by PDR-Kellie | Feb 2, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Issues, Knitting, Process, Recommended, United States, World, Writers, Writing Life
Well, now. How’s everybody doing? A little bit of this? A touch of this? Yeah; I hear you. I’m not sure what to say. I could reiterate my own outrage; I could talk about fascism; I could point you to this excellent (and, yes, frightening) article by David...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 17, 2015 | Books, Contemplations, Giveaways, Guest Posts, Nature, Novel, outdoors, Prizes, Process, Recommended, United States, Writers, Writing Life
In Calgary, this past spring, I had the real pleasure of reading Leo Brent Robillard’s fourth novel, The Road to Atlantis. The publisher had asked me to blurb it, which means to give it a tidbit of praise they can use on the cover, and I’m usually careful...
by PDR-Kellie | May 7, 2015 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Publishing, Research, United States, Writers, Writing Life
This month’s Firelight Interview is with Shelly Sanders, the author of the Rachel Trilogy, a series of Y.A. novels about Rachel and Sergei, two young people who struggle for a better future, moving between early 20th century Russia, China, and the United States....
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 13, 2014 | Contemplations, Recommended, Travel, United States, Writers, Writing Life
This morning, it’s raining for the first time since arriving last Saturday in unseasonably warm weather for San Francisco. The whole state is in a drought but personally, I’ll take the warmth since the weather back home is in the minus double-digits right...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 2, 2013 | Issues, News, Swarm, United States, World, Writing Life
So here we are. One reading into my book tour and the U.S. government has shut down, sending nearly a million federal workers on furlough and risking the stability of the whole house of cards. By the last day of my tour in Ontario – October 17th, the day I head...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 8, 2008 | Recommended, United States
Wisconsin isn’t really that far. And, on a recent trip there, I was surprised to find that it is actually a lot closer than I thought. To my heart, that is. Driving through lush forests and green farm fields, I’d occasionally spot ribs of white limestone...