Canadian Authors’ Association: Montreal Branch will host a talk on Publishing in Canada.
Judy Isherwood of Shoreline Press, a Montreal based publisher will talk about publishing in Canada, what it takes to get something published, and what you need to do to interest a publisher in your work.
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Dimitri “Have pen, will travel” Ly is a writer, editor, illustrator, podcast host, and webmaster. He works on pieces for websites, magazines, universities, DVD releases, private corporations, and government services.
When he isn’t doing all that, Dimitri is in the fascinating and highly coveted world of freelance fiction writing.
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Dimitri “Have pen, will travel” Ly is a writer, editor, illustrator, podcast host, and webmaster. He works on pieces for websites, magazines, universities, DVD releases, private corporations, and government services.
Dimitri is also in the fascinating and highly coveted world of freelance fiction writing.
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Blogterview: Jacqueline Snider, Writer, Editor, Proofreader
Jacqueline Snider has and made several appearances here on the Mediaville blog, sharing insights and advice gleaned from more than a decade in the business.
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A grocery delivery seems like an odd place for a blog inspiration to lurk, but as I was stacking tins of beans in my cupboard I noticed something:
Having lived in Asia for a time, I’m used to the odd print error in marketing collateral/packaging/street signs – a take away joint mear my house offered Fist Food, although the shop boasting a Brain For Rent was somewhat of a mystery, and this kind of thing was regular on the menu at favourite eateries.
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Today is the first in a new series of Mediaville Blogterviews. These are short interviews, each of which introducing a Montreal freelancer and friend of Mediaville. It’s a great way to get the word out about what you do, and to find out more about other freelancers for potential collaboration.
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Mediaville Guest Blog by Miranda Lightstone – read more at Driving MsMiranda
The first thing you learn in J-School (or at leas the first thing that really stuck in my brain) is: Write what you know. Those four words rung true to me and I still repeat them often to this day, five years later. Writing what you know is the best and perhaps easiest way to succeed as a journalist/writer in the creative world. But, how do you know what you know?
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