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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As the new hosts of Canadian pitch party #canlitpit, WritingCommunity.ca needs the help of publishing professionals in Canada to make the next event really shine. Editors, agents, and publishers are invited to take our survey to let us know when is the best time to hold the next event, and to tell us how we can improve the event we […]
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 […]
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 […]
On June 27, 2021, Jes of WritingCommunity.ca sat down with author Jennifer Harris of Waterloo, ON to discuss her upcoming picture books, She Stitched the Stars (Albert Whitman, 2021) and When Your Were New (Harper Collins, 2023), poetry in Matter and Columba, and her academic publishing. We also covered important topical issues like cultural appropriation and separating the art of […]
#canlitpit, the Twitter pitch party for Canadians, is happening this Thursday, August 12, from 9 am to 9 pm. The event, now hosted by WritingCommunity.ca, was founded by DigiWriting.com in 2016. #canlitpit is a Twitter pitch party just for Canadians. During the #canlitpit event, Canadian writers can pitch completed, polished manuscripts via tweet for agents, editors, and publishers to peruse. […]
Canada has an amazing assortment of magazines, both national and regional. There are niche magazines for almost every topic! If you have expertise in any of them, and have something unique to say, you stand a good chance of getting your work in one of them. We’ve compiled a list of magazines in Canada to find a home for your […]
