by kobowritinglife | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
By Deandra Lalonde Originally posted on Chateau Chemo. A note from the KWL team: We hope everyone is staying safe during this time of unknowns and increasing isolation. We wanted to share this post from Kobo’s Canadian Marketing Specialist, Deandra Lalonde, who...
by kobowritinglife | Feb 5, 2019 | Self-Publishing, The Craft of Writing, Tips
By Angela Ackerman Show, Don’t Tell is one of those writerly phrases thrown out often enough that many writers can’t help but roll their eyes when they hear it. And I get it; the concept is drilled into us from the moment we crack open our first craft book or settle...
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 | Jul 26, 2018 | Self-Publishing, Tips
This article was originally posted on Descript.com. Reposted with permission. By Jason Kincaid If you’re a writer — of books, essays, scripts, blog posts, whatever — you’re familiar with the phenomenon: the blank screen, a looming deadline, and a sinking feeling in...
by kobowritinglife | Apr 11, 2018 | KWL Podcast, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6464826 In this episode, Chrissy Munroe interviews award-winning author and creative writing instructor Maxwell Alexander Drake. Drake, best known for his fantasy series, The Genesis of Oblivion Saga, chats to us about his...