Ready, set, write: Contestants aim to finish novel in a month
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS Novelists and writers of all ages dusted off their thinking caps at the start of November, as National Novel Writing Month began. NaNoWriMo is a writing contest, challenging contestants to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. To accomplish this goal, writers must ideally produce 1,667 words each day. The […]
From courts to bookshelves, lawyer pens first novel
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR One of the biggest challenges authors face is keeping the muse alive and finding time to write. Michael Michaud, 38, had to juggle his day job of being an Assistant Crown Attorney in the GTA with writing his very first novel titled Billy Tabbs (& The Glorious Darrow). “I wrote just […]
