by PDR-Kellie | Jun 9, 2016 | Creativity, Creativity Coaching, News, Process, Publications, Short Stories, The Pas, Writers, Writing Life
I looked up the etymology of tenacity this morning, and discovered that it comes from the Latin tenax which means ‘holding fast’ (the original meaning of fast being ‘to hold firmly’). I like this. I like the idea of holding one’s dreams...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 1, 2015 | Short Stories, Writing Life
It’s not Thursday (tomorrow on the site: a Firelight Interview with poet Laurie D. Graham), but I wanted to let you all know that my story, Places Like These, which I blogged about last week, is up today on Little Fiction. Enjoy!...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 26, 2015 | Contemplations, New, Short Stories, Writing Life
Last fall, I wrote a story. It was early morning, and I had the itch, and it was one of those great days when the thing just poured out of me. The draft I ended up with hardly needed any work. A few changes, a bit of shifting around, tweaks here and there, and I was...
by PDR-Kellie | Jan 29, 2014 | Prizes, Writing Life
Me! This morning the phone rang and a wonderful woman from down south in Winnipeg told me I’d won, actually won, and FIRST PRIZE at that, the Prairie Fire Fiction contest! Holy crap, I think I said! Not very genteel but, you know, as a writer you send off a lot...
