by PDR-Kellie | Aug 16, 2018 | Books, News, Novel, Poetry, Process, Publications, Publishing, Writing Life
Well, it’s official! News about my next novel has hit the internet…. This Has Nothing To Do With You will be published by Freehand Books in Fall 2019! Here’s the tweet from Freehand, making it official (click on the image to go to the announcement on my...
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 | Oct 5, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Family, Fiction, Manitoba, Novel, Process, Winnipeg, Writing Life
So, things have been nuts. My mom came to visit, two days after the movers hauled everything into our new house. We picked her up at the airport and – you might already know this – when she got inside our front door and started climbing the stairs, she...
by PDR-Kellie | Aug 3, 2017 | Animals, Art, Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Mowat, Novel, Pets, Process, Summer, Writing Life
I’m on day seventeen of the Summer of 2017 Finish My Novel marathon and our next door neighbour decided yesterday that he or she needed to start their own marathon. Of jackhammering. This put an end to my quiet working time on the back deck. It even almost triggered...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 10, 2016 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Family, Novel, Process, Writing Life
Since coming home I’ve been working steadily on a novel that was always meant to be for Tim. It breaks my heart that he won’t ever get to see that dedication – for my brother – and to really get how much he meant to me and how much our...
