The End Of The Line

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Hello to everyone who is a part of WG2E. This will unfortunately be my last posting for the foreseeable future. My writing career is on hold, and at this point I do not know if it will ever return, or if I will live long enough for that to happen. There’s a lot of that [...]

What If…

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What If… Gordon Kirkland This month I have a question for you all. I hope thinking about it will give you a chance to also be a bit (OK – a lot) more prepared than I was, What would you do if you suddenly had to stop writing and marketing your books? I’m sure many [...]

Why Do Research? Isn’t Imagination Enough?

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My writing life alternates between nonfiction and fiction, with my collections of short essays all firmly in the non-fiction camp, and my novels on the other side of the street. The essays don’t take research; they come from the strangeness that is my everyday life. The fiction side takes a lot more work. I was [...]

Don’t Listen to The Naysayers

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In 1996, I attended my very first writer’s conference. I had been writing my syndicated newspaper column for about two years at that point, and it had made the leap from a couple of Canadian newspapers and into the US market. I was doing guest appearances on radio talk shows, and even stores like Barnes [...]

How To Make a Memorable Impression at a Writers’ Conference

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The WG2E’s Canadian Superstar Team Member – Bestselling Author Gordon Kirkland – will be posting the third Friday of each month here at The WG2E. BUT… Periodically, he sends us these too-terrific-to-pass-up posts to pop-in as we’ve got room. Y’all are in for a treat with this one… Take it away, Gordon… ******************************************* [Author’s Note] [...]