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  • Chasing Ghosts at Four in the Morning
    Chasing Ghosts at Four in the Morning
    July 05, 2016

    Chasing Ghosts at Four in the Morning

    I can only write fiction before dawn. Part of that is simple adaptive behaviour: most of the past two decades have been filled with children and day jobs that happen, by definition, during the day. The ...

  • Working at Home: the Fine Line Between Distraction and Productivity
    Working at Home: the Fine Line Between Distraction and Productivity
    June 24, 2016

    Working at Home: the Fine Line Between Distraction and Productivity

    I have learned that it's not unusual in that I like to listen to podcasts while I draw comics. Those of us who work on things alone much of the time have tricks to feel less isolated. Music, podcasts, ...

  • A Poet, a Novelist and a Toddler Enter a Room
    A Poet, a Novelist and a Toddler Enter a Room
    June 09, 2016

    A Poet, a Novelist and a Toddler Enter a Room

    Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be one of those literary power couples, talent just oozing from their pores, words pouring from their pens, seemingly effortlessly? Meaghan Strimas & Nathan ...

  • Writing in Public
    Writing in Public
    April 01, 2016

    Writing in Public

    Harlan Ellison would occasionally set up a typewriter in the front window of a bookshop and crank out a story on public display for anyone who cared to watch him. The point he was making (other than the ...

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