Frank Fiodalisi’s excellent February 12 WAG presentation focused on the old mantra, “Write what you know.” He aptly demonstrated the value of using your own work experience to bring credibility to your writing: e.g. verisimilitude. Or perhaps Truthiness. But what if you’re writing about a subject that is outside your … Read More
Suppose you have a book, a novel, or a piece of nonfiction you think has commercial appeal. You know it will sell. For some reason, you just know you’ve touched a nerve and you think many people will want to read your work. If it’s fiction, you think it is … Read More
Writers often have big dreams. They imagine that their work will be published and will take off, go viral, make them rich and famous, or at least famous. But can this miracle happen with self-published works? Well, sometimes. It is true that formally published works, run through an agent, accepted … Read More
Horror writer Erinn L. Kemper grew up in an isolated mill town on coastal British Columbia, Canada. From there she moved to Victoria, BC, to study philosophy at university. Over the years she’s worked as an eye glasses repair person, fish farmer, cabinet maker, parks department laborer, small museum staff, book … Read More