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April 15, 2019
Blogging into Visibility
Fling!was published in 2015, my publisher told me to create a fan base. I don’t think he was referring to the kind of fan I’m used to, a mechanical object with rotating blades that whirl around and stir the air. In a way, though, I suppose the kind of fan my publisher was referring to […]
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April 8, 2019
How are writers detectives?
I’ve been thinking recently how writers are like detectives. They need to be constantly observant, picking up clues from what people are wearing, how they gesture, the words they speak, the way they interact with others. They study people’s facial expressions and what they suggest, storing away the data in their memory banks or taking […]
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April 1, 2019
Tracking Freedom
I’ve been reading about how easily our various gadgets track us, especially cell phones. What shocks me is that today’s youth are accustomed to their parents checking where they are at all times, from the time they were in grade school, and many have phone apps where they can track their friends and vice versa. I […]
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March 25, 2019
Writing into Life!
Writing is such an important part of my day that if I don’t get to it, I’m constantly distracted, as if I have a lover I’m thinking about. It’s like a siren’s call, pulling me away. My husband notices it. He comments on me seeming drifty. He’s right. I’m just not there. As happened today. […]
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March 18, 2019
Writing Groups’ Pros & Cons
Being part of an on-line writing group for several years has provided many benefits. But with the positives come a few negatives. Yes, there are many positives: Over a period of time, one learns to recognize each reader’s style of critiquing and approach to writing fiction/non-fiction. I’ve discovered that, usually, all of our critiques collectively […]
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March 11, 2019
Poetry & Perception
Many of my poems reflect a continuing interest in perception and how we try to capture fleeting moments with language. The art that comes closest to what I’m trying to do in poetry is photography, the exploration of things in the world (and in ourselves) from various angles. The attempt to penetrate surfaces by using […]
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March 4, 2019
The Evolution of Tillie, a Canadian Girl in Training!
I’ve been reworking Tillie: Portraits of a Canadian Girl in Training, a sequel to my recently released novel Freefall: A DivineComedy as part of a three-book contract from Pen-L Publishing. They wanted me to write more about Tillie, Freefall’s main character, and Portraits shows Tillie’s development from three years on to eighteen. As is usually true when I’m […]
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February 25, 2019
Timing and the Creative Process
I’m thinking today of timing—how important it is to success. Timing and perseverance: the two go together. I’m also noticing the seasonal aspect of creativity, how cyclic it is. That too is hard to grasp. I want it all the time. I’m afraid if it isn’t there, it won’t return. But I need to remember […]
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February 18, 2019
An ode to the imagination!
I tried to get started today on a children’s story of a girl sleeping in an elegant dollhouse, an image I had in a dream awhile back that has stayed with me. But I felt extremely critical of what I wrote. I had to stop…for now. Let it breathe. Let the criticalness soften—fall away. This […]
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February 11, 2019
F.S. Brown’s 5 star review of Freefall: A Divine Comedy posted in InD’tale Magazine
Freefall: A Divine Comedy Lily Iona MacKenzie Genre: Contemporary https://www.amazon.com/Freefall-Divin... MAGICAL REALISM: Tillie, Daddy, Sibyl, and Moll—they called themselves the Muskrateers—were young and crazy women with radical opinions and ideas—forty years ago. Now, with the big 6-0 looming on their horizons, they decide on a reunion. It starts out in Whistler, B.C., at Sibyl’s quirky […]
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