by PDR-Kellie | Oct 11, 2018 | Art, Books, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Events, Manitoba, Reading, Teaching, Winnipeg, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
My brain has been a free-wheeling swirl of colour and ideas lately. Not sure why. Seems, though, like I’m constantly jotting ideas into my notebook – for visual art, fabric art (I’m learning how to crochet while also playing with...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 6, 2018 | Courses, Creativity, Events, Manitoba, outdoors, Teaching, Workshops, Writing Life
A few weeks ago, J. and I went to the boreal. We traveled east, out of the Prairies, until we hit shield country, then drove north to Black Lake in Nopiming Provincial Park. The landscape was perfect: just like home with rocky granite outcrops, water tinted a tannic...
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 13, 2016 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Process, Recommended, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I’m pretty pumped about Sunday – and I hope you are too. Normally my offline day, this Sunday I will be launching my first online course. Called Nine Simple Steps to a Solid Writing Practice, it’s one that I’ve poured my heart into and that, I...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 12, 2013 | News, Ontario, Orillia, Swarm, Writing Life
I’m thrilled to be part of the brand new Lakehead University initiative that gathers people for summer programs in arts, culture, and community. In partnership with the Leacock Summer Writers’ Festival, I’ll be offering a course on dealing with the...
