 |
| View from our Toronto Airbnb. |
What a whirlwind trip.
I arrived at our Airbnb in Toronto at 1:00 a.m. with fellow author, pal and absolute perfect travel companion Colleen Nelson, and was out again by 7:30 a.m. to get to a full day in at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference.
 |
| This cover created a lot of buzz, thanks to Relish New Brand! |
Key Conference Takeaways:
- Middle Grade. Middle Grade. Middle Grade.
- Shorter Middle Grade is needed
- Middle Grade Fantasy remains high in demand
- Manitoba stories are being very well-received
- Great Plains Publications has an extremely good reputation
On a personal note:
- I need to produce more words if I want to grow my writing career.
To get those words onto paper, I plan to take my mobile office to various libraries around the city as I complete the first draft of my next book. I need zero distractions and household chores always scream for my attention, so beginning Monday morning I am off to the Fort Garry Public Library to write for the day. Funny. My love of literature is coming full circle. When I was a child, we spent hours at the Fort Garry Library reading everything we could get our hands on. In fact, years ago I wrote a piece about this for the publisher of Spaghetti is NOT a Finger Food and Other Life Lessons, Little Pickle Press. You can read that article here: Featured Library: Fort Garry Public Library
Makes me think of that old John Denver song,
 |
| Fort Garry Library. Library Sweet Library. |
And finally, my deep gratitude goes to the Manitoba Arts Council and their ongoing support of Manitoba's writing community. Without their grant, my journey to Toronto would not have been possible.
 |
| Looking to book an author? Click here! |
No comments:
Post a Comment