A friend of mine recently inherited a box of her mother’s letters. Her mother was an avid letter writer – sometimes three letters a day – and she kept carbon copies of all the correspondence she sent. Since she also kept all responses, the box contains a fascinating, two-sided story of her life. There’s something about putting pen to paper…
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The Ten At The Wedding Playlist
One thing I’ve been trying to do with my writing lately is to set a playlist. It’s a trick I picked up from my friend Tudor Robins, who listened to Taylor Swift’s early stuff while writing her first big book, Appaloosa Summer. If you’ve read it, you’ll see how it’s a perfect fit – dreamy pop country, all about young…
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Audiobooks Saved My Marriage
Okay, that may be overstating it a bit. But seriously, my husband has discovered audiobooks, and it’s been an exciting thing. I know, I know, we are a little behind the times. Better late than never! I’m not an audio person myself. I find it really hard to concentrate just by listening. I’m best at it in the car, when…
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In Praise of Magazines
I love a magazine. At one point – just after my first child was born – I think I subscribed to about 10 different titles. As you can imagine, with a newborn in the house, things did start to pile up. . Happily, before we got to hoarder levels, I discovered that I could nurse and/or hold a sleeping baby…
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Come and Meet Me!
My apologies for the last minute notice on this, but I’ll be doing a public reading tomorrow, Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Come hear me read one of the stories from my book, Ten at the Wedding, and you can pick up a copy there, too, if you don’t have one yet. It’s in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, where…
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On Not Writing
It’s been a while since I wrote anything of substance. It’s been a busy fall, and what little time I have for writing has been focused on getting the book out, promoting the book, doing events with the book. There hasn’t been a lot of time to just sit down with a pen and a notebook and dream. That’s why…
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