All these months of an invisible writing website doesn’t mean that I haven’t been writing however. I have been working hard and steadily...

…left unsown for a period, in order to restore fertility… Because of REASONS, I haven’t been writing for weeks. I did some revisions and...

People tell me not to call myself “old,” as if denying it will change the truth of it. (My mom is still well at 97, so I have it in...

Oh yes. That little thing called “Weekend Warrior.” This is an in-house contest run by participants of the Codex Writing...

First of all: Yay! I remembered how to construct a rudimentary html table. Some things we never forget: how to ride a bike, how to make a...

leaps and bounds 2015 was my best writing year BY FAR. *leaps and bounds* That the year was also extremely challenging on a personal...

Yes, there was a wedding in the middle of June which took me away for a week, but other than that, I’ve been home—even more than usual....

My indie publishing house, Third Person Press, decided to put together a ghost story anthology because we get more ghost story...

Hey, we all know it. Writers sit too much. And the longer we sit, the more we read about how damaging sitting is. It’s enough to make us...

Last year, an online acquaintance—Gary Henderson—from my Second Life writing group—The Quillians—got accepted to Viable Paradise Writer’s...

The thing I’m most proud of after successfully finishing NaNoWriMo is that I made no foolish pledge to blog everyday during the month....

Canadians do not say such sentences casually. We say it with the same emotion as someone would say, “I won the lottery!” It stays cold...

So how do you come up with complex, interesting characters? Get them to talk. Engage them in conversation. Ask them questions not only...

According to news stories, Hemingway said he re-wrote the ending of this iconic novel 39 times, but I guess he underestimated. I love...

In honour of my granddaughter, Cadi who will be five on Wednesday. 2007 — #grandmother #Maine #Acadia #granddaughter #essay...

white lilacs It’s that time of year…time to re-dream lilacs. I wrote this in 2007. Lilacs were not a part of my life until I moved...