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 | Jul 30, 2015 | Contemplations, Fiction, Firelight Interview Series, Process, Toronto, Writers, Writing Life
I can’t quite remember how I met Trevor Corkum, but it was online and shortly after we began communicating we discovered a bunch of connections: we both went to Trent U., in Peterborough, Ontario, at the same time, and we had a mutual friend unrelated to our...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 2, 2015 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Poetry, Toronto, Writers
Andrea Thompson made a name for herself as a spoken word artist long before ‘poetry slam’ became a household phrase. Now, she’s turned her talent with words to the long form, with the release of her first novel, Over Our Heads. Who are you? I’m a...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 5, 2015 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Recommended, Toronto, Writers, Writing Life
I first “met” Shawn Syms online, in the mid-2000s, through PWAC. I was attempting to make a living freelance writing in between surfing for killer travel deals and he was generous with advice and suggestions. A long-time journalist and fiction writer, his...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 6, 2014 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Toronto, Writers, Writing Life
Who are you? I’m an author who’s written poetry and fiction and the occasional piece about water and the environment. I’ve written one novel – Above All Things, based on George Mallory’s final expedition to Mt. Everest, and most recently a collection of poetry called...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 4, 2014 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Recommended, Toronto, Writers, Writing Life
Who are you? I’m Aga Maksimowska. Some people call me Aggie, my mom calls me Agusia, but most of my family and friends call me Aga, which is short for Agnieszka. I was born in the Baltic port city of Gdynia, in Poland, which is part of the tri-city of...