by Laurie Ness Gordon | Apr 15, 2016 | Writing |
I had the pleasure of hearing David Bouchard speak last night at the Limestone Education Centre in Kingston. David is a highly sought-after Metis raconteur, author and literacy advocate, whom I had met several times in my role as an educator. I came across this event...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Nov 4, 2015 | Writing |
November is National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. If you want to sign up, there’s a whole organization to help writers achieve this goal, including tips, word-count tracking, pep talks, forums etc. It’s...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 5, 2015 | Writing |
A washing machine is a great invention, but last Saturday it almost proved to be my nemesis. Our Shout Sister Choir had a concert in Napanee that afternoon. Except for summer gigs, the dress code is black. Given the warm weather of later September, I chose a...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 21, 2015 | Writing |
Of course I had heard of Munro’s Books of Victoria, but I’d never visited the renown book store until last week. Founded in 1963 by Jim Munro, rumour has it that, after reading some of the store’s stock, his first wife, Alice Munro, declared, ”...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 16, 2015 | The Medal, Writing |
Weird expression, eyes closed, mouth open… It seems whenever someone takes pictures of me when I’m doing a presentation, they all have at least one of these features. Thank goodness for digital cameras and ‘delete’ buttons! At least the...
