Did you know that Windsor/Essex a long-running creative arts interview show that highlights local creatives? Hosted by author/journalist Veronique Mandal, Scribes & Songsters has over 100 episodes featuring local musicians, writers, and illustrators! Episodes are presented on their youtube channel and air on Cogeco Cable. I had the opportunity to talk with Veronique about the… Continue reading Scribes & Songsters Interview
Interview with Ben Van Dongen
Ben Van Dongen writes science fiction. He's been writing in this genre for decades with some deviation into crime and horror, but he keeps coming back to wide world of 'what if...' that science fiction embraces. Ben is the author of five novellas in a series called Synthetic Albatross, and is a contributor in two… Continue reading Interview with Ben Van Dongen
Interview with C.M. Forest
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
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
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