Last week, I was at the Glen Street Theatre talking on a panel discussing community art and creativity. I was joined by fellow passionate community creatives: public artist Greg Stonehouse, architect and illustrator Miguel Gonzalez, and Aboriginal art advocate Aunty Clair Jackson. Our task was to read and comment on…
Last week, a reader asked me how I go about creating memorable characters everyone loves. The simple answer I gave them was: I don’t. When it comes to fiction’s greatest and most memorable characters, we all have our favourites. Among mine are Gatsby, Hamlet, Scarlet O’Hara, Rhett Butler, and Bella…
My husband asked me the other day… What do you think is more likely to be here on Earth – ghosts or extra-terrestrial life? It was a surprising question because my husband’s not usually the speculating type. Don’t get me wrong, he loves speculative fiction – movies, TV shows, the…
