Kyla said, “I wanted to contribute to this book because Alyssa is a friend and I was interested in the subject matter. #Vallum poetry professional#After I’d revised it a few times, I hired professional editor Kyla Neufeld (also a friend of mine!) to take a professional’s eyes to it. I self-edited a few times before sending my book out to critique partners and beta (initial) readers in about two batches. She lives in Winnipeg with her two grapefruit trees, Jemmaline and Janae.Ī large part of writing and publishing a book is many stages of editing. When she’s not playing or watching D&D, she works at a library, answering random questions and chanting weird rhymes at babies. I feel honoured to be a part of it.”Įrin Toews has spent most of her life immersed in stories, both of her own creation and others. Alyssa’s book holds true to who she is-honest, thoughtful, and fun. I knew of her writing abilities and had always been impressed with her organizational skills. Alyssa and I became friends while attending university together. When Alyssa asked me to contribute to her book and told me what it was to be about, I was thrilled. Having struggled with my own mental health, writing on the topic came naturally. “The written word is a good friend of mine. I commissioned both of them to write a few pieces about mental health or friendship, to add more perspectives, but mostly because I just wanted to include my friends.Ĭontributor: Poems My friend ED, Ode to a Cinnamon Bun, and Twins: 15 months Apart. Today, I want to introduce you to some of them, and let them speak for themselves on their experience reading and working on my book.Įven though this is a love story is not an anthology, it features the work of two of my writer-friends, Amelia Warkentin, and Erin Toews. My book is not only about my friendships, but is created entirely in collaboration with my talented friends. The latter half is the resolution, found in my friends. The beginning is the “problem”, journeying through poems and essays about anxiety, depression, and other mental health struggles. I purposefully decided I didn’t want section breaks in this is a love story because I wanted it to read like a narrative, with a beginning, middle, end, climax, and resolution. Hope I draw from my friendships and other relationships in my life. It’s about struggles with mental illness, yes, but it’s also a story of hope. There is a reason I titled my book this is a love story. Read until the end of this newsletter for an excerpt from my book! Read the first instalment, story matters, here. Over the next four months, I am going into the “story behind the story” of the creation of my book.
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