Mar 26, 2018 | Author Resources, Awards Contests Reviews
The possibilities are endless and these links will take you all over the globe. There are an abundance of Writers Awards, Contests, and even free Reviews out there for the grabbing. There is money available and having your name listed on any of these Awards and Websites is a true honor for any author. Are you seeking one in particular? You might find it here, if not, please let me know and I will add it to the list.
American Book Fest Awards
ARC Contemporary Poetry Magazine
Augur Magazine
Autumn House Press Book Awards
Axiom Business Book Awards
Barnes & Noble New Writers Program
Ben Franklin Awards
Blank Spaces Canadian Literary Arts Magazine
Book Festivals Publishing Events Around the World
Brick Magazine Literary Journal
Canada Book Awards
Canadian Authors Literary Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Center CCBC Book Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Center Marilyn Bailie Picture Book Award
Canadian Council of Arts Governor General’s Literary Awards
Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
Canadian Literature Quarterly Criticism & Review
Canthius Feminism & Literary Arts
Capilano Review of Writing & Art
Carte Blanche Magazine
Carousel Literary Arts Magazine
CBC Books & Literary Prizes
Chanticleer Book Reviews & Contests
Crime Writers of Canada Book Awards
Claremont Review
CV2 Contemporary Verse 2 Canadian Journal of Poetry & Critical Writing
Dan Pynter’s Global Ebook Awards
Dalhousie Review Literary Journal
Digital Book World Award
Epic eBook Competition
Eric Hoffer Award
Event Magazine Poetry & Prose Contest
Exile Writers Quarterly
Existere Journal of Arts & Literature
Feathertale
Fiddlehead Annual Literary Contest
Filling Station
Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Awards
Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards
Grain Magazine Journal of Eclectic Writing
Geist Culture Magazine
Geoffrey Bilson Award Young Adult Historical Fiction – PDF Download
Hart House Review
Hazlitt Net Fiction Poetry
HA&L Hamilton Arts & Letters
Humber Literary Review Contests
Hugo Awards
Ibby Canada Children’s Literature & National Awards
Indie Excellence Awards
IR Indiana Poetry Review
International Book Awards
Kindle Scout
Kirkus Book Prize
Literary Classics International Book Awards & Reviews
Literary Review of Canada Poetry
Mackinac Magazine
Magpie Award for Poetry
Malahat Review Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Contests
Man Booker Prize for Fiction – PDF Download
Man Booker International Prize – PDF Download
Maynard Online Poetry Magazine
Montreal Review
Mystery Writers of America Awards
National Book Foundation Award
National Indie Excellence Award
National Book Foundation Awards
Nautilus Book Awards
Nobel Prize
Notes And Queries Literary Culture
On Spec Canadian Magazine
Pen – Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Poets & Writers – Grants Awards & Contests
Prairie Fire Canadian Writer’s Magazine Contests
Prairie Journal
Prism Canadian & International Contemporary Writing Contests
Pulitzer Prizes
Puritan Magazine Thomas Morton Memorial Prize
Pushcart Prize
Queen’s Quarterly
Random House, The O. Henry Prize Stories
Reader’s Favorite Book Reviews & Contests
Reader Views Literary Awards
Romance Writers of America Awards & Contests Links
Rubery Book Award Competition
RULA Ryerson University Library & Archives
Room Magazine Fiction & Poetry Contests
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Shelf Media Group Best Indie/Self-Published Book Competition
Story Monster Dragonfly Book Awards
Sub-Terrain Annual Literary Awards
Taste Canada Awards Culinary Books
TD Canada Canadian Children’s Literature Awards
Understorey Magazine
Vallum Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Award
Walrus Amazon Canada First Novel Award
Windsor Review
Writer’s Digest Self-Published Ebook Awards
Writer’s Trust of Canada Awards
Writers Union of Canada Self-Published Awards
Mar 14, 2018 | Author Resources, Canadian Traditional SelfPublishing Hybrid Publishers
Just some of the Publishing Firms I’ve found so far, and most are Canadian based – the majority of which are listed members of the Canadian Publishers Association – however, some may have offices located in other countries. Finding the right method of publishing, or publisher, is like finding a needle in a haystack. Be aware! Not all traditional publishers are the same, and they all have their own methods and procedures for manuscript submissions. I personally, chose to publish with a ‘hybrid’ publisher – Book Baby – because I wanted the control, ownership, and rights to my work, but I also wanted the best royalties available, as well as a distribution channel that reached the world. I got all of that, in one easy to use control dashboard, where I can do anything and everything an author would want or need to do to publish, promote, market, sell, advertise and offer discounts or coupons. I wish you all the best on your journey.
Flanker Press
University of Alberta Press
Formac Publishers
ARP Books
Boulder Publications
Essence Publishing
Signature Editions
Orca Books Canada
Coteau Books
McGraw Hill Educational
Talon Books
Dunburn Publishing
Great Plains Publishing
ECW Press
Breakwater Books
Palimpsest Press
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Brick Books
Book Thug Publishing
Invisible Publishing
Mansfield Press
TouchWood Editions
Arsenal Pulp Press
Ryland Peters & Small
Nimbus Publishing
Caitlin Press Inc
NeWest Press
Second Story Press
Guernica Editions
Douglas & McIntyre
The Porcupine’s Quill
House of Anansi
Heritage House Publishing
Goose Lane Publishing
Anvil Press
Hancock House Publishers
New Star Books
Playwrights Canada Press
Tradewind Books
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pemmican Publications
Thistledown Press
Harper Collins Canada
Between The Lines Publishing
Inanna Publications
Barlow Books
Penguin Random House Canada
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishers
Cormorant Books
Turnstone Press
Coach House Books
Mar 9, 2018 | Author Resources, Free & Paid Video Footage Resources
Like books, music, paintings, and photographs, video also falls into the public domain and/or copyright protection. Please be sure to check and double-check that you have the appropriate license and usage rights prior to downloading and/or using any video for any of your projects. This list will continue to expand as I find more websites offering free & paid video, so please check back often. If you know of a great website, please let me know.
Public Domain Review
YouTube & Creative Commons
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia Sound Files
Choral Public Domain Library
Vimeo Creative Commons
Archive.org/Video
Archives.org/prelinger
Videezy
Videvo & Videvo’s Stock Footage
Coverr
Pexels Videos
NASA (SoundCloud) & Usage Guide
National Park Services
Mar 9, 2018 | Author Resources, Free & Paid Images
A time-consuming thing it can be to find the right images for a project, whether that project is a book cover, poster, banner, or a social media header. This list will expand with time, as I locate more of these websites, so come back often. Please note that some of these websites may ask you to create an account, and it is probably a good thing that you do. Read through their Licensing Terms & Conditions to be sure that you have the right to use, manipulate, and/or transform any image prior to downloading and using them. Do the CYA and stay legal – you’ll save yourself a world of stress if you do. Best of luck to you in your projects.
Adobe Spark – Some of the images appearing throughout this website were acquired through the generosity of Adobe under Creative Commons License.
Pixabay – Some of the images appearing throughout this website were acquired through the generosity of Pixabay.com under Creative Commons License.
Pexels – Some of the images appearing throughout this website were acquired through the generosity of Pexels.com under Creative Commons License.
Deviant Art
Jeshoots
Yale Art Gallery
WDRFree
Travel Coffee Book
Gratisography
StokPic
NOAA Photo Library
Picography
Death To The Stock Photo
UnSplash
GoodFree Photos
US Agriculture Image Gallery
New York Public Library
Public Domain Archive
FFCU – Free For Commercial Use
StockSnap
MorgueFile
National Gallery of Art
Europeana Collections
Mar 2, 2018 | Author Resources, WordPress Plug-ins for Authors
Finding the right WordPress Plugin for the job you need to do can be a trying thing. Here are just some of the best Plugins I’ve found so far. When I’m ready to use one of these Plugins, I will update this list so you can see what I’ve done with it and how it’s working for me. If you are using a Plugin that really works for you, please tell me about it so I can add it to the list. I do hope you find the right solution to what you’re looking for.
Copyright Proof by Digiprove
WordPress Search – “books”
WordPress – Amazon Book Store
My Book Table by WP Bookstore
Novelist by Nose Graze
Author Showcase by Claire Ryan
Easy Slider by Matthew Ruddy
EasyRotator – Slider Plugin – DWUser.com
Post Series by Miks Latvis
Organize Series by Darren Ethier
Google Doc Embedder by K Davis & D Lester
Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly
DownloadMonitor by Never5
WPLike2Get by Markus Drubba
Sociable by BlogPlay
Social Warfare by Warfare Plugins
WordPress to Twitter by Joseph Dolson
Twitter Widget Pro by Aaron Campbell
Facebook LikeBox Widget by S A Wu
Facebook Like Box by Vinoj Cardoza
AMP for Mobile Pages by Automattic
WP Customer Reviews by GoWeb Solutions
Revive Old Post – Auto Post to Social Media by Revive Social
Testimonials Widget by Axelerant
Events Manager by Marcus Sykes
All-in-one Event Calendar by Time.ly Network Inc.
All In One WP Security & Firewall by Tips & Tricks
Subscribe2 by M Robinson & T Lakhani
Web Forms by AWeber
S2 Membership Framework – by WebSharks, Inc
Jetpack by WordPress
MailPoet Newsletters by MailPoet
Yoast SEO by Team Yoast
Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk
Contact Form 7 by T Miyoshi
Disqus Comment System by Disqus
Amazon Link by Paul Stuttard
Image Widget by Modern Tribe, Inc.
Video Sidebar Widgets by Denzel Chia
Mail Munch – Grow Your Email List by MailMunch
Google Analytics for WordPress by Monster Insights
Broken Link Checker by J Elsts & V Prelovac
Akismet Anti-Spam by Automattic
Smush Image Compression
Search All Plugins by WPMU DEV
Feb 25, 2018 | Author Resources, Canadian Copyright Act & Law
It’s not enough to wing-it, don’t make any guesses here! You cannot claim innocent to Copyright infringement – it’s a criminal offense – whether you know or don’t know, it is up to you to learn and find out, prior to writing anything about anyone, or their work. Know how to protect your work, and understand how to prevent a potential lawsuit. Here are the links to Canadian Copyright Law – the Act & Registration, Q&A, FAQ, and legal advice on all the Do’s and Don’ts. Do the DIY and the CYA, you won’t regret it in the long term.
Government of Canada ~ Copyright Act & Registration
Library and Archives Canada ~ Legal Deposit Program
Library and Archives Canada ~ Deposit of Digital Publications
Library and Archives Canada ~ Deposit of Physical Publications
Government of Canada – Justice Laws Website Links
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
Copyright Clearance Center
Ryerson University of Candian Law ~ Copyrights – Libraries & Archives & Resources
Canadian Copyright Law ~ Do’s & Don’ts
Canadians BEWARE ~ Copyrights & NAFTA