Swirl & Swing: A Writing Blog

“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener

Writing on Tico Time: Memories of a Costa Rica Retreat

April 10, 2012
by Allyson Latta I'm sitting at Juanita’s, a rustic beach-front restaurant, sipping a foamy piña colada as the departing sun drifts...
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The Pain and Joy of Self-Telling: Virginia Woolf

March 28, 2012
Guest post by Kyo Maclear I thought … last night, something very profound about the synthesis of my being: how...
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“Self” Matters: Thoughts on Immersion Writing

March 24, 2012
Guest post by Robin Hemley “Immersion writing engages the writer in the here and now in a journalistic sense, shaping and...
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Reviving Mary Ann: sisters follow clues to bring the past to life on the page

March 10, 2012
". . . little by little, the ghosts take shape." My sister Tracy Kasaboski and I wrote a book together...
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10 Things Writers Can Bring Home from the Oscar-Kissed Film “The Artist”

February 29, 2012
I'm going out on a limb here -- but a sturdy one -- to say it's almost impossible not to...
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“The Writer” magazine 125th anniversary issue names AllysonLatta.ca one of its 16 favourite writing sites

February 17, 2012
If a certain someone doesn't take me out to celebrate tonight, there's going to be trouble. And I don't care...
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Children’s Authors: Enid Blyton on writing from life

February 17, 2012
A guest post I wrote recently (Dutch Boys and Fast Boats) for the amazing Blog of Green Gables: a mother–daughter...
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LifeTimes, the game: “It’s all about storytelling and conversations”

February 16, 2012
Sisters Carol and Mary Jane McPhee had no idea a year and a half ago that something big would develop...
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BC author, 94, publishes 2nd novel based on memoirs

February 13, 2012
Announcement by Arleigh Fanning Kory Shillam has always been a writer. Daughter of William Albert Tutte, the front page editor of...
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On the Air: Voicing My Memoir for CBC Radio’s “The Sunday Edition”

February 9, 2012
Guest post by Tilya Gallay Helfield "I kept thinking of the movie The King’s Speech and worried I might develop...
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10 Writing Tips from Author William Deverell (on a Costa Rica Morning)

February 9, 2012
  Award-winning Canadian novelist William Deverell was a featured speaker at my Namaste Gardens Writing & Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica...
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Writing from the Heart: guest post by Sandra Shaw Homer

January 31, 2012
  Sandra, a resident of Costa Rica, was guest speaker at my Namaste Gardens Writing & Yoga Retreat in Costa...
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