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Debunking Writer’s Block

Like many prolific authors, Philip Pullman doesn’t have time for writers who complain about writer’s block (as I’ve posted about before): “I don’t believe in it. All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes...

New Year, New Server

If things look a bit rough around here (ie broken links, empty images, etc) it’s because I’m in the process of switching to a new server and I’m still pulling out the wires and plugging them into their new slots. It also explains why the site has...

anticipation: it’s all I got left

When it comes to Christmas and the holidays, scrooges and grumps don’t get any scroogier or grumpier than me. I hate this time of year: the crowds, the cold and all that nail-to-the-brain candy cane in-store holiday muzak that makes you want to chuck bathbombs...

Bill Moyers Signs off Now

One of the great things about living in Toronto is that for a one-time $20.00 investment, a pair of rabbit ears will give you the best of the best that television has to offer. I’m talking public television: provincial, Canadian and American. The airwaves are...

CANSCAIP Bio Online

I joined CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers) at the end of the summer and it’s been a great experience so far. It’s great to be part of a large group, spanning the country, dedicated to promoting the arts...