Cat-pitulation

I don’t actually like cats. I am, in point of fact, quite allergic to them.  here’s a weird thing you may never have thought about: i can tell whoever had this library book before me had at least two cats bc 1) hairs keep drifting out from the pages and 2) my allergies are worsening the longer i read this …

Choice Cut

lovelies, despite weeks of happy anticipation, i won’t be at @LCC2020SanDiego after all πŸ˜”(medical condition puts me at high risk + import of LRT tbh) pic.twitter.com/ABEWNkp8aO β€” S.G. Wong is writing. No, really. (@S_G_Wong) March 8, 2020 How do you know if the choice you’ve made is good or bad? It seemed like a no-brainer for me to cancel my …

Convention(al) Wisdom?

I’ve written a few convention recaps in the past and, let’s be honest, they’ve never been very interesting for anyone who hadn’t also attended said convention/festival/conference, etc. I mean, I’d be happy to link to an old one in order to prove my (sad) point, but they all disappeared in the great website re-design of ’18… So instead of regaling …

Claiming Space: CanLit redux

Rayanne Haines represents so much of what’s wonderful about the writing community: she’s an acclaimed poet, a bestselling romance author, a powerhouse of a creative woman, and, as Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival, a hard-working community builder and advocate for inclusion. Rayanne personifies that we are, each of us, so much more than just the one thing we’ve …

Good Luck

Folks hate it when I tell them writing is hard work.β€” Krista D. Ball (@kristadb1) February 7, 2019 I love my writing community. It’s filled with intelligent people, many of whom I’m lucky to know in real life. The ones whom I seem to get along with best are writers with the same experience of writing: it’s hard work. And …