This new series is called "Successful Queries" and I'm posting actual query letters that succeeded in getting writers signed with agents. In addition to posting the actual query letter, we will also get to hear thoughts from the agent as to why the letter worked. The 19th installment in this series is with agent Joanna Stampfel Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary) and her author, Amber McRee Turner...
Moonrise on the Ottawa River, late summer about 60 miles northwest of Ottawa No point using my words to say what these songs say much gooder eh. This week's topic has made me nostalgic for late autumn - early winter in middle Canada, where I grew up. (You will see on TV during this winter's Olympics that the city of Vancouver has the same climate as mid-England. Luckily there are mountains nearby for...
I’ve been given a good challenge for this coming Saturday night. I’ve been asked to perform a cover song at this event in Vancouver. Not just any cover song, but a song by a band called Ina Unt Ina . If you check out this duo’s Myspace page, you’ll hear that the songs are electronic and experimental in nature. You should hear Ina Unt Ina ’s cover version of Gordon Lightfoot...
I picked up a copy of his album 'If you could read my mind' from a record fair yesterday for a quid. Not a lot to splash out for i know from someone i'd never heard before, but hey you know these things take up space. Quite frankly it's the and how do i say this the 'loveliest' thing i've heard in years.I find it quite worrying that there's just so much stuff out there that i've never heard and time...
Yes, it is a repeat. But a good one. I bought my seasonal first six-pack of Edmund Fitzgerald Porter . Plan to have one later and toast the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald:
because it's Dwight Yoakam's birthday! And Dwight's birthday is always the start of an annual three-day celebration around my house, because I'm fortunate enough to have a birthday the day after my favorite musician's and the day before my favorite author's. I was bummed for years that I'd missed sharing a birthday with Anne Tyler by a day, but then Dwight came along and I realized just how perfect...
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This brings together a great song by Gordon Lightfoot and rare footage. Edited with a clear eye and a large heart it's one of the finest tribute videos I've found of You Tube. Worth your time twice over. Created by Joseph Fulton HT: Michael Jorris in my comments.
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Edmund Fitzgerald 2009
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