DarkWater Editing

08/02/2024

We are accepting submissions until August 31, 2024. Please review the submission guidelines page on our website for more information. We look forward to reading your work!

https://www.orcabook.com/AuthorGuidelines

07/02/2024

How local indie bookstores in Victoria, BC are winning 
loyal customers and beating the odds.

06/14/2024

Just a quick reminder that the moral of the Pied Piper story is not that strangers aren't to be trusted but rather to pay your damned freelancers.

04/04/2024

Congratulations to David L. Jones, whose book New World Dreams is a finalist for the Writers' Guild of Alberta's Alberta Literary Awards.

03/12/2024

https://janefriedman.com/the-case-for-pursuing-a-traditional-publishing-deal-without-an-agent/?fbclid=IwAR1AznDGmFQkhHglwMnRBA2OV2h2Jkqy3bXTikmvwe3wDcprhIh5zo7QsGI

Kicking off your publishing career with a small press is a great way to get to know the industry, build your author profile, and establish a reputation.

02/23/2024

02/23/2024

Worked on both In Our Youth and Failed to Return—both were excellent.

Soar into a good book this National Aviation Day. Did you know Canadians have been flying all types of aircrafts for 100+ years?

02/14/2024

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cormac-mccarthys-valentines-day-candy-hearts

Taken from works of the late great Cormac McCarthy. - - -

01/24/2024

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/24405899-just-say-no-to-artificial-intelligence-in-your-creative-pursuits-please

Art is about people. This is obvious and simplistic on the face of it but I think it’s important to remind ourselves of this–Art is about people.It is by...

11/13/2023

Artist: Christoph Niemann

10/31/2023

Tom Gauld

09/16/2023

https://www.brilliantagency.co.uk/blog/digital/stop-grammar-time-top-5-common-grammar-errors-that-you-need-to-change/

Whether you’re a professional writer, a self-professed grammar enthusiast, or someone who worships Grammarly as a gift from the gods, you’ll be forgiven for making errors in your writing. It happens to the best of us. Particularly, if you’re checking...

09/10/2023

https://annerallen.com/2023/09/terrible-advice-writers-should-ignore/

Terrible advice for writers abounds on the Internet, along with fantastic information. Learn to w**d it out and ignore these things

05/12/2023

Joel is a client of mine, and he's currently up for the Crime Writers of Canada award for best, unpublished manuscript (announced May 25). I could not be more excited for the guy.

A Conversation with Joel NedeckyJoel Nedecky was shortlisted for The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, sponsored by ECW Press, for his novel THE BROKEN ...

02/06/2023

https://twitter.com/SalmanRushdie/status/1622656252911271937

“The photo in is dramatic and powerful but this, more prosaically, is what I actually look like. 😊”

02/06/2023

Illustrator: Bob Eckstein