Giftmas 2023: Winter Light
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It’s become an annual December tradition here to participate in Rhonda Parrish’s Giftmas fundraiser for Edmonton’s Food Bank. Having been both a beneficiary of and a volunteer for food-related nonprofits, food insecurity is something I care deeply about. Also, I like to eat. Doesn’t everyone? NB: As part of Giftmas…
The Lamplighter – Lisa Carreiro Guest Post
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Today I’m lending my blog to Rhonda Parrish and Lisa Carreiro to help spread the word about Saltwater Sorrows, Rhonda’s latest anthology release. Saltwater Sorrows Deep, mysterious, beautiful… dangerous… Women and the sea have been tied together in myth and story from the beginning of time. Tales of women being drawn…
Hope and Positivity
Circle City Magic Anthology
I Was Wrong About Writer’s Block
Coming Unstuck
Post-NaNoWriMo Update
Giftmas 2022: Light in the Darkness
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It’s December again, and it seems like in modern western culture that means stress. Stress about time commitments, family commitments or lack thereof, present-buying, present-wrapping, crowd-fighting, traffic backups… The list goes on and on. It’s all too easy for me to succumb to the stress of the season–until I remind…