When the leaves change colours, I feel like going for walks to hear the crunch underfoot and wind up being inspired by all that natural beauty. Fall is the perfect time to spend evenings and early mornings curled up with a coffee to read or to write. I’m having a busy season. This Sunday my […]
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I completed the first draft of my work-in-progress “Ark of the Convenient,” on Monday this week. This was a great new experience for me, completing a novel manuscript in less than two months, without rushing it because of a deadline. Since then I have been letting it ‘rest’ while I clean out the office, work
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I managed to write regularly over the last nine days despite parties, kids, singing, dancing, drinking, swimming, video taping a crazy family horror spoof and generally having a great time at the cottage. My rough goal was to write a 80 000 word manuscript but I’ve reached “the end” of the rough draft in under
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I never have writer’s block in the pure sense. Ideas are easy to come by and if I sit down to write, I can always write story, character, scenario, scenes. What slows progress, is feeling my story is going down the wrong path. It means reevaluating, making changes, rewriting. Until all the problems are resolved,
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Progress Update 7/27/2012 34180 / 80000 (42.73%) I reached page 90 today. It’s take stock time and, although I can see myself making progress, I am simultaneously discouraged. My writing will never be brilliantly scientific and philosophical in the way that Douglas Adams’ novels are. Instead of getting blocked, I spent a few hours on
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I wrote a new poem this morning in homage to W.B. Yeat’s Second Coming. It’s my very first post on Scribd and I look forward to you comments and critiques. The title is “Coming Second.” MIROSLAV VAJDIĆ for openphoto.net
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I have been less active on this blog lately because I’m starting a new podcasting project. I’m going to be podcasting my novel, “Marmalade, Cat Detective,” at my new Marmalade Cat Detective blog. I also have a long-term plan for writing a book on how to write and produce children’s plays and videos. I’ve had
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I had a very positive rejection for a poem I submitted to Strange Horizons recently. The editor suggested two other markets I could try and invited me to submit to Strange Horizons again. Yeah!
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I’m really enjoying running the Silver Birch Awards and Red Maple Awards programs this year as a librarian. It gives me a chance to read all the award-nominated books! I think this video captures a little bit of that magic feeling of discovery. More about the books and the club to follow. Happy reading…