There is a profound difference between the boredom that arises from being unoccupied and the stillness that accompanies a good daydream. In this era of…
I re-read one of the first short stories I wrote and I could barely get through it. There was so much I wanted to edit…
This post is one of my favourites. It is a re-cycle, with edits, from a post I wrote ten years ago; In her 2011 autobiography,…
“Draw what you like and hope others like it too”. Charles Schulz Substitute “create” for “draw” and that advice is suitable for any medium. As…
Every week I spend some time stressing over my choice of topics for this blog. I scratch through my running list of possible ideas, pick…
My writing style has an affliction I refer to as comma-itis. Around and through my sentences and paragraphs are an abundance of commas. I tend…
On impulse one evening I googled ‘short story contests Canada’. And guess what? The CBC short story contest is under way! The deadline for submissions…
Summertime, and the living is easy. It is time to relax — vacations, sunshine, excursions, swimming, picnics… what’s not to love? If summer is your…
I’ve never been caught out on Lake Superior when the gales of November came early but I think I understand the feeling of resigned doom…
Can you, (‘should’ you?), create for free? Of course you ‘should’. Create anyway. I created ten chapters of a comic series, Contentment is for Cows….