Mary Rajotte’s Blog Posts

All Wrapped Up

So my entry for the Postcard Story Competition is signed, sealed and (nearly) delivered. It's going into the mail tomorrow.  I'm not sure if it is exactly what they are looking for, but I like it, so now that it is (almost) out of my hands, that's all that matters. I almost forgot to include…

Building A Mystery

Sometimes my writing surprises me.  There is something wonderful about looking back on something you forgot you had written, and being pleasantly surprised and excited by certain passages.  Sometimes it is a mystery how certain words and phrases come to me. And that is what keeps me going.

Opinions

So, I decided to send in an entry for The Writers' Union of Canada's Postcard Story Competition.  Anyone want to read what I have and give me some feedback?  The deadline is the 14th (I know – talk about procrastination), so I need to have it postmarked by then. I've come to the realizations that…

Insomniatic, Indeed!

We have lived here for 3 years (or is it 4?), and I have only been in the library once, and that was when we were getting a tour before buying our condo.  All the books are donated by residents, but I decided to go in there today and there were actually quite a few…

Mood Lighting

Last night, the entire city was atmospheric.  The air slowly filled with fog, and the red & green of the traffic lights and car headlights were like thick, wet watercolor brushstrokes across the rain-slicked streets.  It made me remember when I used to walk home from the clubs listening to my walkman, just soaking it…

Many Me’s

I read this in Keri Smith's journal today: Writing anything in the journal feels like healing, even if it is crap.  I have never known why this is.  I suspect it lets me know that I have my own inner life outside of everything I am on the outside. Often I feel like I am…