This is one of two blogs I wrote in 2009 that won The Word Guild 2010 Award for Blog Series this June. “Some people are uncoachable,” said the speaker, who was giving tips on mentoring others. I nodded in agreement. I'd recently been thinking the same thing, and it was good to hear him affirm
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The Word Guild decided it was time to have its first Blog Award this year, for two consecutively-written blogs. Guess who won? Yes, I did. The blogs I entered were “The movement to re-engineer writers:” and “Listening with Your Mind and Your Heart.” I’ll be posting both of them on here in the next couple
I posted a little while ago that Shaded Light and another book of mine, Hot Apple Cider, were both nominated to be the “one book” for the Church Library’s of Ontario “One Book / One Conference” October 3rd along with a number of other great books, including The Shack and The Book of Negroes. I’m delighted to
Although my choice of reading material is normally mysteries, I’ve been reading books on writing memoir and memoirs lately, trying to get a feel for what is acceptable or perhaps desirable. Just finished Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers. A difficult story of a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional, somewhat
If you aren’t familiar with the Susan Boyle story, or if you haven’t seen this interview, I highly recommend watching it. Susan Boyle interview with Meredith Vieria Three things about this interview intrigued me. 1. The way that Susan handles herself, seeming to take control of each situation she’s in, yet with a great deal
Last week was very busy and I’m still recovering. You go like crazy for a week or so and tehn eventually the adrenalin runs out and you kind of crash. But it’s fun while it lasts. Anyway, on Wednesday night, I attended The Word Guild Awards Gala in Mississauga, where I received three Canadian Christian
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