Work independently and at your own pace as you learn how to put together the building blocks of fiction. Great for newbies and emerging writers.
Not your average blue pencil session, this consultation with Gail is a full workshop. Book at any time.
Gail's flagship course. In this one-on-one, private, four-month online mentorship, Gail will guide you as you put together your fiction project.
For writers with a complete draft. Gail digs deep into your manuscript's big picture story elements -- themes, story goals, conflicts and structure, character arcs, pacing, point of view, and dialogue -- to help you develop your project to the fullest.
Meet Gail for a 20-minute Zoom session to get a sample edit or discuss which one of Gail's services is right for you.
Alpha and beta readers give feedback on a manuscript from a reader’s perspective. Move your project forward with this affordable service.
Gail offers library and book club reading events as well as writing workshops for organizations and private groups.
This week-long writing retreat in the Shuswap region of British Columbia is timed to coincide with the sockeye run on the Adams River, a natural wonder.
Tips on how to craft vivid scene that allows the reader to experience events right along with the characters.
Insights into the writing process and what a writer's day really looks like, as well as perspectives on research and writing from real life.
Advice on the many ways you can make your characters come alive on the page for both you and your reader.
What is the best perspective from which to tell your story? Writers discuss how they made choices on point of view and voice.
Writers talk about how they use situation and setting to build story and convey emotion.
From how to work in different genres to finding the real story, writers offer good advice on building conflict and structure.
Tips on how to gain distance from your work and to how to re-imagine your next draft.
Writers offer practical advice on the business of writing and promotion, and on the importance of finding a writing community.
Writers offer words of wisdom on living on less.
Writers talk about their life as a writer.
Gail's novels have been national and international bestsellers and two have been short-listed for the Giller Prize, among other awards. She works with writers from around the world on her online teaching forums.