The Writing Process
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Don’t take a gun to a pen fight
I’ve been writing fiction since I could wield a pencil. Sure, I was an introvert, so sitting in the house writing was not a loss for me, but it’s impossible to avoid the fact that writing is an isolated endeavour. Also, technically, more affordable than skiing—just you and your weapon of choice, whether the pen, Continue reading
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Doyle vs. Holmes
How many writers wish they could write a character like Sherlock Holmes? My guess is most of them. Sherlock Holmes is the best-known fictional character still, although that whippersnapper Harry Potter has quickly risen to number two in recent decades. Put together a deerstalker, a magnifying glass and a pipe, and readers all over the Continue reading
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Robot Love
With everything going on in the world, life on Electric Street is pretty calm this summer. Except for a quick drive to the Maritimes and frequent jaunts to Toronto, I am at my desk, writing drafts and learning new things. Doing my electric company A long, long time ago, I can still remember … my Continue reading
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189 Days to Christmas
Since I am doing a little light research for my Archie Sloss novel, I discovered that the Glasgow Police appointed their first detective in 1819 and followed with a designated Criminal Department in 1821. Is everyone on the same page as me? I’m thinking Netflix’s Dept. Q Christmas Special, where DC Rose Dickson (played by Continue reading
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One April Fool
It’s finally spring and to distract you from all the insanity of the gift that keeps on giving down south, I offer you an update of life here on Electric Street. Doing: March is brilliant when you have a little Irish within you! I was busy with several Ottawa-area events in celebration of Saint Continue reading
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Hair, Jawlines and Sex
We have been hearing a lot of speculation on the reasons that my second novel is taking so long to finish. Let us first reject the suggestion that my book was crap and now I am trying harder. Critics! Cannot live with them … However, it is a fact that I freely penned my first Continue reading
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Digging the Dirt
This April, I sat down for a serious self-directed sermon. I wagged a finger at myself. “There will be no more flying, no more canal boats, no more bonfires, no more driving out of province, until you finish the next book.” Pause. “Fine,” I grumbled. Grounded. Calli, my muse, mocked, “and we’ll have fun fun Continue reading
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How to Learn by Mentoring
As I continue drafting my second novel, I am also busy mentoring an older friend who is writing his memoirs. He sends me sections about growing up in India, and his decades of work as an engineer in India, Britain and Canada. And of course, life as an immigrant to Canada. He has a brilliant Continue reading
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A good story is a like a good tea blend. What’s your favourite blend?
My short stories and plays incorporate peculiar characters. The Irish Within Us is no different, but as my first novel, it started a new era. As I tackled the business end of writing, I found that my quirky novel defied categorization – a marketing nightmare! Fantasy? Irish fae run throughout the story, unseen or seen Continue reading
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