Qu’Appelle Valley – Photo Credit: Shannon Dyck
Writing The Will: What I learned along the way
The Will is an historical novel that I’ve always wanted to write,
always needed to write, having collected the material for years in my head and in large cardboard boxes, until one day it started spilling out onto paper.
Andrew Gordon
It’s based on the lives of my grandfather, Alfie Stewart, and his
neighbour and friend, Andrew Gordon, who lived and farmed down the road on the Pasqua Indian Reservation.
Alfie Stewart
The story is based on true events that took place on the cusp of the Great Depression on the Canadian Prairies in and around the legendary Qu’Appelle Valley.
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Join Gayle Online for Book Bytes
I’m reading my work for an event next month! Please join me online at noon on Wednesday, September 10, when I’ll be reading some of my work at the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild event, Book Bytes. Book Bytes is a lunchtime online reading series celebrating the work of Saskatchewan writers of diverse genres, identities, and experience…
The Blizzard
Time slides away like snow slithering over an open field, often imperceptibly. I see that such is the case when I look back to my last website entry, posted well over a year ago. Since that last post, I’ve been absorbed in the task of completing the manuscript for The Will; head down, draft after…
Psychic Insight
To keep us squirts amused during the summer months, Margaret, my grandmother often humoured us by reading our tea leaves to predict the future as she sat with us in her pink polyester pyjamas, snug in her kitchen after breakfast, the fire in the wood-burning stove behind us, giving off one last crack before burning…
Here I will provide blog posts with glimpses into the process of writing
this manuscript, as well as selected excerpts.
Want to get in touch about writing or publishing? Please send me an email!
Gayle Nemeth: Writing The Will 