Happy Fathers' Day! I am blessed to have my own dad, my grandfather, the memory of my other grandfather, and my father-in-law. Plus so...

Earlier this year I read The Kitchen House. I am going to be honest: I really hesitated writing this review. It's going to get...

Last week I talked about a contest I am entering in July, during which I will have two days and 1000 words to write a fiction piece based...

This semester I taught Into Thin Air to a group of gr. 12 students. After hearing the description they admitted they were "kind of...

I'm entering a flash fiction writing contest this July! I am so excited to get some feedback on my writing style! The way this particular...

Happy June everyone! As a teacher, June is one of my most favourite and least favourite months. The end is in sight, which is overall...

When I decided to actually do this whole writing-a-book-thing, the big push to actually DO it came from a session at the annual Teachers'...

Have you seen the trailer for the Dark Tower movie yet? If not, check it out here: Come on, doesn't that look awesome? I have to confess,...

Today is Victoria Day. It is a distinctly Canadian holiday, though a lot of people I talk to have no idea why or even what it is. We all...

I was trying to think, recently, of which books I have read the most frequently. On my own, Pride and Prejudice is the most obvious...

So, I have come to the realization that I have a bit of an obsessive personality. I get really, really "into" different things. When I...

Happy Mothers' Day! I am fortunate enough to not only have my own mother (don't you love the above picture of us together at my...

Earlier this year I read Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York. It was entirely different from what I expected, and yet I was pleasantly...

I want to do something a little different in today’s blog post. I would like to talk about a friend of mine. Her name is Julie, and she...

It is nearly 5 pm on a random Sunday. It is no one's birthday. Mothers' Day is still a week off. There is no company here. I am in a...

It has been a bit since I first read this book, and even though I have revisited it since, I thought I would look to science fiction for...

Last weekend I published a post about fandoms, nerds, geeks, and all other things that involve embracing creativity and enthusiasm. You...

Today’s post is the first of a double-focus, all about embracing the nerdiness of you, and inspired by my weekend, during which time I am...

I finally read Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train during my vacation last week in Mexico. I read this laying on a beach (jealous?),...

Drumroll, please... Are you ready? Probably, or you wouldn't have clicked on this. Okay. Here we go... Introducing the working (and...