Lethbridge! Calgary! The Saskatoon Dump!
A belated post to say thank you to the awesome people at Lethbridge Public Library in Lethbridge, Alberta, who had be out to the Word on...
Teaching at Packing Your Imagination
Just a heads-up that next month I'll be speaking at CANSCAIP's always-excellent Packing Your Imagination conference. I'll be trying to...
Don't break the chain!
So R.J. Anderson turned me on to "don't break the chain," wherein one commits to writing for 15 minutes every day, to create a chain of...
Up for the Sunburst!
I've been neglecting my blog, I know, but I'm back with GOOD NEWS! Sorrow's Knot has been shortlisted for the Sunburst Award, which...
Up for the Schwartz!
Belatedly, I thought I would share the good news that Sorrow's Knot is up for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz award. Here's the whole...
Ontario Writers' Conference 2014
Just a note to thank the good folk at the Ontario Writers' Conference for having me out to teach on Saturday. A well-run con full of...
April writing stickers
It's May! The snow is gone, the geese are getting nasty, and it's time for April Writing Stickers at A Glance! This is the calendar...
Birthday!
Thanks, everyone, for the outpouring of birthday blessings. I had a lovely day, featuring dim sum with friends and a (sigh) big chunk of...
Look, it's a new website
As regular readers -- if there are any -- maybe have noticed, this website has a new look. And that look, if I say so, is pretty nice. ...
So, this again ...
Over at the Guardian, novelist and professor of literature Jonathan Myerson has joined the long list of well-intentioned editorial...