Mary Rajotte’s Blog Posts

Iced

Today, my world is pure white. We've had fresh snow overnight, so when I woke up today, the roads and valley were newly covered.  There's a small pond across the way in the park, and the surface is completely covered, making it look like a huge moon-crater from way up here.  It's nice to look…

Living (And Supporting) The Dream

My good friend David is an incredible writer, photographer, and all around cool guy. After years of corporate work and working on his writing on the side, he quit his job to dedicate his full-time life to reworking his novels, self-publishing them and plunging headlong into his creative pursuits. The problem? We all know how…

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…