Jon TattrieHeading into my third year in business as Write Now! with Jon Tattrie, I’ve been reflecting on some of the most valuable work I’ve ever done. I’ll be honest: when I started, I wasn’t sure exactly HOW I could best help writers. Prettier sentences? No: my writers are after the soul. Writers like Gwen Dixon, … Read more
What a thrill this morning – my first US byline in a 20-year journalism career – and it’s about the late great Charles R. Saunders. Pittsburgh was Charles’s hometown, so I was overjoyed that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wanted to break the news about Charles in the US. I’m planning a second feature for them – … Read more
𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆 50 $ 𝒑𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒖 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒙 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑹. 𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝑾𝑭𝑵𝑺. 𝑵𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒆́𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆́𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒅’𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒍’𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒆. 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 $𝟓𝟎 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝑭𝑵𝑺’𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑹. 𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 … Read more
𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕es $𝟓𝟎 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝑭𝑵𝑺’𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑹. 𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆. We also share amazing stories about Charles to hammer his name into history. Nous donnons 50 $ par mois au prix Charles R. Saunders de la WFNS. Nous partageons également des histoires incroyables sur Charles afin d’ancrer son nom … Read more
𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆. Pharmacy Half-Life: Maximizing Your Time At Steady State by John R. Marshall My favourite new book on my bookshelf isn’t even one I wrote: it’s one I produced at Write Now! with Jon Tattrie. Earlier this year, John R. Marshall was talking to a friend in Truro, … Read more
Thank you to everyone who came out to support a wonderful launch for To Leave a Warrior Behind in February. We had an amazing afternoon at the Halifax Central Library, starting with a tribute to Africville protester Eddie Carvery, then an introduction to the book, followed by a reading of Charles’s work on Africville. But … Read more
Hi friends! On Sunday February 22 at 2 p.m. in the Halifax Central Library (O’Reagan Hall) we will begin to hammer Charles’s name into history with the launch of the first biography of his extraordinary life. I will tell you the wild story of how I became the one to tell his story. Then, we’ll … Read more
It’s here! Launch Feb. 22 at 2pm at the Halifax Central Library To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy Discover the untold story of Charles R. Saunders, the little known figure who wrote groundbreaking fantasy worlds and redefined an entire genre. Blending biography with … Read more
𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆. Inside Indonesia’s Big Bang, by Mark Gilbert, Phd. For many years I taught writing classes to civil servants. I always looked forward to those classes, as the students came ready to learn and eager to get better at that aspect of their job. In our conversations … Read more
𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆. Home to Christmas Island, by Emma Davie. $3.99 on Kobo or Indigo. Perhaps it’s the constant streaming of Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas that has me in the mood to read romance and Christmas stories. If you, too, are reaching for a tranquil state of … Read more