By Karla Espinoza Rojas
Literary
Turning The Page With Bianca Valenzuela
Foreword In small strides, our blog continues to evolve, as we hope you have since the start of the new year. We are turning a new chapter too, increasing our student engagement efforts to build up MacEwan’s creative writing community. We are grateful to you for bringing us closer together with each new article you … Continue reading Turning The Page With Bianca Valenzuela
Invoking The Muses By: Paige Reed
So you want to invoke the muses? Call unto the gods and have their divinity fill the pages of your writing? Perhaps you wish to ask an oracle about the life your piece may live. There are tons of writers who have pulled on Greek or Roman mythology to add depth and story to their … Continue reading Invoking The Muses By: Paige Reed
Braving the Darkness with MacEwan Alum Alaye Idikio
Foreword Last year, our creative writing community saw changes to our executive team, placing us on a path to becoming a more collaborative and inspiring environment for aspiring writers. As your blog editors for this academic year, Zoey and I are on a mission to provide a platform where student writers can showcase their creative … Continue reading Braving the Darkness with MacEwan Alum Alaye Idikio
Famous Opening Lines
Many of us book lovers have a favourite opening line from a novel. One that stood out and has and remained ingrained in our memories. Today we're sharing some of our favourite famous opening lines. #1 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the … Continue reading Famous Opening Lines
What to Expect When You’re Expecting…Edits
As a writer, you do your best to create an error-free masterpiece. A work that lights up a reader's imagination and paints a picture for them just as you saw it while you sat at the computer (or typewriter?) The editing process Whether you submit your writing to get published with The Bolo Tie Collective, … Continue reading What to Expect When You’re Expecting…Edits
Weekend Writing Prompts: NEW BEGINNINGS
Welcome back to another year of writing prompts to get your creative juices flowing. Since this is the start of a new academic year, we thought we'd start things off by writing about new beginnings. Poetry: Write about starting fresh. Maybe it's about moving to a new city or starting a new chapter of your life … Continue reading Weekend Writing Prompts: NEW BEGINNINGS
YEG Lit: March Events
Somehow it's March already. With just over a month to go until the end of the school year, it's tempting to sit here and wonder where the time went. Eight months when you're a kid seem to take forever to pass; not so, when you're busy adulting. Then again, when we think back to September … Continue reading YEG Lit: March Events
Looking Ahead to March
With a new month around the corner, it's time to highlight a few publishing deadlines that are fast approaching. As usual, the parameters are short fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry based in Canada (sometimes, but not necessarily, restricted to Canadian citizens and residents.) Dollar values are in loonies. Click on the links for full and … Continue reading Looking Ahead to March
YEG Lit: Upcoming Events
Of course, the focus here in Bolo Tie Land is on the thriving literary community at MacEwan University. But there's also a city all around us, and that city has literary goings-on of its own. Here are some lit events that will be happening over the next few weeks in sunny Edmonton. Oct. 26: 7 … Continue reading YEG Lit: Upcoming Events
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