This page features our current writing projects—be it a short story, a novel, or a shopping list.
What Maria is working on:
- “Poison Pen” (short story, awarded third prize in BPL All-Nighter Short Story Writing Contest, Jan. 2010)
- “A Perfect Envelope” (flash fiction, published by Every Day Fiction, June 2010)
- “Special Collections” (short story, in progress)
- “Thief” (novel, contemporary fiction, in progress)
- “Camy’s Chains” (novel, urban fantasy, in progress)
- “Out of the factory, into the kitchen” (personal essay, published in the Globe & Mail, Apr. 2009)
What Beckie is working on:
- “Billie Boots, Your Roots are Showing” (novel, middle-grade fiction, on submission)
- “My Cat is an Alien” (children’s picture book, on submission)
- “From Nebula to Here” (screenplay). Finalist: 2009 Blue Cat Screenplay Competition & hon. mention: 77th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, 2008).
- “From Vile to Vegas” (personal essay, published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Nov. 2011)
- “Little Earthlings: Storytelling for Environmental Change” (non-fiction/environmental, proposal on submission)
- “Paradise Lights” (novel, young adult fiction, in progress)
- “The Safest Town in America” (novel, thriller, in progress)
For a list of publishing credits — professional, click here.
What Lori is working on:
- “My Red Carpet Crush” (novel, chick-lit, querying agents)
- “In the Cards” (flash fiction, published!)
- “Revenge of the Slow, Fat, Triathlete” (personal essay, published!)
- “Children & Media – What’s the Big Deal?” (article, published!)
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Lori Dyan
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