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Category Archives: OTF
Books
Books have weight. Boy, does that ever come into sharp focus when you have to move a few thousand of them… It’s been a while since I’ve read a manifesto from the latest fanboy burning their books in favour of … Continue reading
Her Name Is…
The dream is always the same, though I don’t know it’s a dream until I wake up. I’m in a crowded café-slash-bookstore. A used bookstore. I think it’s actually the Cronos Café , for those of you familiar with Thunder … Continue reading
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A (‘nother) Case For Bookshelves
I’m no Luddite — I see the writing on the wall (or perhaps more aptly, not on the wall…) The physical book is giving way to ebooks. For the most part, there are many advantages (which we all know, so … Continue reading
Caught on Tape! Fitzgerald Writing “The Great Gatsby”…
…or technically I guess, film. This is supposedly Fitzgerald writing The Great Gatsby, though I’m not sure how you would authenticate a claim like that. Still, it’s obviously Fitzgerald and he’s obviously writing. Kind of exciting in itself (if you’re … Continue reading
Going (Back) to Sugar Mountain
Thunder Bay isn’t exactly a Mecca of the creative, like London or New York or Paris where you can’t flick a fountain pen without globbing indigo on something of literary importance. I guess though that’s true of most small towns. … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, Fort William, Jim Morrison, Neil Young, Port Arthur, Sugar Mountain, The Incredible Journey, Thunder Bay
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A Little Snippy…
I walked out into the kitchen and Noël asked me what I was doing ‘cuz I was snipping my fingers in the air like hyperactive scissors (though I wasn’t really conscious that I was doing it) and I smiled embarrassed-like … Continue reading
“…a cutthroat cottage industry…”
It’s Giller night — do you know what you’re wearing to the party? Perhaps not the most venerable of Canadian lit awards (I believe the Governor General’s Award is still that), the Giller Prize is definitely the hippest. Lately, the … Continue reading
The Difference Between Published Author and Not
I’m an occasional reader of Chuck Wendig’s blog, Terrible Minds. Although I’ve had him in my blog reader for probably around a year, he really caught my attention last week with an interview with Margaret Atwood. Yes, the Margaret Atwood. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Hocking, Chuck Wendig, Margaret Atwood, self-publishing, Terrible Minds
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Publish or Self-Publish? In Canada, the Question May Soon Be Moot…
Found out just today (where was I this week?) that Douglas & McIntyre are “restructuring”. Although they are still operating normally, filing for bankruptcy protection is never a good thing. The question for Canadian writers is becoming more and more, … Continue reading