Progress, conflict and Poo
This time the reason I haven’t blogged for a bit is that I’ve actually been writing. I had a breakthrough on this-here mid-way climactic scene …
A moment I wish I’d caught on the videocamera.
My next-door neighbours have several birdfeeders in their yard. Over Christmas they acquired a new one: a Squirrel-Proof feeder. It has a large bell-shaped hunk …
Catching up time after the Holidays
I’ve been away so long I’m not sure if my blog remembers me. Snow snow and more freakin’ snow. It’s pretty but.… I’m done. Even though …
Christmas and Rewrites
Spaghetti’s cooking away, the toboggan hill is awaiting our arrival and all those incredibly loud rumbling noises have been identified as the train pulling in …
Rejection: Get over it
Jonathan just nagged me to blog, coz I’ve neglected it. Ok fine. I thought about blogging about the Canadian political circus, but then I decided …
Editing madness
Colleen said to me on Monday, “You’re going to hate me.” Why would I do that? Because she’s editing my MS, and came to a …
“Don’t judge a book by its movie”
So says the marquee in front of a bookstore on the Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge. And it’s true, so true. I watched a bunch of …
Favourite books and favourite moments
One more thing… This evening I finished reading A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, out loud to my daughter. MAN, I love that book. …
Another day, a few more words written down…
“So how’s the writing coming?” asks Tom today. “Not bad,” I say. “I’m doing a lot of brainstorming and mulling these days. A bit of writing, …
Where would I be…?
I had a very nice phone call from Colleen last night. I was half an hour late for FAT Jazz rehearsal, but it’s all right. …