Whenever I am wandering around a city there is always a movie playing in my head. Who lives here? What does their life look like? What is their story? This is especially true when the place isn't pristine. I love the rawness of this street. . . . . . #styleontheside #carolinetopperman #seetheworldthroughmyeyes #storyinspiration #storytellers #travelphotography📷 #travelphotoblog #tellyourstory #torontowriter #teampixel #torontobloggers #humanstories #stjohn #newbrunswick #googlelocalguides #pixel5 #letsguide #writingprompt #writingmystory #writingcommunityofinstagram #writerlife #writerswrite #canadianbloggers #city_features #canadatravel #canadianwriter #cbclife #creativenonfiction #canada🍁 #canlit (at Saint John, New Brunswick) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch18rZVLb2S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The magic hand of @iamchingbing making sure we all looked amazing in my new show @sucks_tobeus 💋💋 #makeup #mydestinyproduction #makeupartist #makeuponset #makeuponset🎬 #blackbeauty #blackcreators #sabinemondestin #blackcanadianartists #torontowriter #torontoactors #actinglife #canadianwriter #canadianvampire #cbcgem #cbs #global #ctv #radiocanada (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV_0CdzNNG1/?utm_medium=tumblr
Filthy Sugar has been nominated for a Goldie in the Historical Fiction category! (Golden Crown Literary Society Literary Award) I am super excited!
Listen up, ya mugs! Filthy Sugar is now an audiobook! Narrated by accomplished voice actor Jacqueline Pillon, the audiobook will be available for purchase on all digital platforms on November 15th, 2020.
Filthy Sugar received a great review from the Historical Novel Society. Read it here.
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“It’s a credit to Heather’s terrific skills as a writer that she can unsparingly portray the romantic traps and sad situations that Wanda falls prey to and yet embody the pages with such vitality, you can’t stop turning the pages." - M.H. Callway’s review of Filthy Sugar. Read the full review here.
A little nostalgic and reflective today. ⠀ I find the hardest part about loss is in the moments of pure celebration. When I turn around expecting to see my laughter reflected in eyes that are no longer beside me. ⠀ I also know in those moments, you are cheering me on from where ever you are. So I live and lovely so much harder because I do them in your honour. . . . . . #poetryofthesoul #tuesdaythoughts #loss #tuesdaymood #igpoetry #tuesdayfeels #missingthosedays #missyou #poetryisnotdead #poetryoftheday #torontoartist #torontowriter #poetrycommunity #life #poemlovers #poembymanivillie #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #torontopoet #poetrytoronto #torontopoets https://www.instagram.com/p/CS9wqlQlmxZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
All the FREE tools you need as a beginner freelance writer. I often encounter people who say, "But Sowmya I don't have paid tools" "I can't afford them" "I don't know which ones to use" Hold my beer🍺 Let me tell you one thing, You don't need paid tools to be a good writer and write good content. There are so many Free ones available there. Here are 5 that I love. 1️⃣Ms Word or Google Doc They all the alignment and font size work for you. You can choose the set font for the heading, the subheadings and paragraphs. You can see how many words you've written and even detect passive voice. 2️⃣ Answer the Public If you search for a topic in this online tool, it'll give you all the questions people have searched for around it. Cool isn't it? Now you don't have to think or research on what exactly is it that people search for. 3️⃣ Keywordtool.io Get the best keywords to use for free! You can give manual research a rest and switch to this tool. 4️⃣ Grammarly Not that big a grammar nerd? This tool will save your ass. It can convert what the words words you've written into American, British, Indian or whatever English tone you want your article to be. Not to mention it'll correct your Grammar and make it look on point. 5️⃣ Google Search This is a no-brainer! Google is all you need tbh. You get a ton of content ideas from there. It's a life saver in any content crisis. Found this helpful? SAVE and SHARE with a friend it might help. Have a great Wednesday! #freelancetools #writertools #towrite #ilovetowrite #iwritetobreathe #livetowrite #nojotowriters #writetolive #writerstolli #writetoexpress #howtowrite #torontowriter #writetogether #learningtowrite #writetoheal #scribbler #wordvomit #loverofwords #writingonthewall #fictionauthor #editingfun #igauthors #supportingauthors #womenwritersofinstagram #writewritewrite #writingcommunityofinstagram #wordswordswords #writerslifeforme #lifeofawriter #thedreamylass https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWWoiBn2KV/?igshid=smaidmfwnt7d
“SILENT LOVER”
-character drawn by Hazel (me)
-short story written by Hazel (me)
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Art work by @my_quiet_pond . . . #poetry#art#quote#instagraminfluencer#womenwhowrite#love#poeti#poem#quoteoftheday#goodquote#spilledink#writingcommunity#poetrynetworking#poetryslam#lovequotes#torontowriter#minimalism https://www.instagram.com/p/B4IzWeRlUzq/?igshid=ubr4sxor2w5x
Here it is, the feeling of a second birth. The first one is arbitrary. You don't have a choice. The second one is a whole other story. In my case, it is a novel, a city, a typewriter and a hat. I remember distinctively typing away " My first impression when I saw her was a sensation of height and density...". Thank you to Toronto publisher Mawenzi House, and my favourite translator Elaine Kennedy. You gave a writer, a new readership.
So, yesterday I got an interesting DM from someone who said they weren't sure about three words which I had written in the excerpt from my book. (I posted it a few days ago under a photo of me). This person said that if my book was still in the editing stages then there were probably "more eloquent" ways to express what I had said. I've decided to respond here. My book is part memoir, it's how I felt about my situation. My book is not in the editing stages as I've mentioned multiple times that I'm seeking an agent/a publisher. If you feel the need to critique me, at least take the time to make it constructive. Telling me you don't like something for the sake of telling me is just mean spirited. Don't do it over a DM. Own it. Post it so everyone can see. Maybe others want to weigh in. Or simply skip over the post which I wrote because I was celebrating being asked to read at a Women's Day Event. . . . . . . . . . #styleontheside #carolinetopperman #seetheworldthroughmyeyes #storiesoftheeveryday #storytellers #travelphotography📷 #tellyourstory #torontowriter #travelphotoblog #teampixel #writingabook #writingmystory #writingcommunityofinstagram #writerlife #writerswrite #googlelocalguides #letsguide #pixel5 #newyorkgram #newyorkstateofmind #memoir #mystories #canadianbloggers #canadianwriter #cbclife #creativenonfiction #canadianauthor #cbclife #canlit https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp47MQLL7jM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
@mydestinyproduction cooked another project 😁☺️😃 A Canadian Vampire Comedy 😁😁💋 Thank you Steve Lareau for the logo 😁😁 #vampire #canadianshow #show #blackcreators #blackcanadianartists #blackbusinesswoman #blackbusinessowner #blackproducers #blackdirectors #blackdirector #producerlife #mydestinyproduction #torontowriter #torontoset https://www.instagram.com/p/CTQWOPNshtL/?utm_medium=tumblr
Another except from one of the poems I will be reading live at today’s Toronto International Festival of Authors (@festofauthors) from work published in the Toronto Writer's Collective (@torontowritersc ) anthologies, "Bent not Broken" and "When the Words Run Pure." ⠀ The link to register is in my bio ❤️ ⠀ Don't forget to check out the video installations at Union Station (@torontounion) running from Oct 22- Nov 2! ⠀ #torontointernationalfestivalofauthors #toronto #torontowriter #poembymanivillie #mypoeticheart #poemsbymanivillie #lovepoem #igpoet #spilledthoughts #igpoetry #poetrysociety #poetsandwriters #poetscorner #poemcommunity #writeyourheartout #poemlover #poetry_addicts #poetryaddict #poetrytoronto #torontopoet #torontopoets #poetsofinstagram #poetrydaily https://www.instagram.com/p/CGpb734hCyP/?igshid=17i8vymishrgv