My article on the use of ibogaine for drug addiction treatment at Iboga Therapy House (or rather an excerpt from it) is now online in the Utne Reader.

My non-fiction output has gone to hell the last few months. I'm still allegedly working on a book review, but I'm averaging about a page a week on the book. (Guess the book isn't grabbing me very ( Read more... )

My review of Cory Doctorow's YA novel Little Brother is now up on the Tyee ( Read more... )

To my surprise, my article on the decriminalization of sex work in Vancouver is up on the Tyee, front page top story no less. (Thanks, David!)

This is my first news-feature in a while, and I got a little nervous about covering such a complicated issue with so many divergent points of view and strong feelings attached.

Personally, I'm in favor of ( Read more... )

After about a year and a half, I finally published a story based on my research on ibogaine, an experimental treatment for drug addiction. It's in the July-August issue of THIS magazineI've been very busy the last few days, between temping, MVK meetings and trying to finish the three Tyee assignments I agreed to in a fit of optimism. I did submit ( Read more... )

My BDSM history presentation at the Art of Loving last night went surprisingly well. A friend came through with the LCD projector, which always makes it better. I've done it with only my laptop screen before, but it doesn't work with more than a few people ( Read more... )

On Thursday, I met with an editor who's been a great support to my career over the years. Over chai latte and tea in a coffee shop on the margin of gentrification of the Downtown Eastside, he told me something that was considerable food for thought.

The way to make it through the fabled dollar-per-word barrier of freelancing, he says, is adopting ( Read more... )

My latest non-fiction work, a review of Matt Mason's The Pirate's Dilemma, is now live on the Tyee.

Over the past year or so, my freelancing traffic has dropped significantly. There are several causes for this: MVK duties, an illness in the family, a relatively steady run of temp work, but a lot of it is just demoralization.

I received a call from ( Read more... )

Actually, this is more intended for those who use word processors to write anything beyond letters and the like.

If you are or ever will write anything with multiple sections, headers or any other kind of formatting...

Please, please, please learn how to use styles and templates.

I know there's a bit of a learning curve. I know that MS Word can be a ( Read more... )

I'm still at home, still feeling just crappy enough that I shouldn't go to work ( Read more... )

Day two of staying home sick: fatigue, sinus pressure, swollen throat, slight fever. I either got this from a friend at my writer's workshop on Monday night (if only I could get some of her talent as well) or at the temp job I started Monday ( Read more... )