peers, mentors, heroes and industry experts. Both of these are valuable to the novice, but also experienced writers. We are constantly learning and honing our skill. writer’s conference tips – So, initially how do you choose […]

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – An Anniversary And A Story

Firstly, a huge thank you to all my followers, subscribers and readers for reading, commenting, liking and dropping by my blog and website over the last fifteen years. It is quite the milestone and I am extremely grateful to everyone of you. Writing is a lonely task, but being able to share my writing life […]

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Celebrating writer wins today!

I’m celebrating three writer wins today. We all want to be recognized for our writing, whether our novels, blogs, articles, or to be included in some literary aspect. When the hard work pays off it is a special kind of celebration. These are my three wins! 2. I’ve also been included in the 15 Best […]

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