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Opal Writers Magazine - Inside
by Opal Writers Magazine
Articles and content narrated for audio.Coffee and Conversation - a lively chat with published authors!
Episodes
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Coffee & Conversation | Panelist Protocol
Welcome to Coffee & Conversation My guest is Mandy Eve-Barnett, and today we are talking about Panelist Protocol. Mandy's newest article, Panelist Protocol, appears in the current February 2023 Opal Writers Magazine. Visit the website at www.opalwritersmagazine.ca for more information.
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THE WRITER’S HOME OFFICE: KEEPING RECORDS AND MAKING LISTS
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.house/2020/12/30/the-writers-home-office-keeping-records-and-making-lists/
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Coffee & Conversation with an Author: Naomi P. Lane
Today I am pleased to be here with Naomi Lane. Naomi is a local Vancouver Island author living here in Nanaimo. I am so pleased to introduce you to her today and to have her as my December featured Author of the Month in the Opal Writers Magazine. She is the author of the book, Letters From My…
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Do You Want to Write a Cozy Mystery?
BY SHEILA S HUDSON Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022 You can see the links to her recommended websites in the blog post below: This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/do-you-want-to-write-a-cozy-mystery/
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Dead on the Page
Fiction - by LINDA WHITE Opal Writers Magazine | This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.house/2020/10/16/dead-on-the-page/
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8 Tips for Submitting to Writing Contests
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/8-tips-for-submitting-to-writing-contests/ By Mandy Eve-Barnett Opal Writers Magazine | AUGUST 2022
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Return to In-Person Writing Events
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/return-to-in-person-writing-events/ By Susan Calder, Author Opal Writers Magazine | AUGUST 2022
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How the Seasons Affect Our Writing
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/how-the-seasons-affect-our-writing/ by MANDY EVE-BARNETT Opal Writers Magazine | October 2022
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Coffee & Conversation with Jennifer Anne Gordon (Author)
Today I am pleased to be here with Jennifer Gordon. Jennifer is an award-winning, Horror/Suspense author. Her book, Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022. She is my Author of the Month for November 2022.
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Mother And Daughter: Writing The Story of Our Reconciliation
By Sharon Leder Opal Writers Magazine September 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/mother-and-daughter-writing-the-story-of-our-reconciliation/
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The Unbearable Light-ness of SHADOW
By Boris Glikman Opal Writers Magazine October 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/the-unbearable-light-ness-of-shadow/
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September Song for a Butterfly
By Cappy Hall Rearick Opal Writers Magazine September 2022 www.opalpublishing.ca This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/september-song-for-a-butterfly/
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Attending an In-Person Writing Convention in Today’s World
By Susan Calder Opal Writers Magazine October 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/attending-an-in-person-writing-convention-in-todays-world/
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WHY Your Book Needs a Logline
By Allison Gorner Opal Writers Magazine www.opalpublishing.ca This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.house/2021/03/01/why-your-book-needs-a-logline/
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BEGIN at the Beginning
By Sheila Hudson, Author Opal Writers Magazine October 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/begin-at-the-beginning/
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PLANNING a Memorable Book Launch
By Susan Calder Susan is a published mystery writer who lives in Calgary, Alberta. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/how-to-plan-a-memorable-book-launch/
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Coffee and Conversation with Susan Calder | Boucheron World Mystery Convention
My guest is mystery author Susan Calder. Today we are talking about her recent trip to the Boucheron World Mystery Convention in Minneapolis. Music Intro: Astrometrics (Fire in the Mountains) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Astrometrics/
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Coffee and Conversation with Susan Calder - Episode 2
Calgary author, Susan Calder is with me today to chat about her recent in-person writers event at the Boucheron World Mystery Convention in Minneapolis. You can read Susan's articles in the Opal Writers Magazines. www.opalpublishing.ca Music intro: Astrometrics (Fire in the Mountains)...
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Coffee & Conversation with Lorna Schultz Nicholson (Author)
Today I am chatting with Lorna Schultz Nicholson author of GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE! THE JOEY MOSS STORY. For more information and the links to purchase/order her book, go to the Opal Writers Magazine online at www.opalpublishing.ca #GoodmorningsunshineJoeyMoss #JoeyMoss #books…
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Too Many Choices Equals PROCRASTINATION
Too Many Choices Equals PROCRASTINATION. It’s good to have choices but often I have so many choices for my writing that I cannot pick one. -Liz Betz Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/too-many-choices-equals-procrastination/
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Six Tips for Taming the Story Flood
What happens when there are too many story ideas bombarding our brains? It can be just as debilitating as staring at that blankness. -Mandy Eve-Barnett Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/six-tips-for-taming-the-story-flood/
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The me-Phone
One day a new type of phone that you could use to call yourself appeared on the market. All one had to do was dial a certain number and one would be connected straight away with oneself. The quality of the reception was so good that the voice on the other end of the line sounded as if it was…
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Coffee & Conversation with Anne Scottlin
Today I am pleased to be here with Anne Scottlin. Anne, is an award-winning writer, podcaster and founder of The Power of Joy Institute, and the author the beautiful 286-page book, Live for Joy! Anne also appeared as a Featured Heart-centered business in the Opal Rising Magazine March issue. To...
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Journaling For Writers
With already not enough time to get in all the writing needed to work on story outlines, meet book deadlines for editors, publishers, and others, why should writers add journaling to their writing schedule? - Barbori Garnet Opal Writers Magazine | July 2022 www.opalpublishing.ca This episode is...
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Coffee & Conversation with BARBORI GARNET
Today I am pleased to introduce Barbori Garnet. Barbori is a writer and she is the author of Home at the Office: Working Remotely as a Way of Life, artist, musician, and gardener based in Alberta. She enjoys writing non-fiction and writes about working remotely, the home office, gardening, and...
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Marketing Steps
I’m not marketing – I’m generating mail for myself. That makes it so much easier than pressuring myself to advance my writing career. By Liz Betz Opal Writers Magazine | JUNE 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/marketing-steps-as-written-by-my-inside-voice/
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Writing Midrash for the Book of Ruth
My husband Milton and I will lead a Midrash writing group based on The Book of Ruth, the Hebrew Bible’s shortest book, actually a short story. In ancient times, rabbis wrote elaborations on biblical lines as if they were writing prompts. Midrashim, from the Hebrew root “daras” meaning “expound,...
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TRAIN INTO THE VALLEY OF MADNESS E:8
By Donald H Roberts Trevor Morris ran. He had no idea where he was going. All he cared about was Anna. They had boarded the train together. They were just married. She could not have died a year ago, they had only met six months before getting married. Opal Writers Magazine This episode is also...
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The TRAIN into the Valley of MADNESS Episode 7
The night dropped down upon the valley floor like a deep dark cloud falling from the sky, and though the stars still shone bright shards of lightning streaked across the heavens like jagged swords. The wind howled like a chorus of banshees, and somewhere off down the canyon, out of the valley,...
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Train Into The Valley of Madness: E6
Trevor stood there staring at Anna, rather where Anna had been standing just seconds ago. The valley was alive with activity again but now he was alone. Anna had simply vanished. Then, a moment later the Conductor approached him. He inquired cautiously, “Is there a problem Trevor?” The Train Into...
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Train into the Valley of Madness : Episode 5
Lassiter Leeks eyed everyone like they were staring at him. His conscience was playing games and his mind, he thought was breaking. None of this was supposed to happen. He didn’t have luggage. Everything he needed would be in a SUV on the road above the Valley. It had all been arranged. Now all…
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Train Into the Valley of Madness: Episode 4
The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts Opal Writers Magazine This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/01/02/train-into-the-valley-of-madness-episode-4/
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The Train Into the Valley of Madness: Episode 3
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2021/12/01/the-train-episode-3/ Mystery Fiction series The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts Opal Writers Magazine
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The TRAIN Into the Valley of Madness Episode 2
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2021/11/01/the-train-episode-two/ By Donald Harry Roberts The Train Into the Valley of Doom is a mystery series for Opal Writers Magazine.
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Train Into the Valley of Madness Episode 1
No one ever knows a train conductors name and few ever concern themselves with discovering it, so throughout this story the man who is the second most significant person aboard the train will be identified simply as, the Conductor. The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts Opal...
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Train into the Valley of Madness: All Aboard!
The ancient steam locomotive chugged into the station. The seven passenger cars emitted dozens of chattering, cheerful, grumpy, and noisy passengers with a hundred different versions of their experience aboard the Valley Of Dreams tour train. When the platform cleared the five passenger cars were...
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I WROTE THE STORY OF MY LIFE BUT NEVER ONCE DID I STOP TO READ IT
Words, plots, characters gushed out of me yet never once did I take the time to see if the words were apt; if the plot had inner consistency; if the characters were realistic and likeable. -Boris Glikman Opal Writers Magazine | May 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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DATING CAN BE MURDER…a true story
It’s been three days since I woke up, naked on a park bench. Well nearly naked, save a hospital gown, where I exposed my birthday suit to anyone who wanted a free peep show. I remember opening my eyes and having a splitting headache and a blood soaked bandage affixed to my wrist. BY ART PROCTOR...
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Cliché ~ Touché
I learned the backbone of American language from my mother, aka the Queen of Cliché. While most parents charge their offspring to “Be home by eleven o’clock sharp,” my mother quipped, “If you’re not early you’re late.” BY CAPPY HALL REARICK Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022 www.opalpublishing.ca...
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Get Ready for Your Next Writers’ Conference
If you’re thinking of attending a Writer's convention, conference, or festival next year, now’s the time to start your research. BY SUSAN CALDER Opal Writers Magazine | JUNE 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/get-ready-for-your-next-writers-conference/
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Grandpa’s Writing Legacy
After my grandfather’s death, I helped my mother sort through her father’s trunk. Stuck inside were ration cards from the early 1900s with pencil scribbles in his familiar hand. Written no doubt during WWI by firelight and faded almost beyond recognition. -SHEILA HUDSON Opal Writers Magazine |…
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Coffee & Conversation with Jennifer Lieberman
JENNIFER LIEBERMAN is the author of Make Your Own Break: How to Record & Publish Your Audiobook in Seven Simple Steps I am chatting with Jennifer today. Opal Publishing | Opal Writers Magazine 2022 Read more about her: https://opalpublishing.ca/our-cover-story-jennifer-lieberman/ More about...
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Writing Internal Conflict | Allison Gorner
In fiction, capturing internal conflict is key to creating vibrant and believable characters. - Allison Gorner Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/writing-internal-conflict/
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The Pen of Plenty | Boris Glikman
"Take this, Boris! May it serve you well," the booming voice commands. A hand, holding a shining writing implement, extends towards me. I was all of thirteen years old when the Hand from Above bestowed the Pen of Plenty upon me. - BORIS GLIKMAN Opal Writers Magazine | June 2022 This episode is…
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Why Host a Book Launch Party?
Written by Susan Calder Last month I attended my first in-person book launch in over two years. My friend who released her fifth novel is a pro. At our local bookstore, we enjoyed wine, cupcakes, and my friend’s presentation on the 2017 wildfire in Waterton Lakes National Park, which forms the...
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Invest in Your Writing
Written by Mandy Eve Barnett To improve our writing skill, however, we need to invest in it. There are multiple ways in which to do this. Opal Writers Magazine - June 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/invest-in-your-writing/
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COFFEE and CONVERSATION with Mandy Eve Barnett on INVEST IN YOUR WRITING
Welcome! Today I am chatting with Mandy Eve-Barnett about her recent article, INVEST IN YOUR WRITING. Visit my website to read her articles at www.opalpublishing.ca
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Coffee and Conversation with SUSAN CALDER
Join me as I have a conversation with Susan Calder, author and writer for the Opal Writers Magazine. Today we are discussing her latest article, Why Host a Book Launch? You can also view this conversation on YouTube ♥
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Writing Biographies for Inspiration
Writing Biographies For Inspiration, by SHARON LEDER I learned that Christina Rossetti, like me, became a bolder writer when she herself wrote biographies, poetic ones called monologues. She wanted to go beyond the bounds of “women’s writing”-- romantic lyrics, nature poems, and devotional hymns....
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THINK Like a WRITER
Ideas are always circling us. Like young children with butterfly nets, it is our job to catch a few and develop them into stories with strong leads, robust middles, and fabulous endings. -SHEILA HUDSON Opal Writers Magazine MAY 2022 This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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