The organizers of the annual Northern Ontario Book Fair are excited to announce that registration is now open to authors who would like to sell their books this summer. The Northern Ontario Book Fair is an annual event where Northern Ontario authors come together to learn, network, and sell their books. The event is hosted by WritingCommunity.ca co-founders Jes Trudel […]
Query Letter writing is hard for most writers. There are many reasons, but the main two are: Query letters are business documents that focus on marketing, and most writers do not have sales or business writing experience. Query letters require a certain amount of objectivity about the products being sold (the manuscript and the writer) and it’s nearly impossible for […]
On February 24, 2022, Jes Trudel, co-founder of WritingCommunity.ca, interviewed Liselle Sambury, author of Blood Like Magic and the upcoming Blood Like Fate. About the Author Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian-Canadian author who grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and her brand of writing can be described as “messy Black girls in fantasy situations.” In her free time, she shares helpful […]
Canlitpit is an event where Canadian writers pitch completed, polished manuscripts via tweet for publishing professionals to browse. If an agent, editor, or publisher hearts a pitch, it means “please submit this manuscript to me.” In 2021, canlitpit ran for the first time under new management. That day, we peaked at the #2 on the list of trending topic on […]
52 Cues (#52cues) is a fun, free, virtual event that encourages writers to keep the creative juices flowing year-round. To participate, simply come up with one new writing-related idea, concept, snippet, or sketch per week. Do this, and you’ll have 52 by the end of the year! Writers can participate without registering or submitting any information to us. Sometimes the […]
Do you have “write a book” or “journal every day” on your list of New Year’s Resolutions? This workshop is for you! In Unblock Your Brain: A Workshop for Would-be Writers, Jes Trudel will show you how to go from blocked to brainstorming to scribbling furiously. This 1-hour virtual session will cover everything from why we get blocked and how to […]
About the Event On November 1, 2021, Jes of WritingCommunity.ca interviewed Jeremy John, author of Robert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories (Dundurn Press, 2021). At the end of this interview, Jes announced details for the next Northern Ontario Book Fair. This event is part of our Author Talks series. If you are an […]
Pitching on Twitter is an art form unto itself. You only have 280 characters, including hashtags and spaces, to convince a publishing professional your manuscript will be worth the read. Not an easy task! Over the next few weeks, we’ll share some of the successful pitches from #canlitpit 2021 and show why we think the pitch got hearted by publishing […]
Originally published by NaNoWriMo.org as “How to Write Without Editing for the Sake of your NaNoing Sanity.” Every November, a battle cry can be heard across the globe as writers take up their sharp implements against a common foe—the editor within. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is when everyone asks the same question: is it really possible to write 50,000 […]
On November 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST, Jes will be interviewing Jeremy John, author of Robert’s Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories (Dundurn Press, Nov. 2021). This is a FREE virtual event hosted by WritingCommunity.ca. Jeremy John is currently ranked as the sixty-second most famous person from Brantford, Ontario. (Look it up. There are a […]
