Sueños

The Spanish word sueño can mean both sleep and dreams depending on how it is used. In English we separate the two from each other, so I wanted to play on the idea that dreams are perhaps a separate world that can influence events in waking life. Sort of like a butterfly effect or chaos [...]

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Sally and the Snot Snugglers

Sally always had the sniffles. At first they didn’t bother her, but whenever she got a cold her sniffles turned into dribbles and she would have to blow her nose all day long. If you ever saw her garbage can you would see it was always at least half full of tissues that she had [...]

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a small town girl

As a small town girl, Giselle had a great life. She was well liked in the community of Woolley and had gained respect as a first-class horse trainer. The horses really responded to her well because as a unicorn she was to the horses (almost) the equivalent of Jesus among the humans. Except unicorns are [...]

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Whispers of the Wind

My beloved,

i am writing you these words straight from my heart, as it pounds with passion for you. When you left me alone on msn today i cried a typhoon of tears and washed away all the dreams I had of you. I hope that you write me a letter full of your words of [...]

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Knowledge in the Making

I have found some interesting projects being worked on at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. One in particular, Knowledge in the Making, has caught my attention. As a self-proclaimed bibliophile, I LOVE books. I also enjoy the process of writing, and have had many interesting conversations about the writing process.
Has the [...]

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Tone and Voice in Writing

I was wondering what sort of ideas people have on the importance of tone and voice in writing. I personally find short sentences to be very cold and unfriendly, and find that I am more likely to interpret their content as negative even when it very well might be meant as positive. Does anyone else [...]

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My Home Outside

It’s cold out here. The pavement is still damp from the rainfall in early evening. I huddle against the cement, facing the wall, trying to get as close to the building as possible, so that no one walking by disturbs me. I find this parking lot to be quite comfortable. In fact, I have been [...]

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Harlan Ellison – Pay the Writer

I found this really great rant by Harlan Ellison about writers getting (or not getting) paid.

Pay the Writer is taken from a documentary on him called Dreams With Sharp Teeth. Here is the trailer:

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Vancouver Courier Fiction Contest

My friend Shannon told me about a fiction contest that the Vancouver Courier is having and suggested that I enter it. Now, I don’t really consider myself to be a fiction writer, I just dabble in it for fun sometimes. I am not really the type of person to enter a writing contest either, but [...]

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Double or Nothing

So back onto this idea of twins or doubles existing. I was looking into Jose Saramago, the Portugese author of Blindness, which has been made into a movie that everyone seems to be talking about. I am one of those people that usually finds the book is better than the movie, so I am reading [...]

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