Etiqueta: author
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Unhealthy Traits of an Independent Writer
Perhaps the most damaging trait is that I keep everything to myself. The doubts. The pressure. The emotional weight of turning lived experience into something consumable. Writing can be cathartic, but it can also be isolating when you don’t let anyone see what it costs you.
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Reintroducing Myself: Five Years Writing Our Portuguese Story
My name is Devin Meireles, I’m a Luso-Canadian writer with exciting stories to bring you closer to this Portuguese thing of ours! 🇵🇹 🇵🇹
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Feeling Like a Real Author
This past Christmas, that response has made me feel more like a writer than ever before. Not because of numbers or milestones, but because the appetite is still there. The stories are still moving, still being shared, still finding their way into hands and hearts.
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Working Towards 100 Published Articles
After 5+ years of contributing to magazines, newspapers and literary journals, I’ve amassed a fair amount of credits. My goal is to hit 100 stories published!
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EXCLUSIVO: Devin Meireles: “It is important to know how Portuguese we are”
“It is important to know how Portuguese we are”
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Interview: A Conversation with Devin Meireles
My earliest memory was in grade school when I would write horror novellas and share my books with classmates during reading time.
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Book Now Available at Toronto Public Library
Do the work and dreams really come true! The values that I learned from my grandfather’s life is enough motivation to achieve anything.
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Excerpt from The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story – Ebook Now Available!
Diversity was pervasive in Kensington Market more than ever. The neighbourhood and surrounding area was maturing and demographics were shifting once again with even more newcomers moving in. Toronto was booming with exponential growth, evolving like a lush flower in full bloom. Construction projects were changing the downtown core as well as the people that…
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Excerpt from The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story – Ebook Now Available!
The driver dropped him off at a taxicab stand near the entrance of Union Station. Stepping out onto the wide sidewalk on Front Street with his baggage in hand, he was received by a row of columns that bestrode the facade of the station building. The Royal York Hotel emanated grandeur across the street. He…
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Excerpt from The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story – Ebook Now Available!
At the Meireles household, there was always a Christmas tree with a few ornaments, but it wasn’t wrapped with lights. A few chocolate decorations and unwrapped gifts would be under the tree. Every year, the children got a toy, either a yo-yo or a pião, the Portuguese wooden spinning top. Mostly the simple joys of…
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Excerpt from The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story – Ebook Coming 18 January 2022
Ponta Delgada had many unattached men and was an extended playing field that her village could never offer. There were gentlemen from all over the island with the potential of being “The One.” Many of them chased after the young ladies in pursuit of the same intentions. It was the matchmaker’s promised land, like bachelors…