Sunday, June 3rd, the final morning of Toronto’s Bloody Words conference, offered a choice of workshops and a play, each running for three hours. I was tempted by the workshop on Editing Your Manuscript, but I have a perpetual need to learn about social media and opted for that one. That I have much to [...]
Archive for July, 2012
Out of this World
July 20th, 2012
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My friend and promotion mentor, Susan Toy, recently published her first novel Island in the Clouds, a murder mystery set on the island of Bequia, where Susan lives part-time. To promote her book, Susan developed a blog feature called WHO in the World is Reading Island in the Clouds ??? My day trip to Vulcan, [...]
Bloody Words: Day Two Continued
July 16th, 2012
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Saturday afternoon at the Bloody Words conference began with a dilemna. Should I attend the panel discussion on Rapid Reads Books or attend Bloody Idol, where first pages of novels-in-progress submitted anonymously by conference attendees would be judged by a panel consisting of an agent, editor and reviewer in an American Idol format? As soon [...]
Bloody Words: Day Two
July 9th, 2012
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Saturday was the busiest day at the Bloody Words Conference that took place in Toronto from June 1-3, 2012. Sessions ran every hour from 9:00 AM to noon and, after a break for lunch, 1:30 – 5:30 PM. The evening featured a banquet with speeches and awards. Each hour offered three choices. My first selection [...]
Bloody Words: Day One
July 3rd, 2012
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The Bloody Words mystery conference got off to a different start for me. Before I left Calgary for Toronto, I received an e-mail from Patricia Gouthro, a professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. Patricia asked if she could interview me as part of a research study exploring the connections between lifelong learning, citizenship and [...]
