Example of an early 20th century edition of the Ruba’iyyat My diverse researches into life in 11th century Persia have led me to examine...

World concept proposed in the Avesta, the primary source of documents about Zoroastrianism (Wikimedia Commons) Yeah, so after announcing...

One of the new jobs I have taken on is that of an editor for an online magazine, Metapsychosis. This is the publishing arm of Infinite...

So I have just finished taking part in a six week critiquing group at Clarion West. I spoke about Clarion West in an earlier post - they...

Île aux perroquets, Mingan Islands, Quebec One of the things I have discovered through interaction with other writers is that there are...

One of the manuscripts that I have been developing is called "Third Testament". It is a science fiction novel that takes place in the...

This has been a lifelong dream of mine. When I was a student, waaaaaaayyyyy back, I used to read about the Nebulas and dream of going one...

The third and final Clarion West workshop for which I signed up over the course of the month of May was in some ways the most useful of...

So, two more workshops last weekend. These were both Clarion West workshops. I have decided that since I am still not in a positon to...

The third online workshop in which I participated over the past several weeks was under the auspices of the Clarion West people. For...

To continue with the overview of the publishing workshop, we also heard from several authors. I already mentioned Cherie Hart. Cherie had...

The second of the two Quebec Writers Federation workshops I took was called "Get Your Words Out : A Primer on How to Publish" and was led...

Over the period of the lockdown, I have been taking part in a series of online writing workshops, two offered by the Quebec Writers...

Yes, the world has been hit with a massive challenge, and we are all suffering from the psychological malaise called the "coronavirus...

Well, it was an intense day. I realized last night that I hadn't written the query letter I would need if anyone was interested in my...

I discovered this event on Twitter in December by accident. I happened to log onto Twitter the day in December the event was in play, and...

It may be wishful thinking, still, but I am planning, by hook or by crook (literally, maybe!), to get at least one of my novels into...

Well, after completing Inktober 2019, which I found both challenging (producing a drawing every day!) but useful (I developed several new...

I've watched this flurry of posts from hundreds of people (well, I guess thousands, even tens of thousands) every October for several...

I was watching the first episode of "Downton Abbey", a follow-up to re-watching "Gosford Park", a film I didn't like when it first came...