What I read this month
I didn’t get to as much reading as I would’ve liked to this month. That’s not remotely new, of course. But the reasoning for it has recently c...
Author: Reay
Back in the Movember movement
Movember was an idea that became an annual fundraising movement. People grow a moustache over the month of November to help raise money for men’s health a...
Finding the optimal format for a project and for myself
I’ve got a new idea for a story. This isn’t unusual. This isn’t unusual for this year or this month or even this week. I get new ideas for sto...
Everything is phases
I realized about a decade ago that everything happens in phases. This may come across as old news to some — “the only constant is that everything ch...
What I read this month
A short list this month. In fact, scratch that. A non-existent list. September was, for one reason and another, a month when I got zero books or graphic novels ...
The best “What if…?” invites you play along
As a writer, my mind is turning out endless “What if…?” scenarios (at times not a good thing, as I’ve explained). And of course artists ...
My ongoing interest in digital privacy
I’ve talked before about digital privacy — among other places, here and here and don’t forget here — but after making some choices then ...
What I read this month
It’s been a busy month at work, so I’ve gotten to read less than I had hoped. Which, mind you, is pretty much par for the course any month. So it go...
Killing one’s darlings. Or at least putting them in cryostasis
I recently finished writing my first novel. I have a tendency, once I’ve finished the first draft of a large project, to shelve it for a bit before I look...
On the ebbing of persuasive debate
I got a job this past May working at the LCBO — Liquor Control Board of Ontario; the only place you can (legally) get booze in the province, though you ca...