Yes, the world has been hit with a massive challenge, and we are all suffering from the psychological malaise called the "coronavirus blues". As a writer, th...

Well, it was an intense day. I realized last night that I hadn't written the query letter I would need if anyone was interested in my work, so I ended up spe...

I discovered this event on Twitter in December by accident. I happened to log onto Twitter the day in December the event was in play, and after some puzzleme...

It may be wishful thinking, still, but I am planning, by hook or by crook (literally, maybe!), to get at least one of my novels into print this year. Hopeful...

Well, after completing Inktober 2019, which I found both challenging (producing a drawing every day!) but useful (I developed several new drawings to illustr...

I've watched this flurry of posts from hundreds of people (well, I guess thousands, even tens of thousands) every October for several years now, and this yea...

I was watching the first episode of "Downton Abbey", a follow-up to re-watching "Gosford Park", a film I didn't like when it first came out and still find a ...

September 1st was the first day of my retirement! I have been worried about this new stage of my life, despite the obvious benefits. I realized I have been c...

On a last minute impulse, I decided to get away from Quebec and drive along the North Shore all the way to Natashquan, a two-day trip, over 1000 kilometers. ...

One of the epiphanies I had a number of years ago was that, out of my three main passions in life, writing fiction, fashion design, and scientific research, ...

Seems like there is not too much to say when one is deep into the process of revising text. There's nothing really sexy to come up with. It is challenging, d...

So I presented the work-in-progress that resulted from my residency in Crete (at a conference in Rouen, France, in mid May, 2019). Indeed, excerpts from the ...

Just back from my trip to Europe. Had an amazing residency at Triopetra, on the south coast of Crete. I wrote about 12K words, so it is only the early stages...

This week I submitted my formal intention to retire from the university - on September 1st, 2019, I will be officially retired. But of course, what that mean...

In collaboration with my writer friend Mary Thaler, we have developed a video blog (podcast) together called "Writing Off The Deep End". It is about the proc...

After doing several illustrations for the Chronicles - I haven't stopped, but I like to work on several projects at once (!) - I have begun doing some illust...

I have finished a second manuscript (Messioph : The First Book of Ido) for submission to my freelance editor, and have begun work on the rewrite for Pinnacle...

I have been working on developing my own illustrations for the Ido Chronicles. I am not a visual artist, but I do believe that I can provide some idea of my ...

I have been accepted for a Writer's Residency on the island of Crete! Timing is flexible, so I am proposing a two week stay at the beginning of May. The resi...

Among the extraordinary things that are happening in my life these days is this initiative on the Infinite Conversations site (www.infiniteconversations.com)...