Celebrate What’s Right In The World
You just have to look in the news or talk to your neighbor while shoveling your walk. There are many issues across the world right now! That we could say that are non-supportive to our overall well-being. So, it is even more important in the here and now to celebrate. To celebrate, what’s good about […]
Feeling Surreal
I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say that my upcoming retirment didn’t feel a little surreal to me. I am really excited about it. But after being on a schedule for 41 years. It seems a little out there for my mind to proccess that soon, I will be the creator of my […]
This or Something Better
This post was an unfinished DRAFT that I have now decided to complete. Look at me go 🙂 I was shoveling snow after a freakish April snowstorm on April 19th, 2022 I began to think, “If I wasn’t having to shovel snow right now, what would I prefer to be doing with my time?” The […]
Writers Muse
A creative muse is any source of inspiration you rely on to enrich your writing life and provide you with creative ideas for your next writing project. The word muse comes from the Greek mousai, and refers to the goddesses of creativity and the arts. When I wrote A Warrior’s Heart: The Awakening, music was my […]
It is Time!
After a very rewarding 41-year career with the Government of Alberta (Alberta Environment) I will be handing in my swipe card and exiting the building for the last time on February 17th, 2023. I am retiring so that I am able to completely focus my attention on coaching / facilitating and writing full time. I […]
What the ?$%^ is a Literary Tropes?
Without looking it up, do you know what a trope is?? I knew as an author I used tropes a lot! But I didn’t know what I was using was called a trope! trope noun \ ˈtrōp \ Definition of trope 1: a word or expression used in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF SPEECH 2: a common or overused theme or […]
Writers Weekend Intensive
To write — to really write — we need to drop down into ourselves and our stories. We need to somehow create a depth of focus that lets us see and step into the wide, dazzling possibility of the next page. We all love the people and places in our lives, but writing comes more easily with […]
Action and Adventure
Let me set the scene. Pretend for the moment the following is a scene from a movie and not what really happened to me on June 22, 2022! Our hapless careening up the road on his hybrid pedal bike! (See above) Like the lawful person he is, our hero safely merges over to the left […]
Making the Time
It was forecasted to be rainy for most of this past weekend and, in spite of the predicted forecast, Tina and I still decided to go out to our trailer this weekend. The rain could/would be the perfect reason for me to take the time to write. We just wanted to get away and spend […]
8 Spiritual Fiction Books I Absolutely Love
I would like to share with you eight of my favorite spiritual fiction books. Okay, actually seven books, because I added one of my own books into the list.