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Sherrill Wark
As I suggested in my book *Really Stupid Writing Mistakes: How to Avoid Them*, if you have several projects on the go at all times, if you hit a "writer's block" at one point, just jump to one of your other projects for now. Simple. :-D
Make notes when you wake up in the morning.
Make notes when you go to sleep at night.
These "notes" are NOT written in stone, they are merely "ideas."
Make notes when you wake up in the morning.
Make notes when you go to sleep at night.
These "notes" are NOT written in stone, they are merely "ideas."
Sherrill Wark
The best thing about being a writer? There's nothing "best" about being a writer. We are driven, we are ostracized, we are shunned as weirdos and as being unfriendly, we often find ourselves in dangerous situations because of our uncontrollable curiosity ... However. Unlike most folks, we get to rid ourselves of the demons that every.single.human.being on the planet has to face at some point in his/her life. As writers, *we* get to kill the Monsters. *We* get to recover from almost anything a human being faces (if we "write it out," that is). *We* are survivors. That's what's best about being a writer.
Sherrill Wark
Read my book: Really Stupid Writing Mistakes: How to Avoid Them.
Sherrill Wark
*The Hanging* - A Kesk8a Story.
In December 1725, there was a treaty between the "Indians" of Acadia (Nova Scotia) and "The Colonies" but "The Colonies" people were still holding relatives (the author's "cousins") of Jean-Baptiste Guidry in a prison. The prisoners were supposed to be released. Jean-Baptiste was counseled (by someone who apparently had a lot of knowledge and influence) to take control of a ship to offer as a bargaining agent between the British and himself.
Didn't work out so hot. :-(
It didn't work out well at all. . . .
In December 1725, there was a treaty between the "Indians" of Acadia (Nova Scotia) and "The Colonies" but "The Colonies" people were still holding relatives (the author's "cousins") of Jean-Baptiste Guidry in a prison. The prisoners were supposed to be released. Jean-Baptiste was counseled (by someone who apparently had a lot of knowledge and influence) to take control of a ship to offer as a bargaining agent between the British and himself.
Didn't work out so hot. :-(
It didn't work out well at all. . . .
Sherrill Wark
Somehow, Dad, during the writing of his memoirs (as the Chief of Police in Renfrew ON) got approached by Daryl LaBine (a "cousin" on the Acadian side), for more information. As it turned out, Daryl had some interesting info.
The list of "children" by Claude Guédry/Guidry included 11, born between 1682 and 1703. Down below the list it said: "xii. Jeanne Guédry dit Laverdure, b. ca 1680, baptized 2 Jun 1681, St.John at Menagoneck, Acadia. ... daughter of Claude Guédry called La Verdure and Kesk8a Indian. Interesting that he married Marguerite Petitpas (my grand to the nth) in 1681. When I realized that Claude's first (?) child had been with Kesk8a first and not from my own ancestor, it was like Kesk8a reached out and grabbed me by the heart and squeezed. Then ... The first sentence of *Death in l'Acadie: A Kesk8a Story* came out onto the paper. It was like she was channeling through me! Amazing experience to write this book. Amazing!
The list of "children" by Claude Guédry/Guidry included 11, born between 1682 and 1703. Down below the list it said: "xii. Jeanne Guédry dit Laverdure, b. ca 1680, baptized 2 Jun 1681, St.John at Menagoneck, Acadia. ... daughter of Claude Guédry called La Verdure and Kesk8a Indian. Interesting that he married Marguerite Petitpas (my grand to the nth) in 1681. When I realized that Claude's first (?) child had been with Kesk8a first and not from my own ancestor, it was like Kesk8a reached out and grabbed me by the heart and squeezed. Then ... The first sentence of *Death in l'Acadie: A Kesk8a Story* came out onto the paper. It was like she was channeling through me! Amazing experience to write this book. Amazing!
Sherrill Wark
Injustice puts something into my head and I often wake up in the middle of the night with the start of (or part of) a story that I [always] hope will help teach people that we ought not to do a lot of what we do against folks who are no different than we are under the skin -- and once you strip off the "stupidity" programming.
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