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Story Boarding
When I begin writing a new book and it’s still just a fragment of an idea whirling around in the maelstrom of my mind, one of the tools I use to let my imagination fly is photos or pictures that … Continue reading
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Ditching the social internet thing…..
I’ve been thinking about doing this for a long time… Being me, I wavered back and forth, back and forth, like a willow in a strong breeze before finally deciding to shut down my personal Facebook page and hide my … Continue reading
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Sick Lit
There was an article recently in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper (which by the way is not high-brow journalism at its finest AT ALL) but still I wanted to talk about it a little here. Here’s the link for that if … Continue reading
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Our new Holiday tradition
So this is the first Christmas since my husband and I split, where the kids are divided between us. Not as in half a kid here and half a kid there (though I call heads!) but they’ll be with me … Continue reading
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My Mother’s Old Brown Stockings
I’d post a random pic here but all the images I found when I googled ‘brown stockings’ are super sexy and fetishy and inappropriate for this blog and this post. I’m not talking about that kind of old brown stocking. … Continue reading
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Fan Art- ASHES, ASHES
Check out this awesome fan art from this website: www.puppytypewriter.edublogs.org/2012/11/01/ashes-ashes-with-puppy Nice review too. I think Lucy would be honoured to be standing next to Katniss Everdeen.
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The Young Adult Years: these boots were made for walking
We rode bikes. And when our bikes were screwed up or stolen, we walked. Four abreast, sometimes six, taking up the whole sidewalk in a tight huddle. People coming in the other direction stepped off into the road, more to … Continue reading
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The Young Adult Years: The New Meth Punk Warehouse
During the long, cold, wet months, the corrugated steel roof did nothing to keep us warm but it did allow the raindrops to ricochet off of it like small steel balls. I found something comforting in that racket. We rigged … Continue reading
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Love You Like Suicide
LOVE YOU LIKE SUICIDE is a creative non-fiction e-book novella I wrote, published by FIERCE INK PRESS. Part of the proceeds go to benefit youth at Heartwood Centre, an awesome organization in Halifax that works within the … Continue reading
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The Young Adult Years: Someone Got Their Head Kicked In
GG Allin is writhing around on a bed of broken glass on stage and screaming about his penis but none of us are paying any attention to him. K and I just got back from a visit to the bathroom … Continue reading
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