In 2018 Olga Tokarczuk won both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Man Booker International Prize for her novel, Flights. The Lost Soul is beautifully illustrated by Joanna Concejo and the English translation is by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. This is a short story about one man’s decision to slow his life down so […]
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Well, despite sitting at my computer for nearly 8 hours for 3 days, my actual word count is certainly not reflective of my effort. I am disappointed to say the least. But I’ll get over it, persevere and continue on. But first, I’m taking the day off. No more electronic screens. I’m going to drink tea
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This is a New Writing Challenge for me. The International 3-Day Novel Contest has been around for over 40 years. (Who knew? – not me :-{ ) Yes, I sometimes live under a rock, or so it seems. I do know about NANOWRIMO (National Write a Novel in a Month), another annual international writing
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In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed July 30th to be the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Each year has a theme. In 2020 the theme focused on the first responders who help identify victims of human trafficking and help them find safety, justice, and healing. Victims’ Voices Lead the Way is the
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How does the saying go…the best laid plans? Well as much as I thought I had everything sorted for my live launch event on Tuesday, 12th, for my debut novel, All That it Takes, something of course threw a wrench in the works, which unfortunately affected some people’s ability to join me live. Luckily, I
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One year ago today, I posted about New Year’s resolutions. For me it was curtailing my spending money on new fiction – I resolved to use my library more. I was doing pretty good until COVID-19 shut the doors everywhere. I began buying new fiction books, but most second hand, and a few new as
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I usually make resolutions for each new year. This past year, my big resolution was to not purchase any new fiction. As a writer of fiction, you might think that is strange. They say, as a fiction writer, you need to read in the genre you are writing. I had no control. Too much money
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This is my last travel themed post centering around small towns in Saskatchewan. I really could go on and on but I think three is a good number to end on. I’ve chosen to highlight two small towns this week based on their names, Forget and Shackleton Saskatchewan. Forget, Saskatchewan Not far from Stoughton, with
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To really see small town Saskatchewan I didn’t spend a significant amount of time driving on Canada’s biggest thoroughfare, Highway 1, because my main routes of choice were secondary highways. Rather, I found myself on many muddy and gravel roads just to get a better close up view of old buildings along the way, not
Small Town Saskatchewan: Old Building Attraction Read More
Out of the many I visited, I will highlight two special towns in to which a grain elevator pulled me off the highway. I know I said last week in my post about Small Town Saskatchewan, I wouldn’t post anymore pictures of grain elevators, but as this post needed a feature image….well, you get one
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