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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
November has passed and took NaMoWriMo with it. I feel like I had a very successful NaNo, with only three days I didn’t work on my novel. While it’s supposed to be an every day thing, I will always cut myself some […]
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 […]
I’m writing this late after returning home from a fantastic weekend. On Friday I travelled to Ottawa with friends from my writing group to attend Can Con, a sci-fi and fantasy literature convention aimed at authors. Can Con is open to anyone […]
Those who have been following me for a while might remember that last year I participated in an event to write and edit a complete short story in 24 hours. A book was published with the stories from all the participants, including […]
Every week I sit down to write this entry and wish I could tell you that this is the week everything came together again and I’m back on track. Unsurprisingly, it’s not that easy. I am, however, happy to say that I […]