Losing and Winning and Sunnyside Eggs

by | Jun 29, 2018 | Amherst Writers and Artists, creative non-fiction, giving up, Literary journals, memoir, Memories, non fiction, not giving up, rejection, short prose, Uncategorized, Writing contests

I’ve just come back from a celebratory brunch at the lovely Sunnyside Cafe in my new neighbourhood of Esquimalt, British Columbia. They have the best egg dishes. Their hollandaise is gloriously decadent. I usually go for something with smoked salmon, but today I...

Virtual Help

by | Nov 24, 2017 | addicted to fear, Amherst Writers and Artists, AWA, Barbara Turner-Vesselago, Comparable titles, Fear of creating, First Nations, Freefall Writing, inspiration, literary agents, not giving up, Prompts, querying, rejection, Unexpected Gifts, Writer's Block, writing groups, writing together

A short while ago I was invited to a virtual writing workshop with Amherst Artists and Writers (AWA) Executive Director, Maureen Buchanan Jones. It was a wonderful experience writing with people from Paris, Seattle, Toronto, Amherst, Victoria all in the same virtual...