by kobowritinglife | Oct 19, 2018 | Literary Events Around The World, Tips
Adapted from a presentation by Elaine Malit, Big Data Software Engineer at Kobo What IS NaNoWriMo? If you’re new to these parts, you may not have heard of National Novel Writing Month, a global call to action challenging writers to get 50,000 words written over...
by kobowritinglife | Oct 13, 2018 | KWL Podcast
http://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/kwl-ep-119-sasha-cottman In this week’s episode, Chrissy sits down with Australian author Sasha Cottman. Sasha talks to us about her first-year being independently published, how she is able to balance paying her bills and...
by kobowritinglife | Oct 6, 2018 | The Craft of Writing
By Vannessa Barnier After working 9-5 for six months, I was itching to get into the woods and wash my hair with dirt. I organize poetry readings in Toronto and do my own writing, and once my job contract ended, I needed to move from capitalism to a sort of...
by kobowritinglife | Sep 5, 2018 | The Craft of Writing
By Mackenzie Belcastro For eight months, my novel went through a series of identity crises. My high fantasy morphed into magical realism, as I killed my elven darlings and acknowledged the complexity in mere mortals. Like Benjamin Button, surviving characters aged...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 15, 2018 | KWL Podcast
http://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/kwl-ep-115-rachael-herron-and-j-thorn In this episode, Chrissy chats with authors Rachael Herron and J. Thorn from the Writer’s Well podcast (formerly The Petal to the Medal podcast). Rachael and J. discuss their writing and revision...
