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The Writing Life

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2024 Looking Back

Andy Taylor, December 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Well it’s a few days before the end of 2024 and time for a look back at the highlights of…

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Super Canucks Anthology

Super Canucks Update

Super Canucks Update – Nov Edition

Andy Taylor, November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

Thanks for your patience everyone – by now you will have received an acceptance letter or rejection letter from the…

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Super Canucks Anthology

Super Canucks Update

Super Canucks Update

Andy Taylor, September 14, 2024September 14, 2024

It’s been a while since the call out for Super Canucks anthology closed in late April and I am sure…

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Super Canucks Anthology

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Open Call for Submissions – Super Canucks Anthology

Andy Taylor, February 4, 2024September 14, 2024

Some big news to share. I’m co-editing an anthology with fellow writer and Northern Ontario boy – Mat Del Papa….

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Convention Reports

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CanCon2023 Round Up (Part 2)

Andy Taylor, October 28, 2023October 28, 2023

Optimism should be defined as buying books that you want to read while knowing your TBR pile is so big…

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What to Do If You Accidentally Break the Space-Time Continuum

Andy Taylor, October 21, 2023October 21, 2023

I wrote this flash piece originally based on a prompt. It was a joy to write in the sense that…

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CanCon2023 Round Up (Part 1)

Andy Taylor, October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Can*Con continues to be a shining beacon for genre writers of all stripes in Canada (and North America) and this…

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100 Movies – Bucket List (Not Mine!)

Andy Taylor, September 24, 2023October 28, 2023

Who doesn’t love a movie list? Whether it’s super specific sub-genre, like I don’t know – time travel films, or…

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At the lake’s edge

Andy Taylor, September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

In 2017 Sudbury’s Poet Laureate, Kim Fahner put out a call for people to submit tweet-length poems for a Rain…

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Frozen

Andy Taylor, September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

A flash fiction piece that was originally published in Formation – A Collection of New Canadian Short Stories by Polar…

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