There’s a bit of writing advice that I receive a lot: treat writing like your full-time job, sit down at the same time and place everyday, train your brain to be creative. I’ve heard it again and again, because it works.
For others, I’m assuming. Continue reading Changing the Scenery to Refresh Your Writing—By Kate Hammer
The trees of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. If I’m being completely honest, writing nonfiction terrifies me. But recently, I’ve … Continue reading Pushing Past the Fear of Writing Nonfiction—By Chanel M. Sutherland
The truth is, I’ve known since I began writing that if my husband Michael died, I couldn’t continue with the Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. Continue reading I Thought I Was Writing a Potboiler—By Robyn Sarah
The truth is, I’ve known since I began writing that if my husband Michael died, I couldn’t continue with the Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. Continue reading Writing Through Grief—By Louise Penny
I always go back and forth between telling and writing when I create a story. Below is an audio file … Continue reading Writing to Perform, and Performing to Write—By Deb VanSlet
My first reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was as a parent. Growing up, I somehow managed to miss … Continue reading Writing, Mothering, and the Wild In-Between—By Gillian Sze
I’ve always thought of writers as magpies—we’re known for thievery, and that’s often what we do. We steal little parts of … Continue reading From Tragedy to a Book—By Catherine McKenzie
The relationship between writer and editor is complicated, fraught, an emotional and ethical minefield ready to detonate and splatter the … Continue reading Writer vs. Editor: The Showdown Within—By Malcolm Fraser
One full-time teaching job (hybrid online teaching included), three school-aged children (complete with homework, lunches and the occasional emotional meltdown), … Continue reading Keep Calm, Shut Up, and Write—By Lea Beddia
I started reading science fiction young, before realizing it wasn’t suitable material for a girl with aspirations of fitting in … Continue reading Realists of a Larger Reality (Or Why I Read and Write Science Fiction)—By J. DeLeskie
Not long ago, during the Before Times, I received a small award to pursue a non-fiction project. I planned to … Continue reading Writers Need Libraries; So Do Our Children—By Deborah Ostrovsky
I am a big believer in lists. Grocery lists. To-do lists. Lists on phones and bits of envelopes and bills. … Continue reading On Best-of Lists and How We Actually Read—By Genny Zimantas
If a podcast airs in a forest but there’s no one there to hear it, did it really make a … Continue reading How Podcasting Took Over My Life—By Catherine Austen
Now is a time to gather disabled writers and our allies in direct community together. Writing practice shared in company … Continue reading Creating Community with Disabled Writers—By seeley quest
Back in the old days—pre-March 2020—we used to have these literary events called book launches, festivals, and poetry readings, which … Continue reading Poetry via Videoconference—By Louise Carson
A DIALOGUE. Persons: John Arthur and Pal. Scene: A deck in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, one summer day. JOHN ARTHUR: Would you like … Continue reading The Importance of Being Silent—By John Arthur Sweet
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading A Body Divided—By Joe Bongiorno
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading The View From My Living Room—By Ariela Freedman
The Quebec Writers’ Federation condemns racism. We hear and support those who are on the front lines fighting injustice. Anti-Blackness … Continue reading Words Matter: A QWF Statement Supporting #BlackLivesMatter
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading The Art of Connecting—By Joel Yanofsky
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading Homeschooling in a Pandemic—By Greg Santos
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading We Can All Be Writers—By Nisha Coleman
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading Writer’s Block in the Time of Corona—By Carolyn Marie Souaid
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading Living and Writing in The Country—By Angela Leuck
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