by KTWagner | Sep 6, 2017 | IWSG, Writing, Writing Education
September 2017 Insecure Writers Support Group Question: Have you ever surprised yourself with your writing? For example, by trying a new genre you didn’t think you’d be comfortable in? Short answer, yes. Slightly longer answer. Writing short stories,...
by KTWagner | Aug 2, 2017 | IWSG, The Writing Life, Writing, Writing Education
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another Insecure Writers’ Support Group post. This month’s question is not one I dwell on a lot. For fiction writers in particular, angst and insecurity come with the territory and spending too much...
by KTWagner | May 3, 2017 | The Writing Life, Writing, Writing Education, Writing Event
Last weekend I flew down to Los Angeles, California and made my way to The Queen Mary in Long Beach for StokerCon 2017 and the Bram Stoker Awards. It was my first time attending the annual HWA (Horror Writers Association) convention. I’m an affiliate...
by KTWagner | Apr 5, 2017 | The Writing Life, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Education, Writing Event
I’m skipping the IWSG question this month in favour of sharing my thoughts on getting out of the writer’s cave and interacting with like-minded folk. What are the benefits and the costs? Well, costs are pretty straight forward – money and time...
by KTWagner | Jan 20, 2017 | The Writing Life, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Education
I’m a couple of weeks late with this post. Not a great start to my resolutions, but late is better than never, right? (In my defense, I fell off the group list and didn’t receive a newsletter reminding me – I’ve signed up again!) I don’t...
by KTWagner | Aug 29, 2016 | The Writing Life, Writing Education
I spent 2015 as a student at Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio, in the Speculative Fiction cohort with Hiromi Goto as my mentor. The mix of lectures and workshops, along with the strong sense of community, worked well for me, and I highly...
