I decided to do something different for today’s post. I used a random word generator to determine today’s blog post topic and as you will have seen by the title, the word I got was newspapers. Newspapers is actually a good topic, because this is something I talk about a bit with other people because…
Life
Some people love grocery shopping…not me
Apparently there are people who genuinely enjoy grocery shopping. I’m not one of them. I puzzle over those people. I guess they like discovering new products, hunting for bargains and wandering through the aisles? For me, grocery shopping ranks somewhere between cleaning the toilet and waiting on hold for the bank. It’s something that has…
Going live (again)
It’s been a long while since I have managed to blog regularly. Life really. For many a year I was here three times a week like clockwork. With how busy I’ve been three times became quite daunting, so I stopped turning up altogether. Not sure why it didn’t occur to me sooner (slow learner I…
Time Lapse and the Art of Deception
I’m currently in Hobart, Tasmania for the RWA national conference as I’m presenting a wokshop: Art of Deception. I’m really excited about this workshop and hope attendees get a lot out of it. My workshop explores how to write a killer plot twist – examining illusionists’ techniques, exploring tools such as Red Herrings, MacGuffins and…
Quote to live by (2025)
In 2020 I answered a series of Journal Questions and one of the first was “A Quote to Live By“. Instead of choosing a quote, I decided to go with a song that I felt was a fit for my philosophy for the year. I found that I listened to the song a lot and…