Writing

Outside of Ordinary  

Lynn Cecil is represented by Margaret Hart at the HWS Literary Agency (http://www.hswliteraryagency.humber.ca/docs/authors/lcecil.html) and has two books on offer: a collection of literary short fiction entitled Night Swimming Through Glass and the first novel in a series of five fantasy books for Young Adults, entitled The Chronicles of Indigo Raine: Book 1: The Cartographer's Compass.

 


 

Lynn's stories, poems, and articles have appeared in various literary and academic journals in Canada and Australia, and on CBC radio. She co-edited Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories (Second Story Press, Toronto, 2005) in which thirty-two women write about how their travels around the world have affected their perspectives on life.

 


 

Some reviews of Outside of Ordinary: Womens' Travel Stories:

Molinolo, Susana. Book Review: Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories. Herizon 2007.

Vermond, Kira. Book Reviews. Broken Pencil, May 2006, Issue 31. (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories).

Simpson, Jeffrey. "Travelling Women." The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 30, 2006.

"The Herstory of Travel." CAA Magazine, Summer 2006. (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories)

Millard, Elizabeth. "Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories." ForeWord Magazine, Traverse City, Michigan, March 2006.

McNaim, Dana. "Extraordinary Adventures: Literary voyages of discovery." Monday Magazine, Victoria, B.C, February 2, 2006.  (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories)

Gordon, Katherine. "In your Eastern Bonnet...Dreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient by Barbara Hodgson, and Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories edited by Lynn Cecil and Catherine Bancroft. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, December 10, 2005, D8.

Hanlon, Michael. "Moments of Great Joy," Toronto Star, Books Section, Toronto, ON, December 4, 2005. (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories)

Rumleski, Kathy. Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories. The London Free Press, London, ON, November 28, 2005.

Cole, Susan G. "Worldly words." NOW Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 10, 2005. (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories)

Zimmerman, Emily. "Altered States: Travel anthology's authors reflect on changes of place." Prairie Dog, Regina, SK, October 27, 2005, 21. (Review of Outside of Ordinary: Women's Travel Stories)