Sitting down to write is one of those things that are planned with great intention but can be difficult to execute, especially when you’ve had a busy day and your mind is full of to-dos and can’t-forgets. Here are some ways that you can clear your mind, set yourself up for a solid writing stint, … Continue reading Writing Rituals: How to Create a Physical and Mental Space that Promotes Writing
An Interview with Jason Lee Norman
If you are involved in the #yeg literary scene, you've likely heard Jason's name. He is the driving force behind some of the coolest and most creative writing projects Edmonton has seen: 40 Below, an anthology featuring works about winter in Edmonton; #yegwords coffee sleeves, coffee sleeves featuring flash fiction from Edmonton writers; and most … Continue reading An Interview with Jason Lee Norman
Get-Writing Challenges: NaNoWriMo and More
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and is a nonprofit organization that leads an annual event where writers commit to writing 50,000 words in November. On the NaNoWriMo website, writers can track their progress and connect with other writers. These features are available once you create a free account. As exciting as this prospect … Continue reading Get-Writing Challenges: NaNoWriMo and More
Dialogue for Dummies
So, you want to add some dialogue to your story, but you’ve been told that your dialogue isn’t realistic. Or maybe you have no idea where to start when it comes to writing dialogue. I get it, dialogue is hard. Bad dialogue can completely ruin the flow of your piece and take your reader out … Continue reading Dialogue for Dummies
Halloween Book List
It's spooky month, and you know what that means: thrillers, horrors, and all things designed to creep you out! For this month's guest post, Alexander Shay gives us his top five Halloween reads. 1. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga I Hunt Killers is a trilogy following the son of the world's most notorious serial … Continue reading Halloween Book List
Poetry Workshop Results
The 23rd of October saw The Bolo Tie Collective's first Poetry Workshop of the semester. It turned out to be a lot of fun. There was an extremely high participation factor that brought some pretty amazing results. As it was the first workshop we had no poems put forward to workshop so we wrote one. … Continue reading Poetry Workshop Results
Alberta Book Day
A little background on the day. Alberta Book day is brought to you by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. As posted on their website: POSTED 2019-11-06 Edmonton – The members of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) wish to thank the Alberta Government, through the announcement by Minister Aheer today, for declaring November 6, 2019 … Continue reading Alberta Book Day
Is This Funny? October 29th
At present, reading stand-up comedy as text is a practice without a widely accepted framework. Literature about stand-up comedy is largely limited to comedians’ autobiographies, or to obscure and niche areas of alternative, "intellectual," and often British stand-up. A guiding theoretical approach to critically reading stand-up comedy for an American audience can begin to be … Continue reading Is This Funny? October 29th
Not Writer’s Block?
Have you ever been in desperate need of something to write about? Have you ever been on the edge of busting a block and said, “I just need something to write about?” Well, I never have. Seems I have a gene that is overactive in the area of keyboard babble that never lets me down. … Continue reading Not Writer’s Block?
Contests to be aware of
Contests are a great way to become published, keep the rent money coming in, and are a great source of support for all of us in the writing community. How you might ask? Well, many of the journals (not all) that manage these contests work hand to mouth. Entries to these journals is not only … Continue reading Contests to be aware of
