My favourite writing quote of all time is by Helene Cixous. It goes like this: “The only book that is worth writing is the one we don’t have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us (we who are writing), that makes us tremble, redden, bleed. It Full Article
Longing for the Rain
Growing up on the Shuswap, I always remembered the violence of the storms. The warm wind on my bare limbs, the sweet, sharp smell that would rise from the earth after just a few drops of precipitation. The dark that was suddenly sweeping the hills. Returning to the Okanagan has Full Article
On the Gift of Constructive Criticism
Two months ago I handed my “completed” dissertation into my doctoral committee. I was pleased with the result but not wholly certain I was finished … there was no feeling of completion yet. When I’ve really finished a writing project I feel a sense of peace but I hadn’t yet Full Article