by PDR-Kellie | Mar 15, 2018 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Internet, Process, Writers, Writing Life
I’ve been returning to the roots of writing practice lately. To the book I bought and cracked open as I was crossing the Georgia Strait between Tsawwassen and Vancouver Island on my way to Salt Spring Island, circa 1993. Back then, as I read the first pages of...
by Lauren Carter | Mar 1, 2018 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Internet, Issues, Process, Writing Life
The ground is under my feet. Snow turning soft, ridged snowmobile trails collapsing into black earth in the fields where we run our dog. In the early morning, the blue jays show up to eat the sunflower seeds that the red squirrel has knocked out of the feeder....
by PDR-Kellie | Dec 21, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Internet, Issues, Process, Reading, Writers, Writing Life
Yesterday morning, I drank my coffee in the South Pacific. On the island of Tahiti, to be exact. During a game of haru raa puu which led to a dramatic and moving conclusion for Miss Alma Whittaker, who nearly drowned, but fought the ocean’s grasp before arriving...
by PDR-Kellie | May 25, 2017 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Process, Workshops, Writing Life
Lately, I’ve been breaking rules. And not in a good way. I’ve been starting the day with my cellphone, looking at my email, scrolling through Facebook, clicking over to CBC or the Guardian to check out the news. Trump, suicide bombers, the traumatizing...
by PDR-Kellie | Dec 11, 2013 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Guest Posts, News, Writing Life
I miss fires. Not for heat: we’ve got one of those burning in our wood furnace right now. Rather the kind that you sit by, feet propped up on the rock ring, a bottle of beer in the camp-chair cup holder, while the flames reflect on the faces of your friends. There’s...
