When submitting a bio and photo consider what these tools do for the reader or audience: they give an introduction. They are your pitch that runs ahead of you. A lot of bios run like a dry version of a CV. It’s relevant to indicate experience but every bio is a list. While accomplishments, awards […]
Author Archives: Pearl
Ottawa Woman's Slam Championship 2013
The 2013 Women’s Slam Championship, presented by VERSeOttawa was at the Mercury Lounge Saturday, January 26th. With a $8 charge at the door, the downstairs and upstairs were standing room only. It was a good night with strong voices and stories. It was in the space that Capital Slam uses each Saturday night, including next […]
On Giving Readings
Anxiety and Depression: Most writers seems to get their butts handed to them by one or both. Nerves and a reading go together. If you are okay with being nervous, that helps. You won’t actually have a heart-attack or shame yourself for generations. Probably. Part of anxiety is global not about the reading. I had […]
95 Books
Among the 7 Habits of Effective writers is to read a lot. This ongoing Books Read in 2013 plan is from the Jonathan Ball and Ryan Fitzpatrick 95 books in a year idea. It goes handily with my love of documenting. I find that I can only taste a book when I’m switching between distinct […]
Tree Survey
Should you happen to have attended a Tree Seed Workshop since 2009, would you mind sharing your thoughts on it? We’re looking for feedback on how we’ve been doing. Please fill in the 10-question survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes.