by Lauren Carter | Dec 5, 2019 | Books, Publications, Publishing, Reading, TWUC, Writers, Writing Life
Private messages from readers who loved This Has Nothing To Do With You keep coming to me through text and email and private message, and it’s really a thrill. I’m very thankful, but along with expressing my gratitude I usually respond by asking if they...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 11, 2018 | Art, Books, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Events, Manitoba, Reading, Teaching, Winnipeg, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
My brain has been a free-wheeling swirl of colour and ideas lately. Not sure why. Seems, though, like I’m constantly jotting ideas into my notebook – for visual art, fabric art (I’m learning how to crochet while also playing with...
by PDR-Kellie | Jan 18, 2018 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity Coaching, Novel, Process, Reading, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
The other day, I was talking with a friend about showing up. Just past blue Monday, in a frigid winter that’s kept us inside for days, some mornings the best that you can do is stumble over to your desk, sit there, and wait. Not for the green thrust of spring. Not...
by PDR-Kellie | Dec 21, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Internet, Issues, Process, Reading, Writers, Writing Life
Yesterday morning, I drank my coffee in the South Pacific. On the island of Tahiti, to be exact. During a game of haru raa puu which led to a dramatic and moving conclusion for Miss Alma Whittaker, who nearly drowned, but fought the ocean’s grasp before arriving...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 29, 2016 | Alberta, Books, Fiction, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Process, Reading, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
This week, writer Rea Tarvydas shares the songs that power her brand new short story collection. Read and give a listen! Music is a big deal for me as a writer. I use it in different ways. Sometimes it’s to condition me into a piece of writing and, in that instance,...
by PDR-Kellie | Aug 18, 2016 | Books, Contemplations, Creativity, Knitting, Mowat, Nature, outdoors, Reading, Summer, Travel, Writing Life
By the time you read this, I’ll be in the woods. Off the Internet, paddling the Grass River as my Blackberry battery slowly dies. Three books (a novel, a poetry collection, and a book of essays), my own ongoing poetry project and my latest knitting project (a...
