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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.
Editing Introspection Milestones

Cresting the Hill

An important milestone happened yesterday – I hit the halfway point in editing my novel. When I checked my word count, I randomly decided to see how many words I had remaining, and I was almost exactly at the midpoint. The work […]

ErinMarch 10, 2024
Community Editing Publishing

The Shape of Things

I’m happy to say that it’s been another decent week for productivity. I did manage to get some editing done most days, though my daily word counts have been a bit lower. That’s to be expected because I’m currently doing a full […]

ErinJanuary 28, 2024
Community Gratitude Inspiration Introspection

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
Community Editing Gratitude Inspiration Introspection

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
Community Editing Gratitude Inspiration Meaning

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
Character Editing Introspection Practice

Talking To Myself

This week in one of my writing groups it was my turn to share a piece. I’ve been sharing chapters of my novel as I work through the rewrites. Every chapter of my book starts with an “excerpt” from a book that […]

ErinNovember 26, 2023
Community Editing Fear Inspiration Introspection

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
Community Editing Gratitude Inspiration Introspection

Expansion and Joy

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 […]

ErinOctober 16, 2023
Community Depression Editing Gratitude Introspection

In Which Progress Is Made

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 […]

ErinJuly 9, 2023
Editing Introspection patience Practice

Redirecting A River

When I have a story to tell, it lives in my head for as long as it takes to be written. I’ve mentioned several times that my novel lived in the back of my mind for 20+ years before I wrote it. […]

ErinJuly 2, 2023

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