Writing During Lockdown
I haven’t been doing a lot of writing during lockdown. At least, not the kind of writing I hoped to do. Not the contemporary women’s fiction I identify with. I’m still working on my final…
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Be Careful What You Read
It seems obvious. What you read affects you. You know this if you’ve ever been immersed in a good book and forgot to get supper started. Maybe you’ve found yourself mimicking some of the personality…
Books Conventions Fiction
ReCONvene 2020, Thoughts and Reflections
A few weeks ago I attended ReCONvene 2020. It was a one day virtual science fiction / fantasy (SF/F) convention, and my attendance showed just how much things have changed for me in the last…
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Book Review – Her Perfect Life
Her Perfect Life by Rebecca Taylor is a compelling story of grief, relationships, and identity. Eileen Greyden is an overwhelmed wife, mother of three, and struggling photographer. Her sister is the ridiculously famous author Clare…
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I Don’t Want to Survive the Pandemic
I don’t want to survive the pandemic. I want to live through it. There is a difference. To survive the pandemic means life is on hold, and each day is about making it to the…
American Culture Books Fiction
Would You Recognize the Apocalypse?
Dystopian novels and movies have been popular for years. We read or watch with morbid fascination how people survive after the worst has happened. Sometimes that ‘worst’ is a single well-defined event: a climate catastrophe,…
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The Value of Fiction
I recently saw this post on Twitter: The fact that it was an English teacher who said this is especially troubling, but I’m not surprised by the sentiment itself. A lot of people don’t see…