Writer's Block

In this inaugural millennial issue, Writer’s Block sets the stage for upcoming editions by focusing on topics and issues that affect Canadians in the writing trade. In this issue, Writer’s Block Contributing Editor Lorie Boucher examines what makes a text truly Canadian, and long-time translator Anne-Marie Mayotte defines the two camps on either side of that curious Canadian hybrid Franglais. Bookmark our new Canadian Web address.

	The Evolving Canadiana What Makes a Text Canadian — The Citizenship of Its Author or the Culture-Specific Insight of Its Prose? Writer’s Block Contributing Editor Lorie Boucher struggles with traditional notions of what makes a text truly Canadian.
	Franglais in Canada — Does It Facilitate or Impede Clear Expression? Established French translator Anne-Marie Mayotte pits the Pragmatic Many against the Snobbish Few in an attempt to discover what, if anything, Franglais contributes to clear expression.
	Becoming Your Own Corporation — Boon or Bust? Writers today are being advised to stop thinking in terms of building a life-long career with one employer, and instead view themselves as a one-person corporation offering specialized services to whomever is willing to pay the highest price.
	Writing In Flow Susan K. Perry is the latest of a string of authors who have grabbed on to a new theory of writing called "flow" as a solution to overcoming common writing hurdles.
	Crazy for You Origins Guy goes crazy.
	More origins for "to vet" and "for crying out loud."