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Heretic - The Death of the Syndhat Dar: Read my latest story in this year's Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers anthology.

Legacy - Sword of Songs: Read my first published story in the 2022 Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers anthology.
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The Difference A Week Makes

Hello friends. I return, as promised, after a week away for a writing retreat. I was with the same group of people last year for a similar weekend. We were at a different location this year and had an extra day, but […]

ErinMarch 25, 2024
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The Numbers Game

I’ve written a lot in the last year about trying to achieve consistency in my editing and the mental health struggles that complicate the process. Thanks to a great convention experience in October and an editing reboot in November with NaNoWriMo, I […]

ErinJanuary 21, 2024
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I Can’t Help Myself And Neither Can My Friends

My whole life, I’ve never been able to leave an idea alone. You give my brain a scenario and on some level I’m writing a story for it. Not necessarily a fantastical one – I just need to run everything to a […]

ErinJanuary 14, 2024
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And So It Begins

Here we are, beginning another year. I’ve said in the past that I don’t really set New Year’s resolutions for myself. That hasn’t changed. There’s been no blazing return to my every day writing habit, as I find recovery from the holidays […]

ErinJanuary 7, 2024
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Ending the Year

Hello friends. This will be my last entry for the year, as next week finds me back on the east coast visiting my family and I expect I’ll be doing something with friends for the New Year’s weekend. However you experience this […]

ErinDecember 17, 2023December 17, 2023
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A Little Year-End Gratitude

As we close in on the end of the year, the Toronto Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers group held their annual holiday party last night. This event was combined with a book launch for one of our members (you can find his project […]

ErinDecember 10, 2023
Editing Gratitude Inspiration Introspection

A Small Victory

Hello friends. I don’t have a ton to tell you about this week, but what I do have is good. The new daily writing habit continues and persists, as does my restored enthusiasm. It’s been so joyous to feel the love of […]

ErinNovember 20, 2023
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The Problem of Finite Resources

I’m extremely pleased to report that I’ve maintained my daily editing habit this week. Progress is slow, as I’m still finding editing and re-writing to be a much more difficult and clunky process than just writing, but progress is being made. My […]

ErinNovember 12, 2023
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Back In The Saddle

Last week I said I was going to tackle NaNoWriMo again this year and use it for motivation to work on my editing. That started Wednesday and I’m very happy to say that this has been the best week of writing I’ve […]

ErinNovember 5, 2023
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Restarting

I wish I could say that this past week was full of inspiration and victories in the wake of my convention in Ottawa and receiving the new anthology I was published in. Unfortunately, it was another week of feeling too drained and […]

ErinOctober 29, 2023

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