by Jocelyn | Jul 5, 2011 | Reading & Writing
I’m often asked where I get my ideas, as if they’re something I go out and buy, or maybe order online. I used to be tempted to reply, “Up at the mall, 40% off today.” Or, “Down at the farmer’s market, if you want...
by Jocelyn | Jun 21, 2011 | Reading & Writing, Things I Like...
As soon as I read that now infamous Wall Street Journal article “Darkness too Visible”, which slammed Cheryl Rainfield’s Scars along with much of today’s YA fiction, I rushed to get her book. I’m sure many others did too. In my day there were no YA books to give an...
by Jocelyn | Jun 14, 2011 | Reading & Writing
Do you listen to music when you’re writing? I know a lot of writers make playlists. Playlists for helping them create atmosphere, evoke a time period, bring characters to life. And playlists for you to enjoy while reading their books. But I find listening to music...
by Jocelyn | May 24, 2011 | Reading & Writing
The fantasy world we Earthling writers call Publishing is a bleak, competitive and discouraging place. We diligently write, blog, twitter and pray for a bestseller, even as Publishing’s traditional boundaries shift around us and tree-books morph into wild electronic...
by Jocelyn | May 3, 2011 | Reading & Writing, Things I Like...
First drafts make me crazy. I’m a reviser. I’ll happily spend days cutting, developing and shaping a story. But how to produce a has-potential-but-needs-work ms in the first place? Even with characters, setting and plot in mind for a new project, a blank...
by Jocelyn | Apr 8, 2011 | Reading & Writing
Last Friday night I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Susan Juby’s new book, The Woefield Poultry Collective, at the Urban Beet in Nanaimo, BC. Here’s a photo of Susan signing her book for me. I’m a big fan of Susan Juby’s YA books,...
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