Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers

I first discovered Lisa Yee after reading Millicent Min, Girl Genius. I loved Millicent’s geeky but vulnerable character, and was also delighted by the two sequels: Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, So Totally Emily Ebers.
Lisa’s bubbly enthusiasm and sense of humour is evident throughout each of these books, and the characters so well-crafted that they [...]

A full-time author, anthologist and translator, Lawrence Schimel has published over 80 books in many different genres and for all ages. I was enchanted (no pun intended) by his latest book, Fairy Tales For Writers, a collection of poetry about the joys and struggles of the creative process and the writing life.

Photo courtesy Andie Rosenbaum.
Apologies for the lack of posts. The summer’s been crazy, and I’ve been sick. But I finally sent off my revised mss to a publisher who expressed interest a while back, woohoo! Please cross your fingers for me.
Meanwhile, I’ve posted a profile of Bev Katz Rosenbaum in blogTO.com. Bev is the author [...]

I’ve posted my Interview With Patricia Storms of Booklust on blogTO today.
In the interview, Patricia talks about her illustrating, cartoons, self-publishing, and upcoming books.

My interview with Farzana Doctor, author of Stealing Nasreen, is online at blogTO. Even with a full-time job, Farzana managed to write her book over four years, in three 45 minute sessions per week.
I also had another restaurant review published in The National Post today.
Photo credit: Nicola Betts.

I have a new author interview up on blogTO, for those interested:
Liam O’Donnell on Graphic Novels and Writing For Kids.