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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – What is an Almanac?

We have all seen, and possibly used an almanac at one time or another, but what are they in actuality? A definition of an almanac is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects, …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Author Website Design

I am in the throes of updating my website, which has seen a couple of theme changes and additional pages since its inception in August 2010, I personally changed, but this new project has been a major review and revision. …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Alice’s World (A short story)

As many of you know I love prompts and this particular one was set at a recent writing group meeting. The prompt was – Create a character and add something unusual. Alice’s World Alice slumped into the chair, huffing and …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – The Iconic Typewriter

The 23rd of June is National Typewriter Day. It is still, to many, the first image that comes to mind when we think about a writer. Of course, we have progressed through typewriters to word processors to computers and laptops …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – The Meet Cute – Willow Tree Tears

As many of you know my eleventh book is launching on 22nd July. It is a western romance set in Alberta, Canada and centers around a champion barrel racer, Madison Beauchamp. She has the love of two men, one familiar …

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Creative Edge – Author Interview – Shamayne Olivia Kotfas

What was the impetus to begin your transformational journey? In 2008, my first husband was killed in a bicycle/car accident. We had divorced four years earlier but remained friends and co-parented our three children. His tragic accident and sudden death triggered …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Finding Similar Books to Aid Readers Choices

One of the requests authors get from publishers is to find similar books to the one they are publishing and promoting. This helps readers decide on their choices. Sometimes this is an easy task, other times not! When I wrote …

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Creative Edge – Press Release – Tara Hodgson

Chasing Through Time In the tumultuous world of high school, Emma grapples with a devastating breakup, a damning social media scandal that threatens her reputation, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. Her parents are distant, she has no true friends, …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Book Trackers

As many of you know I use Goodreads to track the books I read and I participate in the annual Reading Challenge as well. However, there are many other book trackers you can use. Let’s look at a few. Goodreads …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – The Canadian Book Market

I attended an online discussion yesterday in regards to the question: Why Buy Canadian. The panel put forth several interesting points about how people outside of Canada view the country as a whole. One statement that intrigued me, was how …

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