You hear all this talk about writer’s block. It’s a common phenomenon that seems to plague pretty much every writer at some point in their lives – for most writers, at a lot of points in their lives. I don’t hear so much about editor’s block though . . .
Keep Reading ... →Prompted again by some readings in Peck‘s book I was thinking this morning about perspective and worldviews. In general our worldview probably lines up quite a bit with the dominant views of the culture we grew up in. A person from New Delhi is most likely going to have a worldview
Keep Reading ... →I’ve been reading through the novel I started writing about 7 years ago. It started off as a few lines of writing inspired by a walk in a small town in rural NB about 4 years earlier, followed by a sketch I wrote in a notebook while at the Northrop Frye Festival
Keep Reading ... →With the exception of The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia (which I got started on before I reached double digits), I haven’t read very many fantasy books. I’m not sure why. I loved both of them. They took me to places my normal reading choices don’t go. At
Keep Reading ... →It’s a wet and dreary day in Halifax. Halifax gives its residents a lot of these days, however, on days like today, when it’s been awhile and we’ve been blessed with sun, I treasure the rain and the fog. It’s somehow endearing in this harbour town, the way a Leonard
Keep Reading ... →I’m only five days into this blog and already I felt a struggle today to write and pressure to ‘have’ to think up a topic because I decided I would contribute something every day (as long as circumstances allow). I’m visiting my family and to take the discipline and concentration
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I went to a business conference a few weeks ago, expecting to come away with some business tips. What I received, however, was a renewed look at my belief in myself. I had already decided a few weeks before the conference that I was going to continue past my self-declared
Keep Reading ... →Anyone who knows me well or has known me for a long time would know writing plays a role in my life and always has. From my earliest memories I’ve wanted to be a writer. I was in love with the written word. Be it staying up late at night
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