Moving Launch of New Book on the Air India Tragedy

On July 21, 2012, I was honored to be one of the speakers at the memorable book launch of Fighting Hatred with Love: Voices of the Air India Victims' Families, by Helping You Get Published author Gurpreet Singh (Chetana Parkashan, publisher).

At the launch, which took place at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, family members and others close to the tragedy spoke out against the fundamentalism and extremism that led to the 1985 terrorist bombing that killed 331 innocent people. The roster of speakers included: Ujjal Dosanjh, former federal Health Minister and a vocal critic of extremism; Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice; Dave Hayer, MLA; D. K. Sharma, the acting Counsel General of India, Vancouver; Major Singh Sidhu, vice president of the Khalsa Deewan Society, Vancouver, on behalf of the victims’ families; Jinny Sims, MP; and Charlie Smith, editor of the Georgia Straight, who gave the keynote address.

Stampeding Sales for Helping You Get Published Author

Helping You Get Published author Rob Lennard is the award-winning creator of three time-travel books for children. The first, written for the 2005 Alberta centennial, has been expanded to become his latest book, with new chapters that take time-travelling teen twins back to 1912 and the first Calgary Stampede.

The new book, The Amazing Alberta Time Travel Adventures of Wild Roping Roxy and Family Day Ray was launched in May and is garnering praise and selling well in bookstores and at this year's centennial Calgary Stampede.

Email Writing Syndrome...Are You at Risk?

Watch the video to find out if you are vulnerable to this contagious syndrome...

All about Genre

Most new book authors know whether they are writing nonfiction or fiction. But within these two broad categories are many genres. Nonfiction, for example, includes such genres as biography, how-to, memoir, self-help, and travel--to name just a few. Fiction includes fantasy, horror, mystery, romance, thriller, and sci-fi. To complicate things further, each of these genres has numerous subgenres.

Sometimes, therefore, authors have trouble identifying their particular genre. If you are working on a book and are not sure where it fits, check out this introductory guide to book genres...

Writing Conference Registration Open

Registration recently opened for the next Surrey International Writers' Conference. If you live in, or plan to visit, the area of Vancouver, BC, Canada, then now is the time to sign up for the conference, which will take place October 19-21, 2012, in Surrey, BC, Canada. Early registration is crucial if you want to be assured of getting your choice of face-to-face meetings with agents and/or acquiring editors. For details, go to: http://www.siwc.ca/

All around North America, summer and autumn are the seasons when most writers' conferences are held. Their offerings vary, but the best of them provide workshops for writers, editing and writing cafes, networking opportunities, and one-on-one pitch meetings with publishing industry professionals. To find out about times and locations, go to: Shaw Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops

Amazon.com

Just updated my author page at Amazon. Stay tuned for further updates...

All book authors, FYI: Amazon's Author Central is exceptionally user friendly. If you are a book author and have not joined Author Central, I recommend that you do so. You can add videos and photos, and update your book cover image(s).