Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Interior Authors Group Christmas Social
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
how to get your book into libraries
links at the end of the article.
https://www.janefriedman.com/6-steps-to-get-into-libraries-self-pub/
Saturday, November 16, 2019
author Shirley Dodding, Interior Authors Group past president
Monday, October 21, 2019
writing a synopsis of your novel
Are you thinking of querying a traditional publisher or literary agent about your novel? They may want a synopsis (or summary). A synopsis hits the story's high spots including giving away the ending. How can you do all that in 4 or 5 pages? With difficulty if you're like most novelists. Here are some articles that may help.
https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-write-a-novel-synopsis/
https://jerichowriters.com/synopsis/
Sunday, October 20, 2019
the name Epp--what does it mean?
One of my great-grandmothers was MARIA EPP [1872-1926]. She's the woman at the far left in the photo. I did some digging to see what the name EPP means. A book on German names, DEUTSCHE NAMENKUNDE by Max Gottschald, says it came from the old German personal names EBERHARD and EBURWIN. These, in turn, came from EBER, meaning wild boar. Wild boar, or pigs, were among prized game. Naming somebody after the fierce strong boar was probably a compliment. Shortened forms of the name include EBO, EB, EVER, EWERS, ABBO, EPPO, and EPP. Several other sources agree with this. They include the book MENNONITISCHE NAMEN by Victor Peters and Jack Thiessen.
DEUTSCHE NAMENKUNDE says the name EPP also came from the old German personal names ADALBOLD, ADALBRECHT, ADALBERT, and similar. These, in turn, came from ADEL, meaning nobility or aristocracy. Shortened forms of these names, which are many, include APP and EPP.
The above authors do not explain how the B of EBER or the D of ADEL became the P of EPP. Since EPP is a short simple name, it could have started quite separately in the two different ways mentioned above. This could help explain why the name was widespread in Germanic areas from at least the 1300s on. Mennonite researcher Horst Penner says it was common all the way from Switzerland in the south to Friesland in the north.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
contacts: traditional publishing & self-publishing
Traditional publishers in Canada https://canadianauthors.org/national/canadian-book-publishers/
Literary agents in Canada https://www.writersunion.ca/literary-agents
Self-publishing general information https://writersguild.ca/resources/self-publishing/
Article that includes lists of self-publishing companies in Canada & the US https://3pennypublishing.com/selfpublishing-companies/