by PDR-Kellie | Dec 11, 2014 | Books, Recommended, Short Stories, Writers, Writing Life
These days, I’m tuned into the All-Short-Stories-All-The-Time channel in my brain as I work on a collection. Here are a few of the things I’ve been reading, watching, and considering: The Journey Prize Stories: the annual collection of excellent stories...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 23, 2014 | Contemplations, Nature, Pretty Pictures, Short Stories, Writing Life
The sky today is grey, toneless, a single hue of cement and shoreline stone. I’m sick, up in the night lurching to the bathroom to toss my cookies, and should be back in bed, ensconced with a good book, a fat pillow, and my electric heating pad. This sudden...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 17, 2014 | Food, Seasons, Short Stories, The Pas, Writing Life
All week I’ve been one day behind. It wasn’t until early this morning, unable to sleep in our hot house, that I realized it was actually Thursday, not Wednesday. It’s been a bit of an exciting week – with the arrival in the mail of the latest...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 12, 2014 | Contemplations, Pets, Poetry, Short Stories, Writing Life
Last week I had a dream that I was looking after a needy six-year-old who smoked. At a new age bar, I made her wait in the lobby while I went inside to find a famous social worker who could give me some tips. She wanted to play with the toys in a chest but they were...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 6, 2014 | Alberta, Books, British Columbia, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Short Stories, Writers, Writing Life
Nancy Jo Cullen is the author of Canary (Biblioasis, 2013), which won the 2011–12 Metcalf-Rooke Award (“this book is intoxicating,” said judges Leon Rooke and John Metcalfe). She’s also published three collections of poetry, and was the winner of the...
