Christian Laforet, aka C.M. Forest, writes horror. He's been writing horror for years now, and has a stack of books to his name. A local horror-writing hero, Christian organizes events and readings, is a master on social media, and he's part of the organizing team for Canada's only Dark/Horror Fiction Conventions - dReadcon - which… Continue reading Interview with C.M. Forest
Category: On Writing
How to Survive Querying
In my last blog post interviewing Ainslie Hogarth, we talked a lot about writing query letters. I gave examples using the query letter that Ainslie edited that I was going to submit to an agent at a workshop. Soooo, the workshop was this past Sunday...and golly, did I learn a lot! First things first: we… Continue reading How to Survive Querying
Interview With Ainslie Hogarth (W/ GIVEAWAY!)
Ainslie Hogarth is a Windsorite whose writing career catapulted with the publication of her first novel The Lonely (being re-issued in 2026 with The Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated)). Since then, she's switched agents, landed one of the Big Five publishers, and is on her fifth publication, forthcoming in 2026. I stalked met Ainslie after… Continue reading Interview With Ainslie Hogarth (W/ GIVEAWAY!)
Loss, Labour (Quitting Writing) & Luxuriation
LOSS On Friday, July 11, 2025, our beloved Oscar crossed the rainbow bridge. That morning when we awoke, he was in the hallway, puddles of urine and vomit around him. We cleaned him up, took him outside where he was able to go to the bathroom...but then he fell to the deck and couldn't move.… Continue reading Loss, Labour (Quitting Writing) & Luxuriation
VANESSA SHIELDS 