According to Environment Canada, the temperature is 13 degrees Celsius, with winds from the North at 13 km/h. It sounds cold to those not used to it, but it's heavenly under clear and sunny skies. I had my supper and hauled out my stuff: The lap desk didn't work. Right now one of my TV … Continue reading The Real First Day of Spring
Category: Writing
Hello, Spring, Glad to Finally See You
I don't call this past weekend 'spring cleaning'. I call it more like a process of reclamation. After my Saturday hair cut, I came home to begin cleaning off my dining room table. Sunday I tackled the dining room, living room, and laundry. I did some spot cleaning in between, as in I see a … Continue reading Hello, Spring, Glad to Finally See You
C4 Central Canada Literary Festival Recap: Letting It All Sink In
At the beginning of the conference, before a session even started, I scribbled 5 goals in my journal: To surround myself with other creative people To find ways to jump-start ideas to get unstuck with my blog Discover some authors To finally be a writer Number 5 will take time. In the first session entitled … Continue reading C4 Central Canada Literary Festival Recap: Letting It All Sink In
Stuck
I'm stuck. This isn't writer's block as ideas roll around in my head. I feel writer stuck as in where do I go next in the blogging world? I don't have illusions of fame and fortune. When I started this blog, it kept my creativity flowing, with the added bonus of people liking what I … Continue reading Stuck
All Lit (Fest) Up
Other than writing about National Poetry Month and mourning a fictional character's death (R.I.P. Andrea), I did one major thing causing an anticipatory tingle. No Richard Armitage or Nathan Fillion did not show up at my door. (Although that would be so nice.) Staying in the realm of the fantastic, the major thing will happen on … Continue reading All Lit (Fest) Up
Tuning Into a Frequency
I get the Daily Post from WordPress in my e-mail to catch up on tips for better writing. One of the best tips, the most simple, yet the most difficult is frequency. I looked at the two badges for 2013 (Post Everyday and Post Every Week) trying to make up my mind what's more realistic. … Continue reading Tuning Into a Frequency
The Tally: NaBloPoMo So-So While NaNoWriMo A Total No-No
Tomorrow is the last day of November. It means people feverishly writing those last words to 50,000 for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). For others it's the last day of blog posting NaBLoPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). Remember my post about doing both as 'sane'? I take that back. Let me clarify: It's more sane … Continue reading The Tally: NaBloPoMo So-So While NaNoWriMo A Total No-No
How do I love this post, let me count the three ways. I fooled around some of the themes, thinking I needed a change. What I really needed was more tweaking. This post saved me mucho time messing around. A big 'Thank You' to the Word Press posse. Nothing makes a Winnipegger's heart sing like … Continue reading
The Snow Fell Now the Challenge Begins
The low came, it dumped, and now we have some sunlight. For my run clinic, and this reluctant leader, the real challenge begins. I have to get my bum out the door, even if it feels cold. How did I do this last time? Oh, yes, I had a half-marathon to train for and this … Continue reading The Snow Fell Now the Challenge Begins
A Comedy of Errors
It's one of those days maturity plays a big role in perspective. A little while ago, I wrote about my follower count breaking 200. It looked like a large jump, and I didn't ask myself if it looked a little...strange. When I previewed a post, I noticed the count plummeted to 23. Any person, even … Continue reading A Comedy of Errors
Unpaused Life 