Crystal Stranaghan

Well, the first copy has anyways! Our proof arrived yesterday and books will be printed on Monday. It looks fantastic – and we’re super excited. Thanks to all of you who contributed feedback and ideas. Many thank-yous to everyone! The website is up and running www.diningout101.com and we’ll be adding to it in the weeks [...]

I recently presented at the BCTLA Conference in Burnaby and my session was on integrating technology (and various gadgets like iPods, iPhones, cell phones etc.) into high school classrooms. I thought it might be useful to share my handout content here for anyone who didn’t get a chance to attend the session. DOWNLOAD HANDOUTS HERE: Resources [...]

Lately I have been spending a great deal of my time editing children’s stories that other authors have written, as well as working away on the 13th floor series. I find myself revisiting often this list of things you should (and should not) do as you create/edit your own children’s stories. I’ve listed them below, [...]

Just a reminder to everyone that the Live Your Dream weekend of workshops in Parksville BC is coming up quickly (THIS WEEKEND!). The Saturday is all about Publishing Options and Sunday is about building a web presence for yourself as an author or other creative professional.We’ll be teaching about blogging, facebook, twitter and how to [...]

There’s a fantastic new site out there for reluctant readers that is definitely worth checking into. It’s called Keen Readers and they have book reviews, writing contests, author interviews – all kinds of cool stuff. One of the founders is a friend and colleague of mine – Pam Withers – who also happens to be [...]