i'm obsessed with shorts. short. stories.
The Shining by Stephen King Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin* Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Lord of the Flies by William Golding Out by Natsuo Kirino Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on Residential Schools by The Canadian Government The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafta Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor … Read more
dear imaginary readers of the blog, it’s been a misogynistic couple of weeks. you know, Ursula Le Guin’s essay on being a failed man is thought provoking. as an older woman, she was born just as women were considered persons. she tried to live as a man and now she’s old, and considering living as an old … Read more
Bill Murray, i love you.
yesterday, i went to the coffeeshop to write. i do that sometimes. i’ve written several stories at the coffeeshop and then there’s editing. so, i’m trying to write a story and it’s not coming. i’ve got some thinking to do. there i am, researching, writing dialogue out by hand and getting in the groove when, … Read more
my thanks to Shaun Hunter for asking me to join in this virtual tour of writers. it’s a kind of relay that proposes four questions to Canadian writers about their writing life/habits/obsessions. links to others in the relay appear at the bottom of this post. and i double-dog dare Lori Hahnel to answer these questions. what am i … Read more
time for a list. top 10 books that carry weight in my adult(ish) mind. a list on this particular day, for no particular reason, in no particular order: OFFSHORE by Penelope Fitzgerald TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner WIDE SARGASSO SEA … Read more
dear imaginary readers of this blog people of the word, i found the antidote to the terminal question: how do i order stories in a collection? the source of this antidote is David Jauss. he’s written a book on writing and within said book, a chapter on the unification of short stories into a collection. an entire … Read more
here are seven obscure facts about me: i was offered a substantial art scholarship to Emily Carr Art College and turned it down. my fingerprints are on file. i trained with the RCMP in a pilot project of civilians manning wire taps. the project was scrapped. i was a party girl at a department store … Read more
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. what a complex show. swaggering, melodramatic, evangelical. at times, tender. and, may i say, challenging for the audience. i’m feeling lucky.