Writing
Almost Forty Days in the “Quarantine Review”
I’m so thrilled to be included in this inaugural issue of The Quarantine Review, a literary journal created by Sheeza Sarfraz and J.J. Dupuis to alleviate the malaise of social distancing with exceptional writing and artwork. I wrote an essay — my very first! — about my small, small pandemic world, my kids’ construction paper crowns,…
Read MoreExciting news: ‘Letters to Amelia’ book deal!
I HAVE THE MOST EXITING NEWS!!!!! Book*hug Press is publishing my novel, “Letters to Amelia” – a novel about Amelia Earhart – and I AM SO THRILLED! It’ll come out in Fall 2022 (which is both forever and a hot minute from now) – mark your calendars!! UPDATE! The book is now slated for Fall 2021!! I’ve…
Read MoreExciting news: A two-book deal!
I’m just so thrilled to announce that my Love Lettering Project-based picture book has been picked up by Yvette Ghione at Kids Can Press in a two-book deal!! Cue the confetti cannons!!! It will come out in Spring 2021, with Book 2 out the following spring. A huge thanks to my agent, Kelvin Kong at…
Read MoreAmelia in The Letters Page
I am beyond thrilled to have one of my letters to Amelia Earhart in the newest volume of The Letters Page – the most charming, insightful literary journal from Nottingham, edited by the wonderful writer, Jon McGregor that is filled with, you guessed it, LETTERS! It’s the most beautiful book – an 80 page craft-bound book with fold-out…
Read MoreMy (small press) writing day
I love reading about writers’ processes – how many cups of coffee they drink, how they procrastinate, where they write, what they listen to, if anything, how they juggle all the life things that aren’t writing while also writing… So, I was delighted to be asked by Rob McLennan to write about my own writing days, for…
Read More“You Showed Up Wearing Pants” in The Temz Review
For years I’ve been writing letters to Amelia Earhart, and in the last little while, I’ve been turning these letters into what one day will be a novel. AND the first letter of the project, “You Showed Up Wearing Pants” has been published in the inaugural issue of The Temz Review. I’m in such good…
Read More“Lake Ontario” in Watermarks: Writing by Lido Lovers and Wild Swimmers
It is no secret that I love swimming. And writing about swimming combines two of my very favourite things in the entire world, so imagine my delight when swimmer and writer Tanya Shadrick put out a call for swim writing on Twitter! Watermarks: Writing by Lido Lovers and Wild Swimmers is a collaboration between Pells Pool,…
Read MoreMy love of Lake Ontario in published form
I love swimming. Outdoors, mostly, though I spend most of the year swimming indoors. And I love writing. Needless to say, it’s hard to keep the two apart. Cue my delight when I received a note from the incredible Tanya Shadrick, the 2016 writer-in-residence for Pells Pool , the oldest outdoor freshwater public pool in the…
Read More“Something sensible and solid” in the Toronto Star
This weekend my short story about Grace Marks (of Alias Grace fame) was published in Lynn Crosbie‘s Real Crime series in the Toronto Star. I rarely write short stories, and writing a story about a subject Margaret Atwood has already tackled was, um, daunting to say the least, but it was so much fun to dive into…
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