writing
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What’s Going on with The Burin Girl?
I’ve gotten obsessed lately with writing competitions and I’ll tell you why: first of all, it’s a way to make money if you win, and a way to get literary people to read your work. Most competitions have an entry fee, which makes sense, because all those entries need readers and readers should be compensated… Continue reading
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What’s Next?
What follows is a little snippet from a work in progress. It’s the story of Johanna, a girl from the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, who finds herself married, at 17, to a widowed fisherman with 5 children. It’s by turns hilarious and tragic, as it chronicles life in the early twentieth century all the way… Continue reading
Canadian Stories by Kathy McWilliam 