On Writing

Holly Jolly

Looking back on all the pages I've written in less than a month, it's pretty amazing to me how I've gone from no writing to almost every day pages. Granted, I haven't yet moved on from daily pages to working on a story. But knowing that I've succeeded in this area gives me hope that…

Back to the Books

I spent most of the day researching writing programs at universities. The Western program sounds good, but it isnâ't offered through distance education. The Simon Fraser and UBC programs sound good. Too bad I live in Ontario. They do offer some of the courses via Distance Ed. Then, I have to worry about money. OSAP…

Plan of Attack

At the moment I seem to have misplaced the page of writing I did on Friday where I tried to remember everything I could about living on Finsbury Crescent. This irritates me.  I suppose I could just continue to write about some other aspect and piece them together later. I got an e-mail from a…

Continuing…

I haven't been sleeping well lately. Since Friday, I've been researching various writing courses online. It started with the Humber School for Writers. But when I realized it's a post-graduate course, and that I may not be able to get into the program, I've been looking at college & university continuing ed. courses. An English…

Wonderings

When I look at my life, I feel I don't have many adventures to share. The most interesting and daring thing I have ever done was that summer I moved to B.C. and spent it backpacking and camping out on the beach in the middle of the rain forest. My 'hippie summer', for sure! The…

Safety Net

I was so exhausted last night that I fell asleep on the couch. I was hoping to get some time in on my superstition story; or get back to working on 'The Mirror'; or do some free writing on dad's story. The latter is one where I have no idea what the story will be…