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Simple Smile Saturday

In November of last year, you may recall I was taking part in National Novel Writing Month and attempting to write a book. It is a very social event with online chats and in-person writing meet-ups. During one of these … Continue reading

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Simple Smile Saturday (July-4)

Today’s simple smile is something that you can only really half-smile at as it is a bit bittersweet: I am now officially finished my three-month long internship at Random House of Canada. I am glad that I am done my … Continue reading

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Kiddie Query

It takes a lot of courage to say your manuscript is finally finished and ready to be sent to agents and publishing companies. Some of the profferings are good and some are terrible. And some are the cutest thing ever… … Continue reading

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First Week as an Intern

Here are some things that I have learned from my first week as an intern. I know that I am supposed to be learning more about how a publishing company works, particularly from a publicity perspective, but… you’ll see. Day … Continue reading

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Internship Update

As most of you already know, I am in the Book and Magazine Publishing program in college. I received my Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Creative Writing Certificate prior to this, but I wanted just one last year … Continue reading

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How to Publicize a Book

I recently had to do an assignment for school where I was to create a publicity campaign for a Canadian book. My group’s “publishing company” chose to “sign” Chuck Huges of Chuck’s Day Off fame to make a cookbook (okay, … Continue reading

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