If you’re part of the Christian western world that celebrates Easter and have a four day break ahead of you — enjoy! Personally, I’m settling into a streak of hard work; Mark has the week off and we’re going to be reformatting and re-uploading books, and doing lots of site work and maintenance…in between writing […]
NASA calls them “Visions of the Future”, but they have a retro look that is just gorgeous. I spoke about these posters, that I received as a birthday gift, a few days ago. One reader left the comment that she would like to see all the posters. You got it. Here are all the posters
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This year’s Birthaversary party is over — and it was a great night, too. Some new faces, lots of familiar faces, and some really interesting conversation. And this year, I got a birthday present! Long story short: A few weeks ago on my private FB page, I shared NASA’s new Art Deco travel posters. They
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I’ve been running this blog for a long time. If you include the occasional break from blogging, and the times when my site host shut me down for too much traffic (yes, they can do that), then I’ve been blogging since 2005. Most of the older posts are now articles on the Articles pages. Out
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It’s Family Day in Alberta today. I use to love long weekends, because I got more writing time. Now I’m writing full time, I don’t know that I like them all that much anymore. They’re stealing writing time from me! For everyone in Alberta reading this — Happy Family Day. Enjoy this very mild winter
Family Holiday … and Something for the Writers. Read More »
I wrote “11 Things I Wish I’d Known About Full Time Writing When I First Started Writing Novels” way back in 2009, when I was forced to full time writing by a sudden cessation of revenue. That’s pirate speak for “my job was cut”. In January 2013 I added an update to the bottom of
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Depending on who you ask, I have always been a princess, but last Saturday, I really was one for a night. 🙂 Mark and I invited everyone we knew to our place for a party to celebrate my quitting the day job to write full time. We included my new Canadian citizenship just because that
I received a surprise letter in the snail mail box last week — my Canadian citizenship application was granted and I was to swear my oath on December 18th. This was a surprise because the process had been super-fast. Most citizenship applications take 18 months to work their way through the system, but I applied
G’day, Mate, I’m Canadian!…Eh! Read More »
I’ve quit the day job…and now my Mum is arriving from Australia today, for a whole month. This is her first white Christmas. It will be the first time she’s experienced a cold below 10C or so, her first time to see snow, Christmas lights on every house, and to walk out onto a frozen
The Holiday Season is here. Read More »
I have been waiting more than twenty years to write this post. Today is my last day working a day job. At the end of today, I’m quitting to write full time, which is something I have been working towards for at least two decades – basically, since I started taking writing seriously. I’ve never
I Freakin’ Quit!!! Read More »