Jun 13, 2016 | Scary True Stories, The Writing Life
I began 2016 with unbridled enthusiasm and optimism, convinced it was going to be a wonderful year. How wrong I was. I can’t remember another year filled with so many challenges and tragedies, both for me personally and for the world at large. And 2016 is barely...
Jun 1, 2016 | The Writing Life
If you’d asked me that question a year ago, I would have said “Yes” without hesitation. Now I’m not so sure. My doubts began once I noticed a disturbing trend. I’ve pitched my work dozens of times to editors and agents at conferences....
Mar 29, 2016 | The Writing Life
This weekend I posted an article on my Facebook page that caused a bit of an uproar. For some reason, people are just now discovering an article Dwight Allen wrote for Salon in 2012. Calling himself a “literary snob,” Allen wages a full-on attack...
Mar 22, 2016 | The Writing Life
Imagine this, if you will… You turn on the evening news (or check Facebook or head to your favourite online news site or *gasp!* read a paper), only to discover there’s been another school shooting. Many children were wounded, and a few died, including the...
Mar 11, 2016 | The Life Less Ordinary, The Writing Life
Here’s what I wish someone would have told me before I hit the teenage years. Dear Teen Me, Don’t get upset when your peers call you “weird.” Take it as a compliment. Those same people will be envying your interesting life later on. Don’t...
