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Day 2 – Scrivener
I’ll let you know when that day comes. I worked on the Pitch again. It’s getting closer. Still not ready to post it on the Nanowrimo...
nancywaldman
Nov 2, 2012


Day 1 – A Pitch in Time
I was surprisingly anxious about beginning, but found it neither too hard nor too easy. Maybe that’s what we call “just right?”...
nancywaldman
Nov 1, 2012


A Month of Words
In case there is anyone out there who doesn’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It’s an idea, a concept, a...
nancywaldman
Oct 31, 2012


Unearthed Reviewed
Once again Third Person Press has illustrated the incredible speculative work of Cape Breton authors with the third instalment of their...
nancywaldman
Oct 16, 2012


Kangaroos are Cool
Canadians do not say such sentences casually. We say it with the same emotion as someone would say, “I won the lottery!” It stays cold...
nancywaldman
Aug 16, 2012


An August Evening for Writers
For those of you in Cape Breton, hope to see you there, and a big thank you to Douglas for the opportunity and the evening. Here is his...
nancywaldman
Aug 14, 2012


Written into a Corner
I’m speeding along at a rapid, first-draft clip, feeling on top of my writing game, when I find myself rather suddenly up against a wall....
nancywaldman
Aug 6, 2012


A Tasty Sample of Three
Samplers give us a variety of tantalizing tastes or sights that inspire us to want more. In earlier times, samplers were pieces of...
nancywaldman
Jul 20, 2012


Seeing Voices
So how do you come up with complex, interesting characters? Get them to talk. Engage them in conversation. Ask them questions not only...
nancywaldman
Jul 18, 2012


Toyz for Writerz!
First, Chuck gives us a tool that will check your writing excerpt for readability. It gives an amazing level of detail. You will get a...
nancywaldman
Jul 13, 2012


Hemingwaying and Hawing
According to news stories, Hemingway said he re-wrote the ending of this iconic novel 39 times, but I guess he underestimated. I love...
nancywaldman
Jul 11, 2012


Power to the People
A writer, an editor and a reader walk into an Establishment Pub[lishing] House. The affronted publisher asks, “What’s the story here?” ...
nancywaldman
Jul 9, 2012


Unearthed Launches!
Saturday, June 30th, Third Person Press released its latest publication. Earth—the ground of our being, the dust from which we come and...
nancywaldman
Jul 4, 2012


Author Interviews
Third Person Press is coming out with Unearthed, Volume 3 of The Speculative Elements Series in late June. In a lead-up to this release,...
nancywaldman
Jun 15, 2012


Other-handed
Since creativity may be useless, nonsensical, playful, wordless, metaphorical, musical, messy, and so on, the practical brain that serves...
nancywaldman
May 8, 2012


Sneak Preview
Third Person Press is happy to announce that Volume III of The Speculative Elements Series is in the final stage of production. Our...
nancywaldman
May 5, 2012


Listen to my story
Both podcasts are available, as are all of the shows, on The Quillian website, through iTunes, or at our sponsor’s site: audible.com. You...
nancywaldman
Apr 30, 2012


New from Third Person Press!
Ramsey, a former lawyer, is a full-time writer whose novel, One’s Aspect to the Sun, won second place in the 28th Annual Atlantic Writing...
nancywaldman
Nov 30, 2011


The Men’s Breakfast
#anthology #bretonbooks #regional #hertopforty #book #published #capebreton #themensbreakfast #Writing #shortstories
nancywaldman
Nov 18, 2011


A Reading in SL
#FampSF #sciencefiction #NancySMWaldman #podcast #secondlife #reading #SL #NetWorld #story #AplombPomilio #original #Quillians #fiction...
nancywaldman
Feb 17, 2011
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