November is my cruellest month, but I distract myself with NaNoWriMo aka National Novel Writing Month. It inspires me to write, and also to share what I’ve learned after decades of honing this craft. I hope you find the following useful. My Approach • Set a daily goal, using words or time. Mine is 1Continue reading “On Writing”
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Together Towards Change
Honoured to be featured in the Together Towards Change newsletter, representing the Time to Change Hubs and Champions Group working to end discrimination against people with mental health problems. Click on the images below to read each page, or download the pdf here. Click here to learn more about my memoir.
My parenting blog
In a former life I created a blog called CRUNCH compass. The name pops up in my posts now and then. It was a fun creative outlet and, in hindsight, an excellent way to hone my writing skills. The tagline was “helping to navigate you through the CRUNCH,” meaning those hard early years of parenthood.Continue reading “My parenting blog”
WWC
When Words Collide When Words Collide is a literary festival that takes place in Calgary, Alberta, every August. I learned about it and attended in 2017, as an aspiring writer. This year I’m not only participating in the audience, but also as an author and speaker on four relevant and meaningful panels. Each one isContinue reading “WWC”
Workplace Bullies
Article about how to cope in a toxic work environment if your boss is a bully. Written for Together Magazine. Discrimination In The Workplace (Together Magazine) © Charise Jewell, 2013
About Me
I’m a freelance writer and editor who was an automation engineer for fifteen years. I’m also bipolar. My areas of expertise include mental health/illness, building resilience, parenting, health and fitness, and women’s fiction. Specialties:• Writing• Editing• Copy editing• Ghostwriting• Research, fact-checking, interviewing I have an Honours Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree with a Minor inContinue reading “About Me”
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