Do, Don’t Think
I have “Do, don’t think,” written on a post-it perched by my computer screen. My note has two applications. When I’m trying to get through […]
Articles by Susan Pieters
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
My brother played Little League baseball, and his position was catcher. I loved his extra-large glove, a padded catcher’s mitt that had could receive fast-balls […]
The Value of Feedback
Writers love feedback. No, let me clarify: Good writers love feedback. I have just finished sending out critiques for Hummingbird contest entrants who paid an […]
Issue 7 feature author: Robert J Sawyer
Canadian readers will especially recognize the name of our feature author for Issue 7 as a leading name in science fiction: Robert J Sawyer has […]
Begin with the End in Mind
I’ve been re-reading Stephen R Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The second habit, ‘Begin with the end in mind’, has several layers […]
50 Shades of Fan Fiction
I’ll admit I only made it through a quarter of 50 Shades of Grey. It needed an editor, but more importantly, it needed to be […]
Interview with the Muse
Wouldn’t you love to pin your Muse down and ask her a few pointed questions? Susan Pieters managed it with Capture of the Muse in […]
Critique Rewards! Don’t Miss ‘em!
Having just attended the Surrey International Writers’ Conference and watched the “aha!” looks on faces after receiving blue pencil appointments, I can bear witness to […]
Readers Adore a Vacuum
Nature abhors a vacuum. Truly empty space is an aberration, something not to be tolerated. Nature compensates by thrusting matter towards the vacuum. That is […]
Flash Fiction Endings
It’s all about the ending. Novels get quoted by their first lines; in flash fiction, it’s the last line that goes down in history. It […]