by Susan Gabriel | Mar 16, 2011 | Nurturing Creativity, To Inspire
Kiran Desai is the youngest woman ever to receive the Booker Prize for her novel, The Inheritance of Loss, published in 2006. But she started out like everybody else with her first book called Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, not knowing exactly what she was doing and...
by Susan Gabriel | Dec 15, 2009 | To Inspire, Writers and writing
Are you looking for advice to aspiring writers? You’ve come to the right place. According to the Writer’s Almanac, Alice Munro, known for her short stories, was born in Wingham, Ontario (1931). She grew up on a farm, and she said, Reading was an indulgence...
by Susan Gabriel | Aug 11, 2008 | Writers and writing
In an email the other day, a virtual buddy of mine asked if I had any advice to give aspiring writers. This was my response: As with any profession or craft, becoming excellent is simple but not easy. The best advice I can give to writers starting out is to READ. Read...
