“We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have.”
– Joyce Carol Oates
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Books
“Beautiful and emotional” (Publishers Weekly). “Somberly melodic” (Booklist). “Stunning” (the Canadian Book Review Annual). Discover my books.
Coaching & Consulting
Do you long to write or strengthen your writing skills? I can help you improve your craft, negotiate your resistances, work more regularly, and build faith in your writer self.
“Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.”
– Sylvia Plath
My Blog
One Day At A Time
One of my mantras when I'm working on long-term writing projects is a single word. Patience. I mutter this to myself often as I'm writing through a first draft and, once that's completed, when I have to type up whole novels written in longhand in notebooks. It's easy...
Writing Through the Pandemic
So... how are you? I mean it. How are you? In my quiet household, where the animals don't seem to be aware that anything's wrong (except for Mowat's amped-up need for evening cuddles as I watch The National), we are muddling along. Talking every day with my mom,...
What Happened When I Tried to Turn My Life into a Novel
I spent over a decade working on my book. "Working" may be the wrong word: I spent over a decade trying to make the book work. I only actually worked on it for the equivalent of a year during that time. The reason for this long, languishing creation period was simple:...
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