I’ve spent a fair amount of time working with ways to create stunning scenes with these tools full of imagery, detail, and a bit of wonder. Most writers who work with forms of historical content can all pretty much agree. One of the most challenging aspects of recreating the past is that – depending on…
I’ve been busy figuring out war and the nature of power these days. To Read Up On Hypatia of Alexandria and build more of the Sibylline world, I went to the Greek warriors. Here is my novel research reading for this week. Greek Philosophers and War Thucydides’ was exactly the kind of wisdom Hypatia would…
My 5-year-old’s ears love languages. On the bus, in the market, even just walking down the street, she tunes in to decipher the words people speak all around us. In Vancouver, it’s not unusual to hear Arabic, Hebrew, Mandarin and French on the quick walk to the grocery store. She loves to guess which one…
My radio host voice is in full roar. Radio has become a huge part of the way I tell stories these days. With a weekly book segment on Minelle Mahtani’s Sense of Place, I’ve had the pleasure of sitting around the table with amazing characters from the Vancouver literary scene. But, it got even more…