Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people
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Unschooling Ways—Examining Works of One Author
Some months after completing my MFA, I was struggling with my understanding of “character.”
Some months after completing my MFA, I was struggling with my understanding of “character.”
October 1 Variety Post
It’s been a long month. We’ve travelled thousands of kilometres, many of them stormy Atlantic coast wind and rain. Now we’re heading back west, expecting—hoping—to return before Canadian Thanksgiving.
I’ve not been able to post often, so t...
Picturebook sub for our workshop space
From Sandi Harrison
A note from Sandi, who only recently realized how many comments were posted on her earlier workshopped piece! I’m SO sorry that Substack really doesn’t do notifications in the way that would be most useful to us here!
A Collection of Posts that Serve as Check-lists
In my most recent post, I wrote about working without a writing partner, and reviewing what you know about the most basic elements and strands in order to self-evaluate where your story is at. Definitely an unschooling/autodidact piece.
So...
“It’s Based On a True Story”
writing from Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland —
“It’s Based on a True Story”
If there’s a line I have a quick gut reaction to, this is it. In the home in which I grew up, this ‘true story’ line was spoken with a tone of respect and...
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I've published picturebooks to memoir for adults, with a new novel, BLUE HOURS, being released this spring. Taught in the MFA program at UBC for 14 years--if that means anything. Canadian with a border.
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