My name is Anya Hales, and I live in southern Ontario, Canada. This is my first website and blog — a natural progression, I think, of my passion for the written word. I’ve been a bookstore clerk, a proofreader, an editor, and a typesetter. I’ve done freelance writing for a magazine, and I’ve been a librarian. Now, I’d like to share what I have gleaned, and some writing of my own, with you.

More than anything, I love a good story. So, I’ve begun this website as a way to keep my writing muscles in shape, to offer any writing advice that I’ve found helpful, and to talk, from a writer’s perspective, about the books I’m reading. In addition to my written pieces, the photos and artwork included are mine as well (with the exception of this photo and the photo in “My Place on the River,” which were gifted to me by my husband).

I have always been a storyteller at heart. That is what I love to do most and what I plan to do here. Also, I’m still learning, and I hope this will be a place that motivates other growing writers to write often and to write well.