Say it’s not so! I don’t want to leave the Banff Centre. How can this be the last day? Yesterday, most of our group in the Literary Journalism Program went for a final hike. There were 15 of us, including 3-month…
Here’s a question for you …
The writing contest at We Book takes a turn for the strange when this writer enters the first page of her nonfiction book to be judged.
Writing the first chapter of a memoir
The new year is the perfect time for a new start and a new first chapter for a memoir
Travelling Free! Ethical or Scam City?
A couple of years ago I was walking around the Annex in Toronto and ran into a man I’d met on a beach in Thailand – what are the odds? The first thing he did, after finding out I was now travel writing,…
Travel Writers Don't Get No Respect
I wish I could remember the exact words of the writing teacher at a workshop I took a couple of years ago. It was something like “I guess as a travel writer, you wouldn’t be used to writing narratives.” As…
How to become a travel writer
Failing at one thing leads to something even better. When fiction didn’t work out, I turned to travel writing and found a whole new career. This is how I did it.