Incidental Pieces

Grandma Tilly's Lebkuchen

2009-12-23T09:38:00.008-04:00

When the fabulous Jennifer Hart (aka @bookclubgirl) invited me to contribute a post to her Holiday Open House at her blog, of course I said yes! I'm thrilled to announce that my post now live over at...

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doo doo, doo doo - doo doo, doo doo...

2009-10-22T19:57:00.003-03:00

Not long ago I received an auto-generated email from Amazon saying, Are you looking for something in our Mystery & Thriller Books department? If so, you might be interested in these items. The...

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don't stop believin'

2009-09-30T18:04:00.011-03:00

It's official...I'm a "Gleek." I absolutely adore Fox's new series Glee. I sing along. I cheer for the music geeks. I hiss at the Cheerios. My heart breaks every time Rachel gets drenched in the...

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The Kind of September

2009-09-07T16:25:00.008-03:00

The other day, I handed in my manuscript for The Virgin Cure. There's still much to be done in the year before publication, but now the work becomes a collaborative effort with other voices and...

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best birthday present ever...

2009-07-31T23:54:00.005-03:00

This is what my artistic wonder of a husband gave me for my birthday this year! It's a sheet of copper (about 8X10) that he turned into an amazing piece of art. First, he created the image on his...

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My Tangled Bank

2009-07-08T21:04:00.009-03:00

My desk. My tangled bank. When I was small, I loved to visit my great aunt who lived in South Bend, Indiana. The Bader Avenue house was designed and built for her by her husband. It boasted...

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Wild thing, I think I love you...

2009-05-18T09:49:00.003-03:00

Ever spot someone who has his/her head in a book? Ever let curiosity get the best of you and sidle close enough to note the title, or even grab a look-see at the text on the page? A bookstore friend...

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the importance of ink and fortune cookies

2009-04-08T13:24:00.005-03:00

Every once in a while I feel compelled to make a little window into my writing world. Here's a look at my yesterday. It includes an excerpt and an image from my writing journal. April 7, 2009 Rain,...

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Twitter, Skype and guest posting, oh my!

2009-04-08T12:51:00.003-03:00

I *heart* Book Club Girl... Through a string of serendipitous tweets on Twitter, I recently found myself honoured to have my latest book club adventure featured at Book Club Girl's blog! You can...

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spring training

2009-03-16T15:26:00.006-03:00

Over the weekend I watched a CTV documentary called "Lost Adventures of Childhood." It featured interviews with writers and thinkers such as Carl Honore (author of Under Pressure: Rescuing our...

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in spite of the fact that your fuel might be low on your record player

2009-01-30T10:45:00.008-04:00

The Birth House (or should I say - Gimdymo Namai) has just been published in Lithuania! I find the cover compelling. What do you think? I'm thrilled to be published by Vaga and have my work on the...

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time, time, time...

2009-01-12T13:47:00.003-04:00

When I was in music school, I took a side job as a professor's office assistant. I had done similar work for other faculty members before - marking papers, schlepping to the library for research,...

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Take it easy, but take it.

2008-11-04T11:03:00.005-04:00

(Photo by trustynick via creative commons/flickr and storycorps.) Sometimes, when I think about my years in Chicago, I have bittersweet memories...but when I think of Studs Terkel and the life he...

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Putting it together...

2008-07-21T13:09:00.014-03:00

The title of one of my favourite Sondheim songs (from Sunday in the Park with George) seems fitting for this post. The days are rolling forward, and we're getting closer to the premiere of Jerome:...

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feeeeeed me...

2008-05-26T15:47:00.005-03:00

As a youngest child, I was a notorious brat. These days, I like to think of myself as a low - maintenance kind of person. I'm not allergic to much of anything, and aside from my hatred of mayonnaise,...

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Toot!

2008-03-07T13:55:00.004-04:00

I just love it when I can brag about my friends... Congratulations to Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company for their recent wins at this year's Merritt Awards!!! They scooped up outstanding...

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make a little birdhouse in your soul...

2008-02-21T14:21:00.009-04:00

Collage work really helps to stretch my creative muscles when I'm working with new ideas in my writing. This first piece - Miss Understood, became my contribution to the Ross Creek Centre for the...

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Thank-You, OLA!

2008-02-05T12:49:00.000-04:00

Just back from a short trip to Toronto where I picked up this gorgeous Evergreen Award from the Ontario Library Association (in the middle of a howling snowstorm, I might add...) We maritime mommies...

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Jerome - The Historical Spectacle

2008-01-07T13:47:00.000-04:00

As with my novel-in-progress (The Virgin Cure), I’ll be occasionally sharing notes from Jerome, The Historical Spectacle, my play-in-progress. (If you're wondering about the origins of the project,...

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A Letter to One Who is Reluctant to Call Herself a Writer

2007-11-17T16:50:00.001-04:00

Dear Friend of Mine, It’s National Novel Writing Month and I’ve been using this year’s 50,000-word challenge to kick around some ideas. (And they dearly needed some kicking...) Hopefully, most of...

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listen, do you want to know a secret?

2007-10-31T11:26:00.000-03:00

My pals Chis O'Neill and Ken Schwartz of the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts have come up with another brilliant idea... The Ross Creek Secret Join Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Halifax for a...

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Scots Bay Landmark Lost

2007-10-02T13:38:00.000-03:00

Mid September, Scots Bay lost a landmark establishment to an early morning fire. In recent days, it was known as The Sand Dollar Cafe and before that as Dee Dee's Dinette. If you came out this way to...

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A Stitch in Tme...

2007-09-24T19:17:00.001-03:00

From time to time I'll be sharing some words from my personal journal/sketchbook for my next novel, The Virgin Cure. In this first installment, I'm journaling about my recent experience of learning...

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Fall Fare

2007-09-12T19:43:00.000-03:00

Here's a round-up for today... As most of you know, I've always been partial to the "pregnant belly" covers of The Birth House. So, when the cover proof for the upcoming US trade paperback from...

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Watch your back....

2007-08-28T11:28:00.000-03:00

Earlier this month, my back went out. It was only a couple days before I was supposed to get on a plane and fly to BC for the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. I've had back pain before,...

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