You know those times when the calendar creeps up on you?

Yikes!A month from today, I'll be at the Banff Centre. I've sent in my bio for the student-information packet, they've charged my credit card for the deposit and will soon put through the rest of the tuition and boarding fees ( Read more... )

It seems since my last post, the "Sure, you can have the time off" has turned into "You can have at least part of it. We'll see."

*sadface*

I had just about talked myself into taking the trip to San Francisco as well as attend the Banff Centre. The more I explore Melville and Moby-Dick the more I'm in love with both, and this may be the last ( Read more... )

I realize I've not posted here since I announced my new blog. I blame the clocks. They're obviously running too fast ( Read more... )

Around the beginning of the year, I started wondering about using this blog in a more "professional" manner, considering the growth of e-books and what that means to my job security ( Read more... )

Today I covered for the bosses at the bookfair to buy the fall books from a few publishers. At these fairs, there's usually a social on one evening and lunches are catered by the hotel. There are a couple vegetarians among the sales reps, so we're usually taken care of in the evening, though we often end up with chilli -- and I swear the recipe ( Read more... )

My friend and fellow writer & blogger, Jill, just announced that she's going to take on her first Camp NaNoWriMo in August ( Read more... )

Bad news:

It seems I will not make it to Australia within the next year.

I admit, part of me hopes even more for a trip to San Francisco*. I should have realized the feeling would only be stronger with the...

Good news:

I got in!

Squee!:I didn't want to mention the actual program before (I don't quite believe in jinxing, but I do ( Read more... )

The Plan:

About three weeks ago, I applied to a highly respected Canadian writing school, for a week long residency, in the genre of "Writing for Children", which is being taught by Janet McNaughton (whose novel An Earthly Knight, I adore enough to have read three times and have reviewed twice on this blog). I should hear by the end of July if I' ( Read more... )

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