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May 2013

• Multifaceted: Horror with a side order of sci-fi and a twist of the paranormal.
• I'm Down With MWC: Yeah you know me! My progress so far in the Million Word Challenge and what's on my agenda

April 2013

• Head Case: This, dear readers, is what it looks like inside my head right now.
• The Little Story Idea That Couldn't (And One That Hopefully Could): The evolution of a story and how going off the beaten path can make things exciting again

March 2013

• Springing Forward: Latest WIPs, and a little Ferris Bueller

February 2013

• Where I've Been: Where I've disappeared to and how voice recognition software has been my savior

January 2013

• Slow & Unsteady: 4 Days into my Million Word Challenge

December 2012

• Getting Organized for 2013: Preparing to conquer 2013!

November 2012

• Over & Out: How NaNo went and my plans for 2013
• New Discoveries: Novel progress and new writing music
• NaNoWriMo 2012 - Day 2: How it's going so far...

October 2012

• Happy Halloween!: Some rockin' tunes to get your Halloween started!
• Coffin Hop 2012: It's the most wonderfully creepy time of the year - COFFIN HOP time! Win some sweet loot from over 100 author websites!
• Warning: NaNo is Coming: Excellent advice for friends & family of writers everywhere...

September 2012

• Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Tons of articles and ideas to help you plan for National Novel Writing Month (and beyond)
• Puzzle Pieces: You never know how the story is going to turn out once you drop your characters into the world you created and they start interacting. It could (and should) all turn to hell
• The One Where She Finished Writing The Book: And did a little dance!

July 2012

• Every Day I'm Juggling: Juggling my WIP wishlist.
• WIP Wednesday: Where Things Stand: The state of my current WIP and a short excerpt

June 2012

• Project WRITEALLTHEWORDS Update: My fellow writers can relate, I'm sure. Staying up past 2 a.m. writing seems like a good idea at the time...
• Postcard from Camp NaNoWriMo: 10K Days? A girl can dream! Progress on my novel

May 2012

• WIP Wednesday is Jumping Trains: Jumping on the story that inspires me at the moment and enjoying the ride
• Hooked on Books: My latest reads and how I got hooked
• Over the River and Through the Woods...: At long last, a new published work to hit the stands!
• WIP Wednesday is Ready to Rock: Ready to rock myself out of this writing slump!

April 2012

• WIP Wednesday: My Dirty Little Secret: ‘round these parts? There is not a dust bunny to be found

March 2012

• There's A Story In There Somewhere...Space (Eye)Balls: Resurrecting one of my old blog themes and giving you some potential new story ideas!
• Music Monday: With A Little Help From My Friends: My latest musical discoveries

February 2012

• WIP Wednesday is Pinspired: Talking inspiration boards and Pinterest as tools for writers
• WIP Wednesday is Feeling Nostalgic: A treat in the mail has me remembering my childhood, and my Grandma, fondly

January 2012

• Everyday I'm Shuffling: Do You Think It's Easy To Make Priorities? :)
• WIP Wednesday Is Rejected, Not Dejected: Nice rejections do exist!

December 2011

• My 2012: Trying to wrangle a-million-and-one ideas for 2012
• Contest Winners!: The winners of my two contests are announced!
• More Swag: Another item added to the Like Flies To Honey Prize Pack!
• Another Giveaway and the Holiday Hop: Another giveaway for the Holiday Hop - win some swag, including an issue of Shroud!
• 12 Days of Creepfest: Want to be immortalized in a Mary Rajotte tale? Enter my 12 Days of Creepfest Contest!
• Scheduled Insanity: I'm questioning my sanity

November 2011

• Lofty Goals: Just goes to show you no matter how much of a plotter/planner you are (or aren't), the story takes on a life of it's own once you start getting words down.
• Fickle Beeyotch: My progress so far in NaNoWriMo 2011
• Winner of the Coffin Hop Swag Bag: The winner of the Coffin Hop Swag Bag is...

October 2011

• Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody...: Love horror and don't care who knows it? Me too!
• Tempting Treats: Behold! The loot you can win in my Coffin Hop Giveaway
• Rock It, Roll It, Stomp It, Stroll It At The Coffin Hop!: The coffin is hoppin’, and all these contests are rockin’!
• Win some swag in the Coffin Hop: Win some loot in my Coffin Hop Swag Bag Giveaway!
• The Road So Far: I may be able to get away with not having to plot the middle. It will write itself. At least that’s what I keep telling myself

September 2011

• WIP Wednesday Hears Dead Voices: Nothing better than feeling inspired!

August 2011

• What I Did On My Summer Vacation: 2011 was pretty good to me. 2012 is going to be epic (apocalypse notwithstanding).

July 2011

• The Thing That It Will Become: No rest for the wicked.
• WIP Wednesday is Bloody Busy: I’m channeling Miss Write and kicking some writerly s4!T these days.

June 2011

• Weapon of Choice: Who said being a writer could ever be boring?

May 2011

• WIP Wednesday has a Love/Hate Relationship: I hate you. I love you!
• Cover Me: Creepy Houses: Come discuss creepy houses on book covers!
• The Month Where I Hacked & Slashed: Hopefully, I can work out the kinks this month. I’m thinking it will take more karate-chopping than gentle persuasion.

April 2011

• WIP Wednesday is Acrobatic: Word sprints have become my new ticking time bomb.
• WIP Wednesday: Sprints & Splurges: I’ll be Peggy Bundy with my box of bon-bons after I hit my word count for the day
• WIP Wednesday: Brick by Brick: No time to waste - I’ve got a new world to build!
• Where is My Mind(map)?: Way out in the water, See it swimmin'
• The Month Where I Stayed On Task: Monthly writing wrap-up

March 2011

• WIP Wednesday: BIC HOK TAM SODA: But if you need a little reminder on how to get things done, put your BIC, get your HOK, start TAM and for the love of Mulder, SODA!
• WIP Wednesday: Flitting is Winning:
• Here We Are Now, Entertain Us!: Some days the words come and other days, they need a little extra coaxing. And more coffee.
• WIP Wednesday is Kicking Ass & Taking Names: All I want is to entertain and not fall flat on my face in the process. Is that too much to ask? :)
• And you are...?: There will be tales! Frightful tales!
• Altered Words: Shadows Grow Long: From “The Body” by Stephen King
• WIP Wednesday: Dangling Carrot: Of course, my butt might be a little bigger by "The End"...

February 2011

• I Can Haz New Ideaz? Plz?: Neurotic? Nope. Just a writer.
• Reading Report: A Bloody Embarrassment of Riches: My shelves are on the verge of buckling with all the small press horror fiction I've picked up recently. But don’t think I’m going to be hogging all this literary goodness to myself...
• WIP Wednesday: Tempus Fugit: Time seems to be flying by now more than it ever did when I was a kid.

January 2011

• WIP Wednesday Goes Undercover: Psst! Want a sneak peak inside my story The Lockwood Collection? Find out how you can read the first 5 pages!
• WIP Wednesday Is Indecisive: I had no idea. Then I did.
• Balanced Scales: Isn't it ironic - don't you think?
• The Experiment:
• Turning A New Page: Adding some new tools to my writer's arsenal
• WIP Wednesday Falls Back Into Line: Getting back into a very busy routine
• No Fear: This year, I truly feel that I will make huge progress with my writing. Write more, try new things, go outside my comfort zone.

December 2010

• She Shoots.....: What I want to do with my writing in the coming year
• The Lockwood Collection: Regan confronts her father and unearths a decades-old secret from her family's past.

November 2010

• WIP Wednesday is Derailed Ever-So-Slightly: Book determination and A Very Loathsome Video
• Bye Bye Babe: Saying goodbye to my Little Babe
• Nanoing Along - Days 6 to 9: I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of the story, which is good I guess, seeing as I am aiming for more than 50,000 words at the end of it all.
• NaNo Day 5 - Punk Is Not Dead: Rockin' fuel for NaNo writing
• NaNo Day 4 - In The Beginning: Lurked, innuendo, puking, git!
• Writing MeMe & NaNo Day 3 - Inevitable Path: "Fear makes people do unspeakable things."
• 30 Days of Writing - Day 1: I've also learned to never say never...
• Guest Blogging for NaNoWriMo: NaNoWriMo has started. Stuck yet? Read my guest blog for tips on how to rock November!

October 2010

• Brass Tacks: I'm taking a page of the Pantser book, my friends. As a card-carrying Plotter, this is a revelation.
• Writing Wednesday - Final Countdown:

September 2010

• Writing Wednesday: Tricksy Brain: Wicked, tricksy brain!
• Recommended Reading?: Will lit mags vouch for those of us who write about things that go bump in the night?
• WIP Wednesday: Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: The story will come from the melding
• Vacation's (Almost) Over: It's September and I'm kind of on the fence about it.

August 2010

• Only Doesn't Matter: My way of saying goodbye to a friend
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: I wonder how I get anything accomplished without short-circuiting

July 2010

• Off The Blog Wagon: And not sure when I'll jump back on...
• Altered Words - The Dead Ones: A poem "found" in The Complete Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm
• Writing Wednesday: Deadlines & Dead Lines: Snipping dead lines and meeting deadlines
• Writing Wednesday: Winding Down: Taking time off is tough. Getting back to work - even tougher!
• WAC: 6 July 2010:
• Altered Words - Dark Light: A poem "found" in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• WAC: 5 July 2010:
• Music Monday Has A Migraine: Mellow musical stylings for a heatwave
• Friday Five: Things to Read, Watch & Share: Five things to keep you entertained this weekend
• Happy Canada Day!: Nothing says Canada like the Trailer Park Boys!

June 2010

• Writing Wednesday: Mopping Up: Doing a little mid-week clean-up
• WAC: 29 June 2010:
• Altered Words - The Stone: A poem "found" in Stephen King's story
• WAC: 28 June 2010:
• Music Monday - Far Away Trains Passing By: Spring & Summer are made for something lighter and brighter.
• WAC: 25 June 2010:
• Writing Check-In: Week Ending 27 June 2010: A more productive week for the Writer in Residence
• WAC: 23 June 2010:
• Writing Wednesday - Frankensteining It: The melding of various story-parts
• WAC: 22 June 2010:
• WAC: 21 June 2010:
• Music Monday - Of Darkness: A story that wilts spirits
• Writing Check-in: Week Ending 20 June 2010: My writerly exploits this past week
• WAC: 18 June 2010:
• There's A Story In There Somewhere - Ozzy Osbourne: Medical Miracle: Pondering the Prince of Darkness on display
• WAC: 14 June 2010:
• Writing Wednesday: Deadlines for Flitters: There is always a lot going on and that's how I like it
• There's A Story In There Somewhere - Galileo's Stolen Fingers: I've got an idea that I can't quite put my finger on.....can you?
• Writing Wednesday: Letting Go: Letting the ideas percolate a little while longer...
• Vook Lovers - Yay or Nay?: Are words enough?
• In Conversation With Jenny Hudock: Getting to know one of the hardest working writers on the scene!
• WIP Wednesday: Ever-Changing Perspectives: I'm a magpie. I like sparkly things. And this new idea - she's all blazing and brilliant right now.
• Writing Wednesday: Sneaky Peek: Behind-the-scenes info with Dark Author Barry Napier

May 2010

• WIP Wednesday: Writing Posse: The writing life? It's good, my friends. Plus - free swag, coming soon!
• Like Flies To Honey: Rubbing elbows with the cream of the crop does not necessarily safeguard Robert Blythe from being judged by the company he keeps.
• WIP Wednesday Went Fishin': ...ate pizza and hit the beach...
• WIP Wednesday: Preliminary Squee: The blog in which I prepare to squee

April 2010

• WIP Wednesday: Pantsers Have A Point: Let's throw the Muse for a loop, shall we?
• Music Monday: Seething & Festering: Sometimes the Muse is a little disturbed
• WIP Wednesday: Ums and Uhs: My latest writerly exploits - and news from my fave writing friends!
• World Domination: I lovelovelove this idea and really want to find the words to make it work.
• Addendum (and the Importance of Napping): All it took was a little time for my brain to conjure up more creepiness...
• WIP Wednesday: What A Muse Wants.....: I'm a bit afraid of this little idea.
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March 2010

• Moving Rocks: I moved around some stones and the water is flowing again. Woot!
• WIP Wednesday: Note To Self...: Tips for the easily distracted writer from an easily distracted writer
• WIP Wednesday: Watched Pots: Watched pots never boil? They can if you light a fire under 'em.
• Jumping On My Own Bandwagon: We all need a little pep talk now and then

February 2010

• Freelance Life Recap - Feb. 21: The freelance life can be a challenge
• Freelance Life Recap - Feb 07: Mary doesn't want to be a dull girl...
• WIP Wednesday: I'm a Cheater!: What happens when the Muse has her way

January 2010

• A Shift of Perspectives: When faced with a writing dilemma, how do you react?
• WIP Wednesday: Respect My Priorities: The Thin Line Between Wanting & Needing
• Beneath the Surface: Getting to the words that are just below the surface
• Literary Booty: What's another word for pirate treasure?
• WIP Wednesday: Wooing My Muse: Trying to overcome Anything-But Syndrome
• WIP Wednesday: Be Your Own Carny: I've come to realize that I can only do so much, and as long as I'm doing what I love, I've already accomplished my goals
• Freelance Life Recap – Week 2: A recap of my writing articles this week as Toronto Writing Examiner
• WIP Wednesday: Getting Back On Track: My goals for 2010
• Freelance Life Recap - Week 1: A recap of my writing articles this week as Toronto Writing Examiner
• Keeping Busy: It's a Freelance Life for me!

November 2009

• Strange Breed: All-nighter - inspiration killer?
• Baby Steps: I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful

October 2009

• WIP Wednesday: ToNaNo: Candy-fueled madness - it must be NaNo!
• Weekly Writing Check-in: Oct. 5 to 11: My writerly exploits this past week.
• WIP Wednesday: Hup, Two, Three, Four: No wonder we writers are a little crazy...
• This is the End: ...beautiful friend, the end.
• WAC: 01 Oct 2009:
• Support Small Press Edition 2 - Blood & Guts: Bloody good independent writers & publishers in Week 2 of my Support Small Press Series

September 2009

• WIP Wednesday: No WIPS, Ands or Butts: Maybe this, maybe that, maybe the other.
• WAC: 30 Sept 2009:
• WAC: 25 Sept 2009:
• WAC: 24 Sept 2009:
• WAC: 23 Sept 2009:
• Support Small Press Edition 1 - The Canadian Contingent: This week, I start with a few crafty Canucks...
• WIP Wednesday: What Was I Thinking?: In this week's episode of WIP Wednesday, watch as the writer celebrates her progress...but will her jubilation be short-lived?
• NaNo '09 Outlining - Day One: Character Sketches: I find myself lost.
• WAC: 22 Sept 2009:
• WIP Wednesday: WIP It Good: Now whip it...into shape...shape it up...get straight.
• Weekly Writing Check-in: Sept. 7 to 13: My writerly exploits this past week.
• Jumpers: Might as well jump (Jump!) Go ahead and...ah, you know the rest.

August 2009

• The Secret Lives of Scribes: To the outside observer, this may sound like torture. But to the writer - it's Utopia

July 2009

• Reigniting The Spark of Interest: Story Teaser for Creepy Crawleys

June 2009

• Personal Effects: Dark Art: Prepare to be scared!

May 2009

• I Will: Little babies eyes. Eyes, eyes, eyes.
• Weeky Writing Check-in: May 11 to 17: My writerly exploits this past week.
• Crossroads: Which way do I go?
• TILT - May 14, 2009: These are the Things I Love, I Love! These are the Things I Love!
• Check 1, 2, 3: Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out!
• Louder Than Words: Baby step to four o'clock. Baby step to four o'clock.
• Pavlovian:

March 2009

• Dream A Little Dream: One day, it may be realized.
• The Waiting Game: All I need is patience.
• Road to.....Somewhere: Come along and take the ride.
• Abandoned Places: Who needs Disneyland?!

February 2009

• Prose By Any Other Name - Part One: Would it smell as sweet?
• Tweet Tweet!:
• Checking In - Feb. 22, 2009: A Week in the Writing Life
• January Reflections: Looking back on my writerly progress.

January 2009

• Loop-de-loop: Step right up and get your tickets!
• Ready to be Terrified?: Northern Haunts is hitting the streets!
• I'm All Out Of Love: There's no easy way, it gets harder each day.
• Paring Down: Getting to the meat of the story.
• Modus Operandi: There's a new sheriff in town. And she's taking names!

December 2008

• Plans for 2009: My writerly hopes for the New Year

November 2008

• NaNo 08 - Day 22: With the finish line in sight, plans for the upcoming months abound.
• NaNo 08 - Day 20: At night...
• NaNo '08 - Day 6: Just you wait, Muse! Just you wait!
• NaNo '08 - Day 4: Starting the day anew!
• NaNo '08 - Days 1 to 3: Putting faces to names

October 2008

• NaNoWriMo 2008:
• Flash Fiction Acceptance: Shroud Publishing: My latest flash fiction piece, Creepy Crawleys, has been selected for an upcoming anthology entitled NORTHERN HAUNTS, 100 Terrifying New England Tales from horror publisher Shroud Publishing
• There's Writin' To Do!:

September 2008

• Of the Heart:

August 2008

• Carnivalesque:
• Hypnagogic:
• Room With A View:

June 2008

• Go Into The Light:

April 2008

• Book Geek:
• Gettin' Dirty:
• The End Is Nigh: The end is in sight, and I now have something to strive for
• Hey, Ray!:
• The New Normal:
• Working It In:

March 2008

• It's Just Like Watching The Detectives:
• Making Progress:

February 2008

• Roadmap to Success:
• Push Through The Pain:

January 2008

• Motivation:

November 2007

• Sink or Swim:
• An evil, evil puppet master:
• Like Pulling Teeth:
• Lost in the Plot:
• The Lucky One:

September 2007

• The Pictures Are All I Can Feel:
• Flinging the Door Open:
• Breaths & Gusts:
• Serendipity:
• Shade of Black:

August 2007

• A Master at the Art of Time Suckage:
• Starry-eyed:
• Legacy:

June 2007

• Hypnotic Cacophony:

March 2007

• Mail Order Excitement:

February 2007

• Iced:
• Living (And Supporting) The Dream:
• All Wrapped Up:
• Building A Mystery:
• Opinions:

January 2007

• Insomniatic, Indeed!:
• Mood Lighting:
• Many Me's:

December 2006

• Impending Doom:
• In Need Of Inspiration:

August 2006

• Neurotic for One's Own Good:

July 2006

• I’m a Brat!:
• Free Bird:

June 2006

• Late-Night Ambient Adventure:
• Radio Nigel:
• Early Morning Baking Adventure:

May 2006

• Consciousness:

February 2006

• Sweet Treats:

January 2006

• Trepidation:

December 2005

• Vow For Now:

September 2005

• Photo Op:
• Late Night:

August 2005

• Happy Day:
• Blockage:

April 2004

• Taking a Turn:
• Why I Have Been Incognito: why I've been MIA for the last week.

March 2004

• Inspirational:
• Should’a, Would’a, Could’a:
• I’m Convinced:
• The Art of Letter Writing:

November 2003

• What I Know:
• That I Would Be Good:
• Rejected:
• Old Fogey:
• Lately, Nothing Seems To Be Going Right:
• I…oh, I’m still alive:

October 2003

• NaNoWri-D’oh!:
• NaNoWriMo - or no??:
• Putting (More) Out:
• Flip-flopping:
• Letting Go:
• Writing is Writing:

September 2003

• Cool Like That:
• Moving & Shaking:
• False Starts:
• Life…Or Something Like It:
• Breaking Through The Block That Hinders:
• Heart & Soul:
• Blank Page:
• The Open Door:
• The Beast Within:
• Directionless:
• Misty Watercolored…:
• Delving Deeper:
• Filling the Well:
• In the Mirror:

August 2003

• Holding Pattern:
• Pictures of You:
• Hands of Time:
• In Disguise:
• Holly Jolly:
• Back to the Books:
• Plan of Attack:
• Continuing…:
• Wonderings:
• Safety Net:
• Digging:

July 2003

• Work It!: It's only been 6 days and already I'm uncovering things.
• Self-analysis:
• Birthday Antics:

June 2003

• That sound you hear is me sighing, contentedly:
• How it goes:
• Guilt-ridden:
• Transformations: