After my grandfather’s death, I helped my mother sort through her father’s trunk. Stuck inside were ration cards from the early 1900s with pencil scribbles in his familiar hand. Written no doubt during WWI by firelight and faded almost beyond recognition.

-SHEILA HUDSON

Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/grandpas-writing-legacy/

JENNIFER LIEBERMAN is the author of Make Your Own Break: How to Record & Publish Your Audiobook in Seven Simple Steps

I am chatting with Jennifer today.

Opal Publishing | Opal Writers Magazine 2022

Read more about her:

https://opalpublishing.ca/our-cover-story-jennifer-lieberman/

More about Jennifer:

Company: www.MakeYourOwnBreak.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L8918V2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

IG: www.Instagram.com/iamjenlieberman

FB: www.Facebook.com/iamjenlieberman

Twitter: www.Twitter.com/iamjenlieberman

In fiction, capturing internal conflict is key to creating vibrant and believable characters.

- Allison Gorner

Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/writing-internal-conflict/

"Take this, Boris! May it serve you well," the booming voice commands. A hand, holding a shining writing implement, extends towards me.

I was all of thirteen years old when the Hand from Above bestowed the Pen of Plenty upon me.

- BORIS GLIKMAN

Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/the-pen-of-plenty/

Written by Susan Calder

Last month I attended my first in-person book launch in over two years. My friend who released her fifth novel is a pro. At our local bookstore, we enjoyed wine, cupcakes, and my friend’s presentation on the 2017 wildfire in Waterton Lakes National Park, which forms the backdrop to her fictional story.  

Opal Writers Magazine JUNE 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/why-host-a-book-launch-party/

Written by Mandy Eve Barnett

To improve our writing skill, however, we need to invest in it. There are multiple ways in which to do this.

Opal Writers Magazine - June 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/invest-in-your-writing/

Welcome! Today I am chatting with Mandy Eve-Barnett about her recent article, INVEST IN YOUR WRITING. 

Visit my website to read her articles at www.opalpublishing.ca

Join me as I have a conversation with Susan Calder, author and writer for the Opal Writers Magazine. 

Today we are discussing her latest article, Why Host a Book Launch?

You can also view this conversation on YouTube ♥

Writing Biographies For Inspiration, by SHARON LEDER

I learned that Christina Rossetti, like me, became a bolder writer when she herself wrote biographies, poetic ones called monologues. She wanted to go beyond the bounds of “women’s writing”-- romantic lyrics, nature poems, and devotional hymns.

Opal Writers Magazine, March 2022

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Ideas are always circling us. Like young children with butterfly nets, it is our job to catch a few and develop them into stories with strong leads, robust middles, and fabulous endings.

-SHEILA HUDSON

Opal Writers Magazine MAY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/24/think-like-a-writer/