Flash Non-fiction … new workshop this winter!
You’ve likely heard of Flash Fiction. Well, there’s also a genre called Flash Non-fiction. True stories, but super short. Think: 100 words-1000 words. I’m actually giving the same workshop twice. The only difference is the day/time, length of the course; and host: Writers Federation of New Brunswick’s will be four weeks, Saturday mornings from 9-11 […]
Catching up …
Oh my. So much has happened in the last nine months, it would take me nine months to condense it all. Suffice to say, all good! On the news front, happy to share that my manuscript, Coming Home (a collection of essays), is finally in the hands of the publisher at Pottersfield Press. The opening […]
Woof! (Shades of Bailey)
During the summer of 2015, colleague Melanie Chambers and I embarked on “The July Project.” Nutshelll: every day, we went somewhere different in our own backyard (Melanie in greater Toronto; yours truly in Southwest NS) and posted our daily adventures with photos on our websites. Major undertaking. Major learning experience. Major good time drizzled with […]
Of Plug-ins and Passports
Hmmm. Seems that you, dear subscriber, have not been receiving my posts. Son James to the rescue! He says, “For some reason the plugin that managed your subscriptions hadn’t auto-updated, and was disabled.” He updated the whozits and whazits and I’m assuming this wee note will get through to everyone. Meanwhile, you may get a […]
Winter Writing Workshops
Pleased (and excited) to be giving three non-fiction writing workshops this winter via Zoom. Here are the blurbs and links. Please check them out … and help spread the word! Putting the Creative in Creative Non Fiction with Alexandra Writing Centre Society, eight weeks. Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. MT (4-6 p.m. AST) starting Feb. 5th https://www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p638/putting-the-creative-in-creative-nonfiction.html […]
New word: octogenarian
Three days short of a year since I popped into view. Wowzas! Rather than look back, here’s the now-news: I have Lyme. Fortunately, I don’t have migraines, extreme joint pain, or worse. What I do have, however, is a debilitating fatigue and ‘brain fog.’ Although I’ve heard that term before, I never knew what it […]
And then …
A year and a bit has drifted by. Well, “drifted” is not the exact word I’m looking for. Zoomed? Hmm. Yes, but still not quite right. Barrelled? Flown? Trundled? Let’s just say it’s been a year and a bit since I said adios. I’m back. Two weeks from today, I fly to Toronto and get […]
Over & out!
Summer came … and left. And for the first time in years I found myself with time on my hands. Time to enjoy visits with family and friends; time to paddle; time to dawdle in the garden, take photos, read; time to spend at The Shack dabbling in the realm of writing essays; and time […]
Only 16 sleeps ‘till summer!
In less than three weeks it will be summer. Last I knew, it was winter. Or so it seems. Methinks that time thieves are on the loose again. The good news is that I’ve been preparing to give a workshop for the Writers Federation of New Brunswick via Zoom titled The Power of Prompts. Just […]
