Christine Rowlands Writing & Editing
Making words count
When I was an editor in training, two things were drilled into my head: Don't mess with the author's voice. Don't introduce mistakes. The first…
I am saddened to hear that poet and activist Bud Osborn has died. I have just been drafting a post on road trip literature, and…
Continue reading → Thank you, Bud
∞Harper Lee will celebrate her 88th birthday this year by allowing her classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, to be published in e-book form. Lee…
Continue reading → To Kill a Mockingbird to be available as an e-book
If you've got a great story, poem or piece of creative non-fiction (i.e., essay, memoir or commentary) that needs to be read to be believed…
Continue reading → subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant literary contest: Deadline extended!
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” - Albert Einstein Two rays of light strike a surface at the same point, at the same time.…
Continue reading → subTerrain looking for “Coincidence” submissions
My good friends at Vancouver-based Subterrain magazine* are currently running a contest. Subscribe or renew before October 11, 2013, and you could win a very…
E-books are perfect for bibliophile germophobes. You may miss the old-book smell, random marginalia, and chance of finding somebody's old photos and grocery list embedded…
Continue reading → 1 reason to replace paper books with an e-reader
∞It's certainly been awhile since I last blogged here. I could tell you it's because I was writing copy all day for FortisBC all summer,…
Continue reading → Confessions of an e-reader convert and lapsed blogger
The Cooks Source story that exploded on the web this past week is one of victory for every writer whose work has ever been plagiarized. …
As someone who started out with dreams of a career in book publishing, I've lately been watching the e-publishing phenomenon with interest. One thing is…
Continue reading → On the decline of paper and the survival of print
Or silenced: the BC government cuts off funding to the Association of BC Book Publishers, the BC Association of Magazine Publishers, and the long-running publication…
Word on the Street Vancouver is one of my favourite literary/book geek events of the year. For one day, publishers, writers, zine and comic makers,…
Continue reading → Highlights of Word on the Street Vancouver
Just as every client seems to have a specific invoice they want you to use, every magazine and book publisher has their own highly particular…
A summer tradition in the publishing world is SFU's Summer Publishing Workshops. As usual they're offering a range of courses from one-and two-day seminars to…
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