Sylvia McNicoll
Canadian Author for Young People
The Penthouse Classroom
These are my grade 5 students at Alexander Public School along with their plucky teacher Mme Auger. In the morning I taught Mme Dimarco’s grade 6s but they don’t have such a beautiful view from their classroom. We were discussing description in a story as mood…
Sudbury–Imax Festival
It’s a five hour drive to Sudbury but you don’t notice it when you’re listening to a nine hour unabridged book. It was called The Secret Between Us. How annoying when I weeks. Effective grow really ghrcs.co.za generic viagra overnight After…
Free fall and I don’t even mean writing
As you approach the Niagara Falls Freefall Indoor Activity Centre, you hear the roar of a jetplane engine. The blue and red figure floating on the tower looks vaguely like Superman, a hero from my youth. The other part of the building is a triangle made of glass…
Indoor Skydiving–Part of the writing process
Because my main character Jade in Death on Youtube makes a list of ten things she has to do or achieve before she dies (a second time, she’s on a two week replay) I felt I had to try something she would do in order to write the scene authentically. In the late…
Best Christmas Card of all–from Beauty
I liked all the Christmas cards I received. Friends are another of the treasures of life. But feeling that you’ve made a difference is probably the most exciting aspect of being a writer. It’s not always reflected in royalties, reviews or awards. This…
The Best of Christmas
The presents weren’t the highlight of Christmas. I guess they never are. Enjoying the Spencer Smith Park lights are a tradition. Going to Hunter’s Teddy Bear Concert is another. We took William and Jadzia to the free train in Gore Park, downtown Hamilton….
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