Opal Writers Magazine - Inside

Welcome to Coffee & Conversation

My guest is Mandy Eve-Barnett, and today we are talking about Panelist Protocol.

Mandy's newest article, Panelist Protocol, appears in the current February 2023 Opal Writers Magazine.
Visit the website at www.opalwritersmagazine.ca for more information.

Today I am pleased to be here with Naomi Lane. Naomi is a local Vancouver Island author living here in Nanaimo. I am so pleased to introduce you to her today and to have her as my December featured Author of the Month in the Opal Writers Magazine. She is the author of the book, Letters From My Dead Sister.

Naomi P Lane is a local Nanaimo, BC author and is my December featured Author of the Month in the Opal Writers Magazine. Naomi tells me about her newest book that reveals her relationship with her deceased sister who had bipolar disorder, through letters that she found.  Subscribe to the magazine: https://opalpublishing.ca/subscriptions/

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BY SHEILA S HUDSON

Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022

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Fiction - by LINDA WHITE

Opal Writers Magazine | 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.house/2020/10/16/dead-on-the-page/

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By Mandy Eve-Barnett

Opal Writers Magazine | AUGUST 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/return-to-in-person-writing-events/

By Susan Calder, Author

Opal Writers Magazine | AUGUST 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/how-the-seasons-affect-our-writing/

by MANDY EVE-BARNETT

Opal Writers Magazine | October 2022

Today I am pleased to be here with Jennifer Gordon. Jennifer is an award-winning, Horror/Suspense author. Her book, Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022. She is my Author of the Month for November 2022.

By Sharon Leder

Opal Writers Magazine September 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/mother-and-daughter-writing-the-story-of-our-reconciliation/

By Boris Glikman

Opal Writers Magazine October 2022

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By Cappy Hall Rearick

Opal Writers Magazine September 2022

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By Susan Calder

Opal Writers Magazine October 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/attending-an-in-person-writing-convention-in-todays-world/

By Allison Gorner

Opal Writers Magazine

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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.house/2021/03/01/why-your-book-needs-a-logline/

By Sheila Hudson, Author

Opal Writers Magazine October 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/begin-at-the-beginning/

By Susan Calder

Susan is a published mystery writer who lives in Calgary, Alberta.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/how-to-plan-a-memorable-book-launch/

My guest is mystery author Susan Calder.

Today we are talking about her recent trip to the Boucheron World Mystery Convention in Minneapolis.

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Calgary author, Susan Calder is with me today to chat about her recent in-person writers event at the Boucheron World Mystery Convention in Minneapolis.

You can read Susan's articles in the Opal Writers Magazines.

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Today I am chatting with Lorna Schultz Nicholson author of GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE! THE JOEY MOSS STORY. 

For more information and the links to purchase/order her book, go to the Opal Writers Magazine online at www.opalpublishing.ca 

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Too Many Choices Equals PROCRASTINATION.
It’s good to have choices but often I have so many choices for my writing that I cannot pick one.

-Liz Betz

Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/too-many-choices-equals-procrastination/

What happens when there are too many story ideas bombarding our brains? It can be just as debilitating as staring at that blankness.

-Mandy Eve-Barnett

Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/six-tips-for-taming-the-story-flood/

With already not enough time to get in all the writing needed to work on story outlines, meet book deadlines for editors, publishers, and others, why should writers add journaling to their writing schedule?

- Barbori Garnet

Opal Writers Magazine | July 2022
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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/journaling-for-writers/

I’m not marketing – I’m generating mail for myself. That makes it so much easier than pressuring myself to advance my writing career.

By Liz Betz

Opal Writers Magazine | JUNE 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/marketing-steps-as-written-by-my-inside-voice/

By Donald H Roberts

Trevor Morris ran. He had no idea where he was going. All he cared about was Anna. They had boarded the train together. They were just married. She could not have died a year ago, they had only met six months before getting married. 

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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/10/train-into-the-valley-of-madness-e8/

The night dropped down upon the valley floor like a deep dark cloud falling from the sky, and though the stars still shone bright shards of lightning streaked across the heavens like jagged swords. The wind howled like a chorus of banshees, and somewhere off down the canyon, out of the valley, steel screeched on steel and countless souls screamed in horror.

-Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

Lassiter Leeks eyed everyone like they were staring at him. His conscience was playing games and his mind, he thought was breaking. None of this was supposed to happen. He didn’t have luggage. Everything he needed would be in a SUV on the road above the Valley. It had all been arranged. Now all he had to do was make like he was going sightseeing up one of the trails and disappear into the wilderness…at least that is what it was supposed to look like.

The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine | February 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/02/07/train-into-the-valley-of-madness-e5/

The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine

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Mystery Fiction series

The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine 

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By Donald Harry Roberts

The Train Into the Valley of Doom is a mystery series for Opal Writers Magazine.

Words, plots, characters gushed out of me yet never once did I take the time to see if the words were apt; if the plot had inner consistency; if the characters were realistic and likeable.

-Boris Glikman

Opal Writers Magazine | May 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/17/i-wrote-the-story-of-my-life-but-never-once-did-i-stop-to-read-it/

I learned the backbone of American language from my mother, aka the Queen of Cliché. While most parents charge their offspring to “Be home by eleven o’clock sharp,” my mother quipped, “If you’re not early you’re late.”

BY CAPPY HALL REARICK

Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/cliche-touche/

If you’re thinking of attending a Writer's convention, conference, or festival next year, now’s the time to start your research.

BY SUSAN CALDER

Opal Writers Magazine | JUNE 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/get-ready-for-your-next-writers-conference/

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/

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/