It isn’t every day that a blogger nabs a chance to interview any of the seasons, much less one as highly sought-after as spring! I hope you enjoy our conversation. Spring: Sorry for running a few weeks late there. I lost track of time. Lydia: Welcome! It’s nice to finally meet you. I was wondering… Read More
Category Archives: Writing
The Care and Feeding of Muses
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Congratulations on being chosen by a muse! With a little forethought, the relationship you’ve begun with your source of inspiration will provide comfort and fresh ideas for your creative endeavours for the rest of your life. Here are a few tips to get the most out of this relationship. Remember, every muse is unique. It… Read More
My Top Five Distractions and How I Deal with Them
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Unless you happen to living in a hut in the middle of a forest that happens to be filled with silent animals, you’re eventually going to run into things that distract you as you’re writing or doing other work. Dealing with these distractions is of the challenging parts of my average day, so today I… Read More
Picking Character Names Is Trickier Than It Looks
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The sci-fi novel I’m currently working on is coming along slowly but steadily. I’m planning to write a full update on those goals later on this spring, but for now I wanted to talk about picking character names. I find it fairly easy to describe little things like what characters eat for dinner or how… Read More
Questions That Have Recently Brought New Readers to This Site
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This blog has seen a surge in visits over the past two months. Welcome, new readers! It’s nice to meet all of you. I thought I’d answer some of the questions that some people typed into search engines in order to find this site. Hopefully, the things you might have been wondering about will be… Read More
Blogging Advice: Social Media and Networking
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This is the fourth instalment of the series on blogging that Ruth Feiertag asked me to write late last year. Scroll to the bottom of this post to read about how to begin a blog, how to brainstorm ideas for it, and where to find visual images that won’t violate any copyright laws. Now that… Read More
Blogging Advice: Finding and Using Visual Images for Your Site
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Welcome back to my series on blogging that Ruth Feiertag asked me to write late last year. This is the third instalment, and today we’re talking about the important of including visual images in your posts. (There are links to the first two instalments at the bottom of this post). I’m going to be spend… Read More
Blogging Advice: Brainstorming and Idea Management
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Welcome back to my series on blogging advice. There were a few reader questions in the first instalment, How to Begin Blogging, about the actual process of creating a blog, so I thought I’d take a moment to briefly address that. I’ll share a link to that post at the end of this one for… Read More
Blogging Advice: How to Begin a Blog
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Last month, Ruth Feiertag left a friendly comment on one of my posts asking for blogging advice. Not only did I have far more to say to her than would fit into a comment, I thought her question would be an excellent jumping off point for a new series on this site. Today I’m going… Read More
People Watching and the Holidays
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Like many other places, Toronto’s malls, subway system, and other public places are bustling with activity at this time of the year. No matter when someone might use or visit them in the month of December, there will be far more folks there than will be the case in January when the new year has… Read More
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