September 1st was the first day of my retirement! I have been worried about this new stage of my life, despite the obvious benefits. I...

On a last minute impulse, I decided to get away from Quebec and drive along the North Shore all the way to Natashquan, a two-day trip,...

One of the epiphanies I had a number of years ago was that, out of my three main passions in life, writing fiction, fashion design, and...

Seems like there is not too much to say when one is deep into the process of revising text. There's nothing really sexy to come up with....

So I presented the work-in-progress that resulted from my residency in Crete (at a conference in Rouen, France, in mid May, 2019)....

Just back from my trip to Europe. Had an amazing residency at Triopetra, on the south coast of Crete. I wrote about 12K words, so it is...

This week I submitted my formal intention to retire from the university - on September 1st, 2019, I will be officially retired. But of...

In collaboration with my writer friend Mary Thaler, we have developed a video blog (podcast) together called "Writing Off The Deep End"....

After doing several illustrations for the Chronicles - I haven't stopped, but I like to work on several projects at once (!) - I have...

I have finished a second manuscript (Messioph : The First Book of Ido) for submission to my freelance editor, and have begun work on the...

I have been working on developing my own illustrations for the Ido Chronicles. I am not a visual artist, but I do believe that I can...

I have been accepted for a Writer's Residency on the island of Crete! Timing is flexible, so I am proposing a two week stay at the...

Among the extraordinary things that are happening in my life these days is this initiative on the Infinite Conversations site...

While contemplating the idea of writing a kind of response to Canadian author Robertson Davies' book called "The Manticore", the second...

Today I completed the first draft of my novel, Incarnations of Evil, which recounts the story of a Polish family in the area near Gdansk,...

My book called Incarnations of Evil is taking shape. It is a complex piece addressing several interconnected issues simultaneously, hence...

I'm not actually sure whether I mean last month (October) or the coming one (November) - they are both ambitious in their own ways. In...

Along with collaborators Heather Fester and Marco Morelli, we presented a set of three talks at the recent Gebser conference (48th Annual...

Among the choices I made recently as a writer was to set out to develop a much stronger engagement with poetry. I had at the back of my...

Every author needs their own web site, to champion their ongoing projects, promote their existing work... and perhaps talk about how life...