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Caturday Quickies: The Sulphur III launch reading2 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 1 month ago: Last night, I attended the launch reading for Sulphur, Laurentian University’s Literary Journal, iss … more →

Tags: Authorial name dropping, Sudbury Arts Council, art gallery of sudbury, Natalie Wilson, Greater Sudbury Public Library, Paulette Dahl, Kevin Smith, sulphur, The Little Montreal

Bits and pieces3 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 2 months ago: First: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Though my mom was adopted, she was of Irish descent.  It was somethi … more →

Tags: facebook, guinness, Hally Willmott, Irish, Melanie Marttila, nuala, pupdate, Remembering Dad, saint patrick's day

The next chapter: Diving back in4 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 2 months ago: The last of my caturday quickies is a bit of an update on the work in progress (WIP) and other writi … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Melanie Marttila, Author, Short Story, Poetry, Work In Progress 2, Arts, writing, League of Canadian Poets

Caturday Quickies: The Very Inspiring Blog Award2 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 2 months ago: Vikki Thompson nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blog Award! It’s so nice to be recognized by your … more →

Tags: Melanie Marttila, University of Windsor, Lara Britt, Lara Schiffbauer, vikki-thompson, very inspiring blog award, MMORPG, Erin Brady Pike, Claudine Jaboro

The next chapter: update February 17, 2013

Melanie Marttila wrote 3 months ago: Just a brief catch-up here on what’s been happening.  Brief, because what’s been happening = not muc … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Author, Beneath the Foundations, Fiction, Gerod and the Lions, in places between, Initiate of Stone, Melanie Marttila, Poetry

What a lovely way to start the New Year!7 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 4 months ago: Hey y’all!  Jay Morris of The Wayward Journey nominated Writerly Goodness for the Sunshine Award  As … more →

Tags: Blog, Melanie Marttila, karen woodward, twitter, Brian Braden, Wordsmith Studio, Khara House, sunshine award, Lara Britt

The best of Writerly Goodness 2012

Melanie Marttila wrote 4 months ago: Well, since I only started blogging (in this incarnation) in March, it’s not been a year yet online, … more →

Tags: Melanie Marttila, Poetry, Tips for Writers, Work In Progress 2, Character Sketches, Writers Resources, suzanne collins, Larry Brooks, Happiness Project

The Next Big Thing - Initiate of Stone2 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 4 months ago: My friend, Kim Fahner tagged me in this project in which the writer answers questions about their wo … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Blog, Melanie Marttila, Fiction, Writers Resources, Brian Braden, Online Writing, Scott Overton, working title

God bless us, every one!

Melanie Marttila wrote 4 months ago: Just a brief post today to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! christmas-ball-party02.jpg (Photo credit … more →

Tags: Melanie Marttila, Christmas, Doctor Who, new year, sound of music, Holiday

The Narcoleptic Madonna Launch, Dec. 7, 20122 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 5 months ago: Lovely night!  Music, poetry, and beautiful art.  Inspiring in all kinds of ways   Thanks, Kim, for … more →

Tags: Authorial name dropping, Melanie Marttila, Poet, Poetry, sudbury writers guild, Thorneloe University Theatre, You Must Imagine the Cold Here, Braille on Water, The Narcoleptic Madonna

Our Lakes Shall Set Us Free - November 6, 2012

Melanie Marttila wrote 6 months ago: A chilly night for a poetry anthology launch, but as several of my Sudbury Writers’ Guild friends we … more →

Tags: Authorial name dropping, Poetry, sudbury writers guild, Your Scrivener Press, Vera Constantineau, Irene Golas, Roger Nash, John Rice, Ignatius Fay

100 thousand poets for change in North Bay, September 29, 2012

Melanie Marttila wrote 7 months ago: Please note: this post originally appeared as a guest post on John Rice’s Keeper of the Sword … more →

Tags: Authorial name dropping, Melanie Marttila, Poet, Poetry, NEOVerse, Michael Rothenberg, Nipissing University, Doctor Who, northern Ontario

Resistance is futile ... or is it?15 comments

Melanie Marttila wrote 8 months ago: This has been a rough week, the second of two spent out of town for the day job.  I’m exhausted, fee … more →

Tags: Alchemy Ink, Melanie Marttila, Depression, writer, writing, Margaret Scorthorne, criticism, Count your blessings, Friends

The Windsor years and what they really taught me

Melanie Marttila wrote 1 year ago: Last time on My history as a so-called writer: I found awesomeness at Laurentian University I should … more →

Tags: My History as a so-called writer, Melanie Marttila, autobiography, University of Guelph, Laurentian University, University of Windsor, Laurie Smith, Cambrian College, Alistair Macleod

Finding awesomeness at Laurentian University

Melanie Marttila wrote 1 year ago: It was a brave new world and I had a newfound dedication to my studies. Phil didn’t turn out t … more →

Tags: My History as a so-called writer, Melanie Marttila, autobiography, Laurentian University, Bel Canto Chorus, Parsec Magazine, Susanna Kearsley, Dr. Susan Dobra, Margaret Scorthorne

somnambulance

Melanie Marttila wrote 1 year ago: i find myself sleeping in the comfortable part of the mattress where it learned to accommodate you. … more →

Tags: Select Poems, robert lee brewer, Melanie Marttila, Art, Poet, Poetry, National Poetry Month, Performance and Presentation, Somnambulance


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