13 November 2017

How To Write A Novel On The Bus. That is right, a post on mastering the skill of using transit as your literary muse. Actually, this is a post that is better titled, “I have so much work to do when it comes to paying the bills in what is rapidly becoming one of the…

18 January 2017

I love soundtracks. So, it seems natural that soundtracks for novels would be my thing. Let me tell you about it. My oldest daughter and I were crashed out on the couch the other night soaking up an extend dose of girl time. We’d picked Pitch Perfect because, well, the singing thing.  We sing. In our house….

22 February 2016

A sense of place. That is something for which I strive. One of the key ancient-world settings in the Seals of Annach is Daphni, Greece. Since ancient times, a temple has stood on the site 11 kilometers northwest of Athens on the Sacred Way to Eleusis and the National Road to Corinth – Daphne Monastery, in massive…

17 October 2015

Ah, writing sprints ⁠— my favourite way to make progress on a WIP. Yes, they require me to get up at the crack of dawn, but I always get the best, very quiet, table at my favourite Vancouver café. Despite my serious addiction to the everything bagel egg melt they serve and returning home a…