Journal

Wow. I think I just finished my second draft. What to do? Relax with a glass of wine, I think. :-)

My company and I get a bit of exposure… [2012/06: This post was formerly found at Kat's now archived blog at www.ganache.ca]

Four Spirits, by Sena Jeter Naslund Follows the lives of several residents of Birmingham, Alabama during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Rating: YMMV A Small and Remarkable Life, […]

Well, here's a rarity. I didn't finish any books this month. Unless you count the guide to Occupational First Aid Level II. Been just a titch busy. :-)

I just finished the major research phase for the story, and the most surprising thing about it was that I didn't completely hate it. I don't read much non-fiction, but […]

Sometime in fall of 2005, as I realized the end of my first draft was approaching, I faced a dilemma: how was I to obtain feedback for the novel? I […]

In January I started revision. It's three-pronged: personal plan for attacking overall and line-by-line revisions revision based on feedback from the UBC Booming Ground mentorship revision based on research I'll […]

March was a very slow month, reading for pleasure-wise: only one book read. I did read 20 reference books I pulled from the library for research, but I won't list […]

On February 28th, I attended a seminar the Canadian Writer's Union was putting on at the Vancouver Public Library. I have to say this was one of the better $40 […]

Ugh. I've been down for the count with the plague. Not the plague, of course. Just the uber-virus making the rounds in Vancouver at the moment. I only managed to […]