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As you can see from the photos, we had a lot of fun - even if Kate was a little disappointed not to meet Canada's Official Boyfriend in person! Not only did The National Post and NOW magazine review the book, Kate also stopped by the CBC to chat with Jian Ghomeshi and the folks from The Hour. Having already established a dedicated audience for her comics online and with the beautiful new hardcover book Hark! A Vagrant sitting pretty on the New York Times bestseller list for Graphic Books, Kate was very much in demand. As a parent to a pair of little monkeys I didn't make it to a lot of events this year sadly, but I was fortunate enough to meet the brilliant Seth and Dan Clowes and then tag along with superstar cartoonist and all-around charmer Kate Beaton who was speaking at the festival this past weekend. Well, after much excitement IFOA 2011 came to close this weekend in Toronto. All you do is sit down in front of a typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemingway

Craft of Writing - Science Fiction Writers of America's blogs with many writing tips and strategies.

Nine Steps to a Novel - Author Garth Nix's 9 Steps.

Creative Writing Exercises - some great prompts by Penn State University's creative writing course.

The Snowflake Method - starting a novel and staring at a blank page can be daunting but with the Snowflake Method you can start with the big picture and work your way into the details.

Here are some great resources and tips to get you started on your masterpiece:

My book is slowly filling up, it's one of two writing tools I always carry around. Whether you're a first time novelist or seasoned writer, it has a lot of great prompts and exercises to get your brain thinking about the world you're about to create.

"Ready, Set, Novel!" is a great writing workbook. Write with abandon for the next thirty days and you may be surprised at what turns up. The spirit of writing a novel in a month isn't to churn out the next bestseller or Nobel prize winner, it's to connect online with fellow word-lovers and to find your creative self. It also is, in the literary and online world, National Novel Writing Month! NaNoWriMo is "30 days of literary abandon" and what better way to get started on your next novel than with a Moleskine and NaNoWriMo's own “ Ready, Set, Novel!” (Chronicle Books)? It's NOVEMBER! You know what that means: stores are breaking out the Christmas specials, Starbucks has their Candy Cane lattes and men grow their moustaches for a good cause ( Movember). Intern Insights: Writing & Moustaches in NovemberĪrt & Photography + Gift & Stationery + Vancouver / November 03, 2011 Animation comics joe ollmann montreal video