by PDR-Kellie | Dec 8, 2016 | Animals, Family, Manitoba, Nature, Recommended, Seasons, Travel, Winter, Writing Life
It’s been a week since my mom went home. I ended up driving her to Flin Flon – along with another woman stuck in The Pas because the plane couldn’t land on last Thursday’s icy tarmac – in order to catch her flight to Winnipeg, then on to...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 13, 2016 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Process, Recommended, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I’m pretty pumped about Sunday – and I hope you are too. Normally my offline day, this Sunday I will be launching my first online course. Called Nine Simple Steps to a Solid Writing Practice, it’s one that I’ve poured my heart into and that, I...
by Lauren Carter | Oct 6, 2016 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Family, New, Process, Recommended, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Last year, when Liz Howard won the Griffin Poetry Prize, she told the audience that writing saved her life. “[F]or me, poetry made life possible,” she said. I get this. I understand this a lot. Lately, things have not been easy for my family, and I’ve been...
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 | Sep 22, 2016 | Alberta, Art, Books, CanLit Collections, Family, Fiction, Guest Posts, Knitting, Ontario, Process, Recommended, Toronto, Travel, TWUC, Writers, Writing Life
Remember last week? When I talked about irons in the fire? Well, I’ve been busy, busy stirring the flames this past week, so much so that my planned post isn’t actually ready to go up. That’s the bad news. The good news is that said post is by my...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 16, 2016 | British Columbia, Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, First Nations, Guest Posts, History, Issues, New, Process, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
I’ve been on a reading blitz lately about residential schools. I’ve read a couple novels that address this atrocious time in Canadian history, and I’m deep into volume one of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, a...
