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Structuring Your Memoir

October 28, 2020

Sometimes you have to change your perspective to figure out how to improve your writing.

Tags book structure, books, courses, memoir, structure, writing, writing tips

Rough Magic

September 9, 2020

Lara Prior-Palmer’s “Rough Magic” isn’t so much about a horse race as it is finding out who you are and what drives you as a human being.

Tags book review, horses, memoir, Mongolia, writing

This Week’s Readings

December 2, 2019October 23, 2019

This week I read two extremely different books. Both gave me something to think about in terms of privilege and writing. This week I read … Read more

Tags bipolar, book review, books, Canadian, dark matter, epigenetics, indigenous peoples, memoir, mental health, nature writing, privilege, reading

Finding Your Niche

December 2, 2019September 12, 2018

I have a friend, Kim Moynahan, whom I’ve only met in person once way back in 2013. We communicate on email and Slack, we work … Read more

Tags book review, empowerment, essay, expert, friends, interpreter, memoir, mental health, mental illness, museums, niche, reporting, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, women in academia, writing

Writing a Book (Part 2)

December 2, 2019May 9, 2018

The past few months have been pretty busy. Then suddenly it all stopped, with the exception of one book review for Science. As I wrote … Read more

Tags Audre Lorde, autobiography, Banff Centre, book, community building, editing, emotion, Faith Kearns, Jan Redford, language, Lou Woodley, memoir, mental health, mountains, relationship building, scicomm, science communication, science writing, sciwri, voice, women in STEM, words, writing

A Single Moment

December 2, 2019March 21, 2018

In her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion focuses on how life can change in a single moment. Her husband dies suddenly, while … Read more

Tags change, Cowichan, death, Elizabeth Alexander, emergency, hiking, injury, Joan Didion, knee injury, life change, meaning, memoir, moments, moving, surgery

Writing a Book

December 2, 2019February 7, 2018

I’ve always wanted to write a book (or two, or three). But it always seemed as though there was some alchemy involved, some incantation that … Read more

Tags amwriting, books, communication, literary citizen, memoir, promotion, publishing, scientific books, women writers, writing

Wishing for Snow

December 2, 2019January 22, 2016

I’ve just returned from another soggy dog walk. My rain pants and jacket are dripping on the floor, and the baseball cap I wear to … Read more

Tags books, drought, memoir, rain, skiing, snow, snowshoeing, Vancouver Island, weather, west coast, winter
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