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…
I’ve written about hopeful fantasy before. Hope is something that matters to me, but I never thought I was overly endowed with positivity. As it turns out, I was kinda wrong. Positivity as a Strength I recently finished Becca Syme’s Strengths for Writers course (yes, I know this blog has…
Shining a Light This year our Giftmas theme has been shining a light. And it reminds me so much of the verse from John 1:5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” There’s a great darkness enveloping our world. You see it the news…
I am of the fervent belief that speculative fiction is the literature of hope. Successful grimdark authors like G.R.R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie and popular dystopian sagas like The Hunger Games notwithstanding, I believe that the main function of speculative fiction is to imagine a better world that could exist,…
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