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Let's Fly!
Take a trip through the sights (and sites) of Saskatoon with Let's Fly! by Kathie Cram and Kas Rea (@YNWP).
Let’s Fly!: A Dragon’s Quest in SaskatoonWritten by Kathie Cram, Illustrated by Kas ReaPublished by Your Nickel’s Worth PublishingReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$14.95 ISBN 9-781988-783697
Writer Kathie Cram and her illustrator Kas Rea have crafted a new book that celebrates Saskatoon through the adventures of two unlikely – and likeable – new friends, an inquisitive chickadee and a hopeful baby…
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My newest nephew is almost two, which means he’s well into the book loving years, which means books from this aunt will be in his future.
I’ve already given him a few, one of the first being The Wonky Donkey as a result of which he’s formed a friendship with a local donkey that must be driven past any time he’s in a car so that he can wave hello and shout heeeeehawwww.
This is the power of…
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5 Steps To Becoming A Professional Writer Eventually one thing will click on and you'll begin to give you concepts which are more helpful. You can at all times delete/throw out what you wrote later however you must begin someplace. Entrepreneur Networkis a premium video community providing leisure, education and inspiration from successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. 1- If you sit down at your specified time and are drawing a blank, get a brand new document/piece of paper and freewrite. Write ANYTHING, even should you just write “I don't know what to say” again and again. It additionally occurs that fresh ideas flood your mind regarding even different issues you could have written about or are yet to write down about. This is nice recommendation, and it’s all the time good to listen to what the professionals have to say. I attempt to squeeze in an afternoon session every so often, but most of these end of being unproductive. It’s far better to write down for 3 significant hours than 6 mediocre ones. We provide experience and opportunities to accelerate brand progress and successfully monetize video and audio content material distributed across all digital platforms for the business style. Donald H. Hewitt wrote screenplays for several successful anime films, including ‘Spirited Away,’ and ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ He stated the common author wage range can be in comparison with the average pro-athlete’s wage. Don’t let anyone tell you that knowledgeable writing profession is impossible. It’ll take work and dedication, identical as anything, but in at present’s world, it’s extra doubtless than ever earlier than. No author ever offered one million copies of an unfinished story…not whereas they were still alive.” Like you mentioned, DISCIPLINE!!! That is the distinction between a publsihed wirter and an aspiring writer. Her most up-to-date collection of essays is known as I Wasn't Always Like This . She continues to evaluate books, and sells her own at the Ladysmith Farmers’ Market in Ladysmith, BC on Tuesdays. Her most up-to-date e-book is I Wasn’t Always Like This . The Moon Watched It All (illustrated youngsters’s book) shall be out in 2016 with Red Deer Press. But when you learn to deal with writing as a business, it’ll start to pay like a business. Learn to view creative writing through a business-oriented lens. In different phrases, in terms of knowledgeable writing profession, it’s easier than ever to fake it ‘til you make it. Whether you’re at present employed or in-between jobs, it’s important to have a resume and canopy letter tailor-made for when the right opportunity comes alongside. It’s a proven fact that profitable firms, large and small, typically pay exterior professionals to create essential texts. Why do they outsource a primary ability like writing? Shelley A. Leedahl is a prolific multi-genre writer. Honestly, I really feel that if this guide doesn’t make even somewhat stir—and albeit, earn me even a modicum of income—it would simply be time to cease scribbling. I’ve been writing and publishing books in multiple genres since 1990, when Thistledown Press released my first collection of poetry, A Few Words For January. Back in those days, I truly had the chutzpah to sell books door-to-door in my neighbourhood. I’d prefer to make a correction about frail bladders. I’m not making a full time dwelling yet, however made it via 5 novellas and doing five more even when my bladder curses me each morning. Not a writer myself, however I will spend the remainder of my nights in search of a space dragon peeking around the moon. I dabble in writing, and work full-time as an Author Account Manager for a self-publishing firm. I want I may show this article to all of my authors. So many people need to merely be capital W “Writers” and go to e-book signings, but need to skip previous that pesky “writing” portion. And these days, we’ve received everything we have to learn later. I normally like to go through completely different articles describing conflicting opinions a couple of topic before I fireplace up my word processor. The drawback is there’s so much materials and so little time to read all of it. And things tend to get tedious if you’re trying to find key highlights and differences between articles written a couple of comparable subject. Nonetheless AI-powered writing assistance is quick changing into a aggressive market.
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The Writers Room Are there other advantages and arguments that you simply haven’t thought about? A skilled author can deliver recent ideas and help discover words that can resonate higher along with your audience. Write ANYTHING, even should you simply write “I have no idea what to say” over and over. Eventually something will click and you'll begin to come up with ideas which might be extra helpful. You can always delete/throw out what you wrote later but you must begin somewhere. It might take several hours to do that, in opposition to the really helpful 2,3 hours. So set your time appropriately with adequate tolerance; there is no knowing when you may be on this state of mind whereas writing. 1- If you sit down at your specified time and are drawing a blank, get a brand new doc/piece of paper and freewrite. Shelley A. Leedahl is a prolific multi-style writer. Her most recent assortment of essays is called I Wasn't Always Like This . I was guilty of many of those conditions after I expressed desire to turn into a author. Tons of rejection notices later, I am nonetheless at it. Seriously, any fool can string together hundreds of phrases. Just because I’ve managed to do it doesn’t make me Shakespeare, and it certainly doesn’t mean I’m ready to stop the day job. As a struggling, wannabe, on-the-aspect author, I get what you’re saying. I fully recognize art , but don't have any intention of starving to realize it. I enjoy the comforts of a regular job with a predictable paycheck an excessive amount of to desert it. But maybe you’re too near the small print, too involved within the growth of a product or strategy to be able to explain it well to individuals outdoors the group. Is your message clear and convincing for customers or traders? Thank you for the data on the habits of some writers. I noticed your record of “masters of long form non-fiction” contains only two girls. I surprise if the outcomes would have been completely different should you had been capable of finding more ladies writers. When I was writing my first dissertation I first tried to get up early but it didn’t work. My thoughts is blank within the first hours of the morning (I’ve by no means been an early riser) Everyday, two or three hours after I awoke I started to feel that my mind lastly cleared and I began to be productive. So, the first hours were extremely unproductive and I may say a loss of time. So, I determined to wake up late and begin to work after lunch (and I labored until 1 a.m.) Curiously, my thoughts is extra clear and productive in the afternoon than just after I woke up. I envy all of you who can rise up early and write, but I’m considering that in all probability I’m not the one one that cannot write just after getting up. However, nothing appeared in book type till I recently accomplished “The Songs of Our Lives,” a e-book aimed toward Baby Boomers. I am at all times looking for suggestions on my writing and a reality check, I must know if people will learn my stuff. Nah, only a exhausting time balancing my inconsistent fashion retail schedule with my life and time to write down. I follow and construct my fan base with my blog website, I am alwyas loking to know what people suppose and I am looking for opportunities which have deadlines. During the past 20 years I never once stopped considering of myself as a failed author — “failed” because I deserted it for extra sensible pursuits. Now that I’m finally making an attempt my hand at it, I must admit I’m usually amused at the seriousness with which another amateurs take themselves and their work. I am questioning specifically about the scheduling features. A previous boss informed me that a writer should anticipate to provide not more than 500 phrases of GOOD textual content per day — even though a writer would possibly commit much more phrases to a web page in a day. That helps a person estimate how a lot time is required to complete an task or story. I too was stunned by how a lot consistency there is between completely different writers and their habits. I have discovered that when writing on some occasion it turns into compulsive to have to put in writing all that fills your thoughts at the time.
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There's one last Canadian #kidlit illustrator that I want to highlight - @ahant0 - because I think she is incredibly talented. Her first picture book is The Moon Watched It All written by Shelley Leedahl. #IReadCanadianDay #IReadCanadian https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wdVktA5k5/?igshid=1t4ht3ah9p9gn
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Great new review of Door Into Faerie On her blog, Saskatoon author Shelley A. Leedahl reviews Door into Faerie: “…I read it without reading its predecessors, and also, admittedly, with a bit of a bias against the fantasy genre.
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Red Obsidian
Red Obsidian by Stephan Torre (@UofRPress) is a somber, loving book of poetry that examines nature and humanity's uneasy place in it.
Red Obsidianby Stephan TorrePublished by University of Regina PressReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$19.95 ISBN 9-780889-777750
Effective poetry is difficult to write. That’s the bottomline, and it’s why I’m so excited about the polished and effectual work inside BC poet Stephan Torre’s Red Obsidian, a recent collection of “New and Selected Poems” (selected from Man Living on a Side Creek and Iron…
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Baby Rollercoaster
Baby Rollercoaster: The Unspoken Secret Sorrow of Infertilityby Janice ColvenPublished by Wood Dragon BooksReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$19.99 ISBN 9-781989-078587
I’ve just had the pleasure of reading the well-written, beautifully designed, highly personal and informative book by teacher/ranch wife/writer Janice Colven about her lifelong yearning to be a mother and her seven-year journey on the…
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Bread & Water
As the title suggests, Bread & Water by dee Hobsawn-Smith (@UofRPress) is about food but it's also about so much more - that which nourishes us in body but also in mind and spirit.
Bread and Waterby dee Hobsbawn-SmithPublished by University of Regina PressReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$26.95 ISBN 9780889778115
I know dee Hobsbawn-Smith as a multi-genre writer, chef, yogi, runner, mother, and yes, as a friend. She and husband Dave Margoshes hosted me for a reading at their ancestral rural home (“The Dogpatch”) near Saskatoon years ago, and when dee was touring a poetry…
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Wake Up, Jacob!
Wake Up, Jacob! by Neil Sawatzky (@YNWP) is a cozy and colorufully illustrated tale of the similarities in the routine between a grandfather and his grandson.
Wake Up, Jacob!by Neil SawatzkyPublished by Your Nickel’s Worth PublishingReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$14.95 ISBN 9-781988-783451
I’m a huge fan of collaborating with family members on creative projects, thus was delighted to read that Neil Sawatzky—the author of the new illustrated children’s book Wake Up, Jacob!—is the father of Heather Nickel, who owns and operates Your Nickel’s Worth…
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Flowman and the Magic Mullet
Flowman and the Magic Mullet by Konn & Emily Hawkes is a fun story for children about a hockey player with a very particular hairstyle. Hockey fans young and old should have a look!
Flowman and the Magic MulletWritten by Konn and Emily Hawkes, Illustrated by Emily HawkesPublished by Emily HawkesReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$23.95 (Hardcover) ISBN 9-781777-641726
Flowman and the Magic Mullet: the title’s enough to signal readers that this is going to be a gas. Who doesn’t chuckle at the mention of a mullet? And the long-flowing locks, large eyes and toothy smile of the…
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Ride, Gabe, Ride
Ride, Gabe, Ride by Wilfred Burton, illustrated by Lucille Scott (@YWNP) takes young readers along on a thrilling hunt with famed Metis statesman Gabriel Dumont.
Ride, Gabe, RideWritten by Wilfred Burton, Illustrated by Lucille ScottPublished by Your Nickel’s Worth PublishingReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$14.95 ISBN 9-781988-783680
Got to love it when a writer takes a compelling historical event and transforms it into an illustrated children’s book that will both educate and entertain young readers. That’s exactly what Saskatchewan Métis author,…
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Day I Discovered a Dinosaur Bone?!, The
Go another thrilling adventure with the Barnyard Boys in the children's book "The Day I Discovered a Dinosaur Bone?!" by M Larson, illustrated by R Ghosh.
The Day I Discovered a Dinosaur Bone?! (Adventures of the Barnyard Boys)Written by M Larson, Illustrated by R GhoshPublished by M Larson BooksReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$12.99 ISBN 978-1-9992683-0-5
Many children of a certain age go through a “dinosaur phase” – a period when they’re passionate about the magnificent creatures that roamed the earth 70 million years ago. I remember taking my own…
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Book of Ecological Virtues, A
A Book of Ecological Virtues (@UofRPress) is a wide ranging and contemplative look at how one can live ethically and well in the 21st century and beyond.
A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the AnthropoceneEdited by Heesoon Bai, David Chang, and Charles ScottPublished by University of Regina PressReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$39.95 ISBN 9-780889-777569
I made several “notes to self” while reading this anthology. Although not a critical marker re: the book’s literary or academic merit, it does indicate that the text spoke to me on a…
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Spirit Sight
Join Marie Powell for a new fantasy epic that blends fiction and history in Spirit Sight: Last of the Gifted Book One (Wood Dragon Books).
Spirit Sight: Last of the Gifted, Book Oneby Marie PowellPublished by Wood Dragon BooksReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$18.99 ISBN 9-781989-078280
I’m grateful that Regina writer Marie Powell provided a map (Wales, 1282), glossary, and character list with her galloping new young adult fantasy, Spirit Sight: Last of the Gifted, Book One, because as one who doesn’t naturally gravitate toward the oft…
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Baba's Babushka Magical Ukrainian Adventures
Baba's Babushka: Magical Ukrainian Adventures by Marion Mutala and several illustrators is a gorgeous collection of the ever-popular Baba's Babushka children's books.
Baba’s Babushka: Magical Ukrainian AdventuresWritten by Marion Mutala, Illustrated by Amber Rees, Wendy Siemens, Olha TkachenkoPublished by Your Nickel’s Worth PublishingReview by Shelley A. Leedahl$39.95 ISBN 9-781988-783611
Before one reads a single word of Baba’s Babushka, it’s evident that this illustrated children’s book is far beyond the ordinary. The 175-page hardcover emanates quality,…
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