Writing...Just because!

MT and me at my graduation from MSVU in 1990 I would like to wish a very happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, especially the amazing woman who brought me (and 4 older brothers and sisters) into the world. We call her Mother Theresa or MT for short. Her name really is Theresa so it wasn't a stretch to nickname her after the famous nun who healed the sick and cared for the poorest of poor. We think our MT is pretty special too. It's hard to describe how I feel about her without getting a big lump in my throat. She fills my heart with love, she's my best friend, my confident, my counselor and supporter. Reading my favourite book, Teddy Bear's Picnic, with MT At a very early age she instilled a love of reading in us that kept us entertained over the years right up until this very day. Being an avid reader herself, she is also my biggest fan, of course. I should dedicate every single book I write to her as she has also been the most enthusiastic ...

Please welcome author Samantha Bryant as a guest on my blog today to share a little insight into her journey to launch her debut novel.  What I Learned from Rewriting my Novels Samantha with fellow superhero Writing a novel is a learning process. Rewriting one, even more so. Whenever I am working on a rewrite, I get mad at my earlier self for not being more careful with continuity and pacing. "What idiot wrote this gobbledygook anyway?" I shout to the heavens. Oh yeah…it was me. I've been through the writing/rewriting cycle a few times now: for two, as yet, unpublished novels, for Going Through the Change , a novel which is being published right now, as I write this (Release date: April 23, 2015 from Curiosity Quills Press), and for a fourth book (a sequel to Change ) that I'm working on right now.  Here's what I have learned in all of this work: 1. Each novel is its own specific puzzle. You can't put this one together the same way you...