Nov 4, 2010 | The Life Less Ordinary
Welcome dear readers, This probably won’t come as a great surprise to most of you, but one of my greatest dreams is to train in Thailand. Muay Thai–the science of eight limbs–originated in Thailand, and real purists of the martial art make a priority...
Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
People who’ve seen my shoe collection might laugh at this, but I used to be a tomboy. My idea of fun was making mud and rose hip pies, scrounging around with my dog, and getting dirty with the neighbourhood boys (I mean this very differently than young girls get...
Nov 2, 2010 | The Writing Life
It’s done. My baby, otherwise known as Dragonfly Summer, has left the nest. It’s now in the hands of my editor, otherwise known as my alpha reader. Lots of people have read my work over the years, and they’ve all been helpful in their own way. For...
Nov 1, 2010 | The Life Less Ordinary
Welcome back dear readers, Thank you for all your insightful comments on the writing excerpts I posted over the weekend. I found the feedback very helpful, and apparently I’m not the only one! A Grade Five teacher has requested to use the entire post, comments...
Oct 30, 2010 | The Writing Life
Welcome back, dear readers. Thanks for spending some of your precious time off giving me a helping hand. Initially, I was very confident about the tone and voice of my new novel. I loved the beginning, and thought I started in a good place–plenty of action, but...
Oct 29, 2010 | Scary True Stories, The Life Less Ordinary
This Friday is even more fun, because it’s the one before Halloween. So, let’s share some spooky stories! If you must delve into fiction, do so, but “based on a true story” is so much more intriguing, isn’t it? Your twisted tale of terror...
Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Do I have a story for you!” Titillating, isn’t it? However, unless the story is of the “once upon a time” variety, those words never lead to anything good. What is it about human nature that makes us love gossip? Teenagers infiltrated my...
Oct 25, 2010 | The Life Less Ordinary
Welcome back dear readers. I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. Yesterday, amid a whirl of laundry, cooking, baking, cleaning, and writing, I suddenly remembered that I had a long overdue date with a dear friend. We had plans to have dinner and see a movie, and I...
Oct 22, 2010 | The Writing Life
TGIF, dear readers! For today’s writing prompt, I ask you a deceptively simply question: If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be? Why? What difference would this make? How would you feel if you could change this one thing? As for me, I...
Oct 21, 2010 | The Life Less Ordinary
Welcome dear readers! It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to pick another item from the bucket list. Panda bears always look so cute and cuddly, don’t they? You just want to walk up to one and give it a big hug. Unfortunately, if the panda...
