A great editing service I’m pleased to add my editing services to the skillful team at Essential Edits. My services there are as a senior editor/writing coach, specializing in Canadian Literature. What is Essential Edits? The team of editors at Essential Edits came together as part of an initiative by Robert Runté, who is a former editor with Five Rivers Publishing back when the house published some 30+ writers. Robert’s vision was to establish an…
Say what? Apologies for the short notice, but just received this information from Pulp Literature. There’s an online launch Saturday, May 14, 2:00 PM EDT. The launch will be streaming live from YouTube at https://youtu.be/-5sqJKV0gHk The audience is encouraged to post questions and comments during the launch, so tell your friends not to be shy. What’s this to me? I have a short story in this issue of Pulp Literature, Would We Had Time. And…
I’m very pleased to announce I’ll be a keynote speaker at the Editor’s Canada Conference May 29, at 4:00 PM. Aerin Caley, former editor with Five Rivers Publishing, interviewed me recently for the conference. That interview is below: Lorina Stephens didn’t start her career in writing and publishing. She has been a manager and bookkeeper for companies as diverse as a civil engineering firm, Faberge of Canada, and her own custom glass installation company. She…
The Owen Sound Art Banner Project The Owen Sound Art Banner Project is an annual street art exhibition showcasing the works of local artists on street banners displayed along Owen Sound’s harbour walkway. Artists from Grey and Bruce Counties are invited to submit their work each year. Patrons are invited to sponsor these banners for $100. Since 2009, the Owen Sound Art Banner Project has been proud to celebrate the talent and success of local…
In Veritas by C.J. Lavigne My rating: 2 of 5 stars I came to C.J. Lavigne’s debut novel through the recommendation of a friend, with expectations I would find this tale one into which I could immerse and engage. But, alas, it was not to be. Certainly this is an ambitious novel in that Lavigne chooses to tell this story from a foreign and difficult point of view, that of a young woman who experiences…