Mel’s Blog

So...I didn't have to wait as long as I thought because I switched with "Fairy Girl." That meant that feedback day was today.***When I defended my thesis, my supervisor looked [...]

Before I left this morning, I looked up the author who is facilitating the workshop to refresh my memory of his books. Once I started reading his biography, that old [...]

I know that I haven't blogged in a while. I tripped and fell in Kensington Market and sprained my thumb, making all things writing virtually impossible and painful. This forced [...]

I love it when my horoscope seems to be about me:"News comes your way that you need to rebroadcast quickly -- toss out a big email, write it up on [...]

I woke up this morning with this diatrab so I ask for forgiveness in advance for the sheer "ranting" of the following post.I also woke up this morning with the [...]

Is it okay to take a day off?I have been working really hard at my day job and I have just heard that I passed my course work for this [...]

Last night my cousin and I saw Dar Williams in concert. She is this folk artist that I completely adore. Her music is clever, inspiring, heartbreaking and revolutionary. She is [...]

I have forgotten to mention that my friend R and I had our second creative tag team meet up a few weeks ago. I read from my proposal for Banff [...]

The deadline for the Banff Writing Centre is this Friday. I think that I have my pages ready. I have tweaked and toiled and stressed and fretted. I have told [...]

I have decided to take some small action in the direction of my true writer self. Last week, I saw an ad for the Banff Centre for Arts Writing program [...]

Normally I blog about the after-math of my doubts as a writer or some amazing fact that shows to me that being a writer is my "true path" and that [...]

As you might recall, my old friend R and I have made the commitment to meet up once a month to show and discuss our creative pursuits. My friend would [...]