By Tracey Arialwww.thesuburban.com The largest room at the Elgar Centre on Nun’s Island was packed last Monday night for a public consultation hearing...
Copyright: A boring word has become a war
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com Years ago, a guide for Canadian writers called copyright “the most boring word in the English language.” The autho...
Four crucial social media tools
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com I created a video about how I use four crucial social media tools: Yahoo for groups, Facebook for friends, Twitter...
Rhythmic writing
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com Most people recognize that poets, Dr. Seuss and Shakespeare use rhythm to make stories more powerful, but any writ...
Canadian blogs I love
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com There are four types of blogs I love reading: community news, informative rants, personal musings, and blogs about...
Everyone loves Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com It’s been only eight years since Chief Inspector Armand Gamache was introduced to mystery fans, but he already fee...
Notre Dame de la Paix demolition, Nun’s Island school construction
Verdun plans to demolish Notre Dame de la Paix church and build school on Nun’s Island By Tracey Arial www.thesuburban.com At a special meeting called...
The challenges of literary non-fiction
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com Literary nonfiction is a work that reads like a novel, but includes only fact and presumed facts. The “presumed fa...
Blogging for the technically challenged
By Tracey Arial www.traceyarial.com I asked one of my favourite Canadian bloggers, Lisa MacColl, to describe her experience using Blogspot as a respon...
Jones says no to September parole meeting
Non-licensed investor will not seek parole in October By Kevin Woodhouse www.thesuburban.com Last week, the victims of fraudulent businessman Earl Jon...