I'm over at the League of Canadian Poets today, having written about vulnerability on my blog 'The Writing Parent'. In this blog, I open up about my experience on my book tour...and what happened to me. Thank you to the League for continuing to give me the space to blog about being a parent and… Continue reading Vulnerability and Journal Writing…and TedX info
Category: Writing Life
Less than a week away – TEDX-CK!
Do you ever do this? See a 'best-before' date on food and think about what you'll be doing on that date? You do?! So I was making the kid's lunches this morning and I noticed that the best-before date on the pita bread do-hickey was the date of my TedX-CK talk. My stomach immediately lurched into… Continue reading Less than a week away – TEDX-CK!
Mighty Catch-Up – Floods, Books, Clowns, TEDx
I don't know if you can see it in the photo, but the skin on the palm of my right hand is peeling. Like I'm some sort of shedding reptile. Weeeelllll. I just might be. With the seasonal change in weather and worry, so too comes a seasonal change to my skin, it seems. My hands… Continue reading Mighty Catch-Up – Floods, Books, Clowns, TEDx
Guest Interview – Charis Cotter! Author of ‘The Painting’
It's book launch day for author Charis Cotter! Congratulations Charis, on this your TENTH published book, The Painting! Charis and I met while preparing for a panel we were both on at Writers' Union of Canada conference out east in St.John's in Newfoundland. It was pretty much love-at-first-email, and we've been close friends since!… Continue reading Guest Interview – Charis Cotter! Author of ‘The Painting’
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