No matter what type of book you’re querying, it’s a TON of work to put together a query package. There are a lot of factors to consider when trying to find the right agent for your manuscript, but when it comes to picture books, there’s even more to consider. I’ve been deep in the query trenches for several of my […]
WritingCommunity.ca is excited to announce that we will be hosting a virtual author panel for Northern Ontario on September 27, 2020. The event will feature authors publishing books between July 1 – December 31, 2020. The featured authors will answered prepared questions from WritingCommunity.ca’s moderator, and field questions from a live virtual audience. More details to come! Follow the event […]
A polished manuscript uses strong, direct language, and vivid imagery, to convey its message. When editing, it’s easy to ignore common words like THE, A, or ON because they just blend into the background. But here’s one common word you should never ignore: OF. OF has many valid uses. For example, it can convey relationships between people, entities, and objects: […]
We have been closely monitoring the development of COVID-19 and we have now made the difficult decision to indefinitely postpone the 4th Annual Northern Ontario Book Fair which was slated to take place in August 2020. With the potential of a second COVID-19 wave hitting Ontario in late summer/early fall, we do not want to put our vendors, presenters, and […]
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