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July 4, 2014
Road Trip Madness!
I *love* a road trip. And I declare the next two weeks super duper road trip insanity time!
Tomorrow, Roomy and I are helping our good friends Mary and Dylan move to New Brunswick. Mary was one of the writers featured at On The Brink, and she's pretty much the reason the event happened, knowing she was leaving Ottawa shortly. Well, that horrible time has come, so Roomy and I will see them all
Tomorrow, Roomy and I are helping our good friends Mary and Dylan move to New Brunswick. Mary was one of the writers featured at On The Brink, and she's pretty much the reason the event happened, knowing she was leaving Ottawa shortly. Well, that horrible time has come, so Roomy and I will see them all
June 25, 2014
Why She-Ra Matters
Today marks the re-entry of She-Ra into the Masters of the Universe world. Well,for the main line of comics, anyway.Well, Adora has been *in* them, but not as She-Ra yet.
Well, she's on the cover, transforming, at a point in the story line where it would make sense that she becomes She-Ra. In comic book time, that means it'll happen within three to six issues. I hope.
The He-Man line
Well, she's on the cover, transforming, at a point in the story line where it would make sense that she becomes She-Ra. In comic book time, that means it'll happen within three to six issues. I hope.
The He-Man line
June 19, 2014
GUEST POST - Dead Goldfish Stay Dead: On Abandoning Novels
I'm a big fan of "pushing through" and "getting it done." But, the reality is that, sometimes, novels can't be saved and burnout can happen to even the sturdiest of writers. I chatted with KT about this at Ad Astra, and was thrilled that she agreed to send me a post on the subject. Here's KT's story. I'm hoping I'll be adding more of these!
When I was young, I had goldfish. There is an
When I was young, I had goldfish. There is an
June 18, 2014
Peterborough Tomorrow Night
Join me tomorrow in Peterborough for a Mythic Night! Derek Newman-Stille of Speculating Canada and the upcoming ChiSeries Peterborough will be hosting the event! Check out this interview with him about the event.
The talented Karen Dudley was going to also read, but unfortunately had to head back home to take care of her sick daughter (much love and happy wishes to the Dudleys!) (I dropped
The talented Karen Dudley was going to also read, but unfortunately had to head back home to take care of her sick daughter (much love and happy wishes to the Dudleys!) (I dropped
June 16, 2014
The Iliad - Some Final Words
The Iliad took place on Saturday at the National Arts Centre. This one major epic took months of preparation and then took 18 tellers and 12 hours to tell.
I could say so much about the process and the story. I'm still working it all out myself. The characters who are both heroic and villainous, the lack of nameless deaths, the battlefield upon which the chariot wheels kicked up gore and
I could say so much about the process and the story. I'm still working it all out myself. The characters who are both heroic and villainous, the lack of nameless deaths, the battlefield upon which the chariot wheels kicked up gore and
May 13, 2014
You Should Be Writing
I know. I know.
May 6, 2014
Rules to Living a Creative Life
Be Creative
This messagewas brought to you by the League Against Evil Numbered Lists That Could Not Possibly Represent Creativity For They Are Uncreative In their Nature
(AKA League of Stop Categorizing and Boxing In Creativity. Damn it.)
This messagewas brought to you by the League Against Evil Numbered Lists That Could Not Possibly Represent Creativity For They Are Uncreative In their Nature
(AKA League of Stop Categorizing and Boxing In Creativity. Damn it.)
May 1, 2014
The Thread
Yesterday, I had the honour of being a guest speaker at the cultural diplomacy symposium of the European Union delegation to Canada, which was held at Carleton University. There were five speakers in all, each asked to speak to a wide range of subjects - from creative integrity to the role of cybercities in writing. The event was kicked off by my friend Cristina Perissonotto, an academic and
April 28, 2014
Social Media and Writers
Last week, the Ottawa Independent Writers invited me to give another workshop on social media for writers, after a very fun one in January 2013. Always a great group, I was thrilled to be invited again.
Because they remembered me from last year, they plied me with sweets. Very smart. No one perished, but there was an alarmingly high amount of talk about beheadings.
For anyone interested,
Because they remembered me from last year, they plied me with sweets. Very smart. No one perished, but there was an alarmingly high amount of talk about beheadings.
For anyone interested,
April 7, 2014
Ad Astra - How I Love Thee
This weekend was a romp in Toronto. We
left Ottawa at noon with a car full of Ottawa writers. (Several such cars leaving
from Ottawa around the same time. I truly regret not suggesting a caravan.
Because caravans are cool.) My car was also full of party supplies for the
CAN-CON party, but we managed to tuck everything in okay.
I had a panel at 8 and another at 9. Based on these two panels,
left Ottawa at noon with a car full of Ottawa writers. (Several such cars leaving
from Ottawa around the same time. I truly regret not suggesting a caravan.
Because caravans are cool.) My car was also full of party supplies for the
CAN-CON party, but we managed to tuck everything in okay.
I had a panel at 8 and another at 9. Based on these two panels,
