On Writing

Holding Pattern

My writing has stalled. Even though I made a few breakthroughs in these pages, I still can't seem to focus. And I'm not sure why. I don't know if it's fear, guilt, no ideas, procrastination, or what. But the longer I go without writing, the worse I feel about myself, my talent and my ability…

Pictures of You

I've been so irritable today! Last night, too. The thing is, I don't know why.  It could be the result of our house hunt and the fact we might be moving to Brampton., which sort of crushes my plans of going to York. We had a great couple of days over the weekend at Algonquin….

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…