by Mandy Eve-Barnett

There are four basic personality types we can use in our writing - melancholic (sad), choleric (reactive/volatile), sanguine, (upbeat) and phlegmatic (easygoing). From these basic types we can expand our characters into three-dimensional beings using traits.

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/15/character-traits/

By Cappy Hall Rearick

A humorous look at living during Covid-19.

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/18/coping-with-covid/

By Boris Glikman

I recently asked myself, 'What if our pets were to write a book analysing our behaviour from their point of view? How would they interpret and explain our actions, our drives, our fears, our desires? What kinds of insights into our own lives, our own behaviour could we gain from their perspective?'

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/20/investigations-of-a-21st-century-dog/

By Sharon Leder

In my household, there are two writers, my husband Milton and myself. We both write essays, fiction, and poetry. How do we know when our ideas should manifest in poems rather than fiction or essays?

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/22/shall-i-write-prose-or-poetry-today/

By Allison Gorner

If you belong to a writer’s group or know other writers, odds are that they will ask you to give feedback. 

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/23/giving-constructive-writing-feedback/

Here are 5 tips to foolproof your writing.

BY DEBBIE MCGARRY

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/25/fool-proof-your-writing-5-common-errors-writers-can-fix/

By Susan Calder, Author of A Deadly Fall

If you analyze Hollywood movies, you’ll notice that half-way through most films something happens to shake up the story. 

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/04/26/the-novels-midpoint-reversal/

By Mandy Eve Barnett

38 Creative ways to ignite your writing Mojo!

Opal Writers Magazine MAY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/03/38-creative-ways-to-ignite-your-writing-mojo/

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep... | Cappy Hall Rearick

I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord for a BOOK to take.

Opal Writers Magazine MAY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/05/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep/

Opal Magazines introduction by Cindy DeJager, owner and creator of the Opal Magazines

I want to welcome you to the Audio Opal Magazines!

Creating the Opal Writers and Opal Rising magazines are my Passion!