Guest Blogs

Guest Blog: Reader Demands by Mandy Eve-Barnett

Guest Blog: Reader Demands by Mandy Eve-Barnett

When I launched my fantasy novella into the world in 2012, I did not have any intention of writing a sequel, to my mind it was complete and I went onto the next writing project. However, it became clear as many similar messages were received from readers that they...

Guest Blog: Stress by Leslie Hodgins

Guest Blog: Stress by Leslie Hodgins

Stress. We hear about and feel stress daily, to the point where we don’t even realize how much it is affecting us. And if we do know how it’s affecting us, we often don’t know how to reduce it or get away from it. It just becomes a part of our life. In a study done in...

Edmonton Hunt for Gold and Treasure

Edmonton Hunt for Gold and Treasure

Who hasn’t read books about pirates and treasure chests of gold? In the past few years, there has been a resurgence for television viewers interested in lost treasures and the expeditions to find them. On television, there is The Curse of Oak Island, where Marty and...

#projectwarmth2019

#projectwarmth2019

The extreme cold has been causing extreme temperatures here in our city. 2019’s New Work Award winner Alison Neuman and The Print Machine in Edmonton are launching a short campaign to help those in need with a T-shirt Drive. For every long sleeve T-shirt purchased-...

Punctuation 101

Punctuation 101

Guest Post by Jaclyn Dawn As a writer and instructor, I have been asked by Alison to write a few guest blogs on basic grammar. At least with a blog, I couldn’t hear my audience groan. Let’s start with punctuation. Despite what texting may lead you to believe, we still...

By a Landslide … Fragments and Run-Ons

By a Landslide … Fragments and Run-Ons

Guest Post by Jaclyn Dawn My fellow writer/editor and friend Alison asked, “As an instructor, which grammar errors do you see most often?” The answer came easily: fragments and run-ons. A sentence needs a subject and a predicate, an actor and an action.       [Jaclyn]...