I finished a story before Christmas, and had my first reader comments. I feel like I’m working incredibly slowly, over the last year, as...

For the first time ever, I’m linking to another blog post, because I think it’s really important. Human beings need to move. As our lives...

I cleaned my office. I mean, I really cleaned my office. First, I kicked out my husband. He was laid off/retired (it came with a package,...

During a recent trip to the Rockies I played with our new camera with an amazing zoom lens. Mountain peaks shrouded in clouds, close ups...

I met a boy at a writing event. He was in grade six. He told me, “My teacher said I can’t be a writer because I can’t spell.” I was so...

There’s a sweet spot in the summer for me, when the heat backs off and my lungs recover from really, really hating that. When we get just...

I’m reading Wired for Story by Lisa Cron. It’s forcing me to think about story and writing in a new way. Perhaps other writers know these...

I’ve hired an editing coach. I’m learning to look at story in a totally new way. I’ve worked with editors at publishing houses, but it’s...

I’ve had a tough summer, forced indoors and into inactivity by allergies and asthma. I’ve learned to take advantage of early mornings...

Stuck in bed on a sick day, lungs overloaded by heat and pollen and smoke, I fell into a story and inhaled the book in a day – The...

Allergies and asthma fell me in hot weather – I stay inside, with filters running, being quiet. But I sneak out early, to enjoy the day...

Friday night I spoke at Word In The West, a literacy event in Mountainview County, north of Calgary. I presented to a crowd of kids and...

I’ve been working with an editor (thanks to Wordfest for two free sessions, and the introduction to Caralee). I’m working my way through...

I seem to be in recovery mode, slow with little brain, as I catch up on everything I’ve let slip in the last few months. I’m determined...

We’ve been slogging since late December – moving my husband’s parents into assisted living, cleaning out and selling their house,...

I woke this morning to a rain-cleaned world, birds singing, the garden in bloom. The front pear tree is flowering, two weeks earlier than...

I’m drowning in details. My husband’s parents moved to assisted living in January, and we cleaned out and sold their house. My mom moved...

I’ve been terrible at writing blogs posts over the last few months. I’ve had a series of colds through the winter, and I tend to focus...