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Author: Ace Baker
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Reading at VPL on February 6th
On February 6th, I’ll be doing a reading and chat with three other writers in the Writers Showcase at the downtown Vancouver Library (Central, the one that looks like the Roman Coliseum). I’ll be reading from my short story collection, How to Make a Killing Jar, but I was thrilled to find out that one…
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My book on TV!
For about a week now, my book of short stories, HOW TO MAKE A KILLING JAR, has been on newscaster Keith Baldry’s bookshelf! I’ve seen it on the news almost half a dozen times now! Look for the woman in the orange dress…!!!
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Article in WordWorks Magazine
Speaking of FBCW, earlier in the year, I had the pleasure of writing an article for Volume 3, 2023 of WordWorks, their magazine. My piece was titled “Breaking the Singles Barrier: Mastering the art of multi-book sales.” You can read that entire issue here: WordWorks
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Catching up: FBCW Shortlist Times Two!
Ok, ok, so I’m sad about the fact that I didn’t make it to the top two positions… but I’m quite thrilled that I made the shortlist in not one, but two categories in The Federation of BC Writers latest contest: https://bcwriters.ca/2023LiteraryContest My flash fiction story, “The Match,” and my short story, “Wave Runner,” both…
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POWER POSITIONS IN PROSE: Niloufar-Lily Soltani’s ZULAIKHA
I met Lily Soltani at the Robson Indigo bookstore this past weekend, where she was doing a book signing. In fact, I was the first to get a signed copy… I cracked open the cover, began to read, and quickly discovered what the publisher, Inanna, must have noticed when they selected this book for publication;…
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How to Make a Killing Jar: Out and About!
Ace Baker’s collection of 12+1 stories is published and is getting reviews! Find it on amazon.ca or amazon.com:
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SMART SETTINGS
Jennifer Moffat’s “Love Comes into our Sight” in The Things We Leave Behind Jennifer Moffat is a talented romance writer whose character descriptions will lodge those people in your mind for quite some time. But she makes some smart choices with setting, too. Let me show you a few smart choices she makes in her…
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Teenager SENTENCES?
No, it doesn’t look like this… A teenager sentence is simply a medium length sentence, 13 to 19 words long. They often help connect long and short sentences and can be key in creating flow in your writing. That means that in terms of sentence lengths, A. A SHORT sentence would be 1-12 words B.…
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Writing scale for May 31st
“Well if you could accuse ANYONE of being downright evil, it would be HIM!”