I’m thrilled to have a copy of the anthology You Look Good For Your Age, by Rona Altrows, University of Alberta Press. I have a short...

After a great away time for a deep spiritual drop, I am back, a little. I am no longer writing for children. I do have some projects on...

I’ve been away from this blog for a long time. In my deep dive into a quiet spiritual place, writing fell away as a discipline. I still...

I came across the phrase people who love the interior world a while ago. I love this – it completely explains where I find myself right...

It turns out that writing as meditation is no easier with a cold than regular writing. Brain fog is brain fog. But it cleared,...

Writing hasn’t been happening. It’s like I get up a little steam, an idea that I’m ready to leap in with, and any energy for leaping...

I watched a murder of crows congregate in a spruce tree across the street, cawing to call others to join them. Another group cawed back...

I’m a long term Buddhist and meditater. Early this year I had a deep fall into a spiritual shift ­– what some teachers call an awakening,...

I finished a story before Christmas, and had my first reader comments. I feel like I’m working incredibly slowly, over the last year, as...

I cleaned my office. I mean, I really cleaned my office. First, I kicked out my husband. He was laid off/retired (it came with a package,...

I met a boy at a writing event. He was in grade six. He told me, “My teacher said I can’t be a writer because I can’t spell.” I was so...

I’m reading Wired for Story by Lisa Cron. It’s forcing me to think about story and writing in a new way. Perhaps other writers know these...

I’ve been working with an editor (thanks to Wordfest for two free sessions, and the introduction to Caralee). I’m working my way through...

I’m drowning in details. My husband’s parents moved to assisted living in January, and we cleaned out and sold their house. My mom moved...

I’ve been terrible at writing blogs posts over the last few months. I’ve had a series of colds through the winter, and I tend to focus...

Sometimes writing just doesn’t happen. Or it limps along. Or it flows, briefly, and then stops. For me, this happens when I’m sick and my...

I had a great writing day earlier this week. I’ve been editing a novel manuscript and on Tuesday, I saw exactly what needed to be done to...

After a week of brainlessness, struggling with what feels like an eternal cold, I am, at least briefly, writing again. I can feel my body...

I’m watching a bunny watching me. The bunny is sitting in the garden, at the base of the pear tree, in the little bunny-sized divot in...

I just wrote 2 1/2 pages of a new story. I have no idea what it’s about, but ah, that feels good. I’ve been playing with exploring story...