by PDR-Kellie | Dec 7, 2017 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Fiction, Novel, Process, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I’m back where I started. Staring down the bumpy road of an unfinished draft. My next novel – the big, fat manuscript that my agent says doesn’t work (which, by the way, I didn’t update you on, dear reader, after informing you I’d sent it, my ego too bruised, I...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 30, 2017 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, News, Novel, Process, Publications, Publishing, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
When I was in my mid-20s, tired of toiling seemingly aimlessly at 6 a.m. timed writings every morning before leaving for my 9 to 5 job, I took a creative writing course. I’d published a bit of poetry and a few personal essays and done some freelance journalism, but I...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 16, 2017 | Books, Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Process, Publications, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I’ve had a lot of wonderful conversations with writers over the past couple of weeks. Good conversations, and sometimes sad ones. Some of the writers I’ve spoken with – maybe even you – have been struggling with projects for several years (even...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 2, 2017 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Novel, Process, Research, Swarm, Workshops, Writing Life
The other day I was talking to a client about fantasy. How easy it is to write the first sentence of a story, that beginning scene, then sit back, dream the whole thing, and watch it fizzle when you don’t do the work to get it finished. Years can go by like...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 26, 2017 | Animals, Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Just For Fun, Manitoba, Process, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Last night, I got on a horse. A beautiful white mare named Rosie with grey speckles scattered across her coat. Step by step, I got her ready: laid the blanket on her wide back, set the saddle, cinched it (over and over because some horses, like Rosie, appreciate the...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 29, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Family, File Under Weird, Knitting, Manitoba, Mowat, News, Novel, Pets, Teaching, The Pas, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Well, here we go: after four and a half years in the beautiful north, we are saying ‘see you later’ to The Pas. Last weekend, in the midst of packing boxes and preparations for our yard sale, J. got a call and, to make a long story short, early this week...
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