Writing Archives

  1. Even More Podcast Attention
  2. Venom and Anti-Venom, they cancel each other out, right?
  3. My 2024 Awards Eligibility Post
  4. November Ends
  5. Happy Belated Book Birthday to Me!
  6. The Sun Runners/Tales from the Silence November Launch Celebrations
  7. They Are Here, by Erin Bow (Fiction Special)
  8. Back to the Blog
  9. Is There Anybody Out There?
  10. Video Creative
  11. Creativity and Working Around Ablest Language
  12. On Writing and 2022
  13. Chris Boucher (1943-2022)
  14. Remembering Mike Filey
  15. Video Essays
  16. Space Colonies Group Chat, 2151 CE
  17. Launching this September: The Night Girl
  18. Red Maple Nomination
  19. Books 49, 50, 51, and 52
  20. Ups and Downs
  21. I'm getting tired of still having to deal with this crud...
  22. The Return of Amazing Stories
  23. Hanging Out With the Dream King
    The Dream King's Daughter Becomes My Sixth Published Novel
  24. On the Need for an Integrated Transit Plan
    Part 1: Expand the Inter-City Bus Network
  25. Contemplating Failure, Seven Years Later
  26. One Year Later
  27. Remembering When Ontario Was an Oil Power
  28. Books #43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48
  29. The Places Where We Remember
  30. Good Places to Write in Toronto - The UPStairs Lounge
  31. Off to Ottawa
  32. The Anti Cookie Monster
  33. On the Death of VIA Rail
  34. On Pockets
  35. On Ontario's Reinventing the Wheel
  36. Canada's connection to the past is being degraded
  37. On Meeting Gordon Korman
  38. The Curator of Forgotten Things Goes Shopping
  39. On Kitchener in Bloom
  40. End the Agreement
  41. Fixing Fixed Incomes
  42. Where the Wasps Were
  43. It's important to stand up for the truth
  44. The Porcelain Anniversary
  45. How Stupid People Threaten the World
  46. Books #39, 40, 41 and 42
  47. Many, Many Thank Yous
  48. It's the Little Things that Count...
  49. The Chastened Society
    Or, What is Reverse Steampunk?
  50. Another Column From the Post...
  51. Latest Columns
  52. On Bakka-Phoenix Books and the Life Long Passion
  53. The Blue Fireman
  54. The Attack of the Narratives
  55. Dedication
  56. Run, Boy, Run!
    The Sun Runners Soundtrack
  57. Smile If You're Riding Minnesota's LRT
  58. Welcome, Swan Riders!
  59. Happiness is a Cold Nose
  60. Of Buses and Streetcars
  61. Books #36 & 37
  62. The Writing Life
  63. Brand Extension
    A Short Harry Potter Fan Fic
  64. Desk Photographs
  65. Author Photographs
  66. Things I've Written Lately
  67. The Guy and the Girl Who Lived...
  68. Books 33, 34 & 35
  69. Things I've Written Lately
  70. Farewell to the Office
  71. Post #3000
  72. Smellorama
  73. Ex Machina, What I'm Writing, and Things
  74. The Mystery of the Missing Water
  75. Just Remember that Somebody Had to Consider the Possibilities
  76. Throne of Scorpions
    Erin Bow's The Scorpion Rules Cover Revealed
  77. My Thoughts on the Plot of Frozen Fever
  78. The Art of Scorpions
  79. Thirteen Years Ago Today
  80. Books 26, 27 and 28
  81. On a Life Turned Somewhat Upside Down
  82. Just What Cats Need...
  83. The Last Two Weeks of Summer
  84. Assorted Thoughts on a Sunday Morning.
  85. Ruth Graham is Embarrassed that You Like Young Adult Novels So Much.
  86. Descendant of the Dinosaurs
  87. Cue Angry E-mails In 3... 2... 1... Ah, here we go...
  88. Updates for May
  89. My Birthday, the Universe and Everything
  90. You've Come a Long Way, Baby!
  91. The Curator of Forgotten Things
  92. Why, Thank You!
  93. Big and Little
    The Time of the Doctor Reviewed
  94. "Giant Inflatable Santas Unite Neighbourhood's Christmas Spirit"...
  95. Maple Blossoms, by Vivian
  96. Power
  97. Fall Deepens
  98. Blue Sun, by Vivian Bow
  99. What I've Been Writing Lately - Fall Equinox Edition
  100. The Thrill of Embarrassment
  101. The Beach at the End of the Line
  102. What I've Been Writing Lately
  103. An Educational Toy
  104. This Blog is Not Abandoned
  105. A Poem
  106. In the Sun
  107. Jealousy
  108. Someone is Watching Me
  109. Hulk vs. She Hulk
  110. The Forgotten Tax Number
  111. The Things that Pop In My Head
  112. Whither Self-Publishing (and Fan Fiction)
  113. Six Books Down, Two to Go
  114. How to Write Four Books in a Month
  115. News
  116. Nocturnal Revisions
  117. Nocturnal Adaptations
  118. The Waiting Game
  119. So Big, and Yet So Small
  120. The Man I Was II
  121. Echoes and Fingerprints
  122. And Now For a Little Cross-Promotion
  123. News You Do Not Want to Print...
  124. Having breakfast at the corner of King and Dufferin.
  125. Attack of the Zombie Lego Hordes!
  126. A Groundhog Day Resolution
  127. The Ballet Dancer and the Karate Kid
  128. The Year of Anticipation
  129. Monday Happenings
  130. Coffee Communities
  131. Irons in the Fire
  132. Reputable Since...?
  133. Tick Tock Goes The Clock...
  134. Brevity's Soulful Wit
  135. An Inspiration For Icarus Down
  136. Plain Kate Wins the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
  137. The Parliamentary Trains
  138. A New Identity
  139. Erin's Good Week (In Spite of Strep Throat)
  140. The Names of Things V
    When Isaac Became Simon, and Vice Versa
  141. Contemplating Failure
  142. Thank You Centennial
  143. The Seeds of Doom: Doctor Who's Best Thump
  144. Schadenfreude Pie, Schadenfreude Pie...
  145. Um... Who's Driving? (The Story, I Mean)
  146. Why I like Scrivener
  147. The Other Bow Book Release
  148. On the Latest Dispatch by Fred "No Fun" Phelps
  149. I am Supporting Impoverished School Libraries in California
  150. The Parent Trap
    (Why there are so few Parents in YA Literature)
  151. On Rule 34
  152. Patricia Wrightson (1921-2010)
  153. South of Union
  154. The Best Places to Write in Waterloo Region
  155. It Was One of Those Mornings...
  156. Shortcuts to Success
  157. The Nightmare Queen
  158. The Best Places to Write in Toronto
  159. The Year of the Red Jellybean
  160. Artificial Lightning in Philadelphia
  161. Vivian Katherine's Fourth Birthday
  162. The Zombie Handkerchief
  163. Behind the Scenes in Toronto's Financial District
  164. How to Write a Book in Ten Days
  165. Writing Update From Lincoln
  166. Towards a New Point of View
  167. "The Dream King's Daughter" and "Plain Kate" Win Major Ontario Arts Council Grants
  168. The Aftermath of Creativity
  169. The Geography of Storytelling
  170. Wrestling with Glorfindel II: Three Makes a Crowd
  171. Thank you Rockway!
  172. Quick Hits - February 23
  173. Mustang Pride
  174. On Researching Historicals
  175. Works in Progress
  176. WAHOO!!!
  177. What I'm working on...
  178. Why Does Improving a Story So Often Involve Grievious Bodily Harm to the Characters?
  179. If I Had a Million Dollars...
  180. Book Blogger Appreciation Week
  181. Wrestling With Glorfindel
  182. Preparing for Eden Mills and The Young City
  183. Planning Out My Next Few Months
  184. Terrorism in Toronto's Subway... in 1985
  185. The Secret Prudes
  186. Bohemian Renaissance
  187. Driving Through a Winter Wonderland
  188. On Political Venom, Part II
  189. I'll See Your Meme, and Raise You One
  190. How to Write a Book in 19 Days
  191. Heading to the OLA Super Conference
  192. Top Ten Signs You're Reading Something by James Bow
  193. Carousel
  194. Sex! In! Spaaaace!
  195. The War on the Holidays
  196. A Travelling Man (HA!)
  197. What's the Word? And What's Next?
  198. Movable Type 4.0 Reviewed
  199. A Writer's Interlude
  200. Mackerel Skies
  201. Working Madly
  202. The Baby Pictures Still Exist
  203. I Have Coldplay in my Pants!
  204. On the Town of Boone, Iowa
  205. Bizarre.
  206. A Question of Anonymity
  207. Quick Hits - May 25
  208. Waterloo-Wellington Blogstravaganza Invitation
  209. I'm Just Talking About Washington, Man!
  210. What if Steve Jobs was President... or, What if the President was Steve Jobs
  211. Quick Hits - March 8
  212. Love Your Characters (or The Unwritten Books: Where Do We Go From Here)
  213. Portrait in Bubble
  214. Doctor Who is Back!
  215. The Night Girl Passes 20,000 Words
  216. All I Want for Christmas is...
  217. In Conversation with Kenneth Oppel
  218. Fairy Tales in Secret
  219. What the Founding Fathers Were Thinking
  220. The National To-Do List IV: Electoral Reform.
  221. Vivian Katherine's First Birthday
  222. The Night Girl, the Next Morning
  223. Jorane: The You and the Now
  224. The State of Waterloo's Economy
  225. Suddenly, I'm a Blogging Expert
  226. Driving Airport Road (Mono Road)
  227. The Kids Are All Right
  228. Making Water Bloom in the Desert
  229. Under Construction (and a Meme to Tide Us Over)
  230. The Unwritten Buzz
  231. Worth Commenting On
  232. Toner Memories
  233. On Canadian Coffee, and the Other Tim's
  234. Mayday! Mayday! (Quick Hits for May 1st)
  235. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)
  236. Greyfields Illustrated
  237. Three Restaurants
  238. Credit to Other Writers
  239. Erin Reads at the Brantford Armouries
  240. Writing News
  241. Four Years of Blogging
  242. Four on the Floor!
  243. Smart (Alec) Cards
  244. Fun Election Tool
  245. The Missing Placesetting
  246. In Between Dirty Diapers
  247. 23 + 5 = ?
  248. Brilliant!
  249. The Hurricanes Go Greek
  250. The Poor Woman of the Ikea Parking Lot
  251. What's the Word?
  252. Isis of the Check Out Line
  253. Interesting Tidbits
  254. More Writing Progress
  255. You're Welcome
  256. Remembering Hurricane Juan
  257. The $1L Gas Problem (Like the Y2K problem, except with gas)
  258. The Passing of King Fahd
  259. Canada: The Manual
  260. Aw, Crap!
  261. Postcards from the Dead
  262. Best. Field Trip. Ever.
  263. Speed Bumps Ahead
  264. At the CMPA Conference in the Old Mill
  265. The Barons of Suburbia
  266. A Toronto Oddity?
  267. Tim Horton Wins
  268. Ideas that come in the night that, in the cold light of day, make you glad you don't own a juicer:
  269. Writing Update
  270. A Safe Bet
  271. April Fools III
  272. Sitting by a Coffee at the King Charlotte Timothys
  273. Revelation
  274. What I'm Working On
  275. Living on my Writing.
  276. Irons in the Fire
  277. Things Are Not Slowing Down, Though They Seem to Be...
  278. Fads As Only Schools Can Form
  279. How to Act Like An Opposition Party
  280. Kent Mansley, I Work For The Government...
  281. The Day I Went to Sleep
  282. Workshopping Sealwife
  283. Things You Don't Expect to See Reported in the Toronto Media
  284. New Orleans is in Play
  285. Plot, Subplot, Superplot
  286. And the Secret Code to Disable the Defence Shield Is... Is... 1-2-3-4-5
  287. Writing Thoughts
  288. More Visitations
  289. Tallying Your Winnings
  290. Follow Ups
  291. Answering Google's Questions
  292. Unfortunate Connotations
  293. Cool James Koole
  294. She Needs to Talk
  295. New Year Resolutionaries
  296. Fairy Tales in Secret
  297. Grace (and Writing) Under Pressure
  298. She Rode Into My Life on a Tricycle
  299. Most Palestinians are Civilians Too
  300. Why Proofreading Is Hard
  301. Nothing Here to Fear
  302. I Write Like a Girl!
  303. Writing For Coffee II
  304. A Character Meme With Audience Participation
  305. I Like the Sound That Rain Makes
  306. Writing for Coffee
  307. The Moment I Realized I'd Left Reality and Was Now a Resident of Cloudcookooland II
  308. Sitting in the Starbucks of Chapters Waterloo
  309. In the Food Court of the St. Jacobs Factory Outlet Mall, One Saturday Afternoon
  310. Sitting in Krispy Kreme, After Stopping at the Bank
  311. In the Food Court of Kitchener's Market Square, Before the Morning Shift - II
  312. How Old Are You?
  313. In the Food Court of Kitchener's Market Square, Before the Morning Shift
  314. What Do Your Characters Carry?
  315. An Interesting Literary Award
  316. Assorted Questions for May Day / Writing and Birthdays
  317. A Barn Can Have a Horse in it.
  318. All of Us Were Scared...
  319. The Joys of Spring / Why Fantasy is Written
  320. Trenchcoats and Wish Lists / Science Fiction and Fantasy's Clashing Toolkits
  321. Science Fiction and Fantasy Come With Their Own Toolkit
  322. April Fools II
  323. The Sound of Silence
  324. I Feel Most Like Zeus When...
  325. The Path of Creation
  326. Writing Secret #421
  327. Writing News (Not Mine)
  328. At Sunset in a Nameless Town
  329. Building a Universe From Scratch
  330. The Boundary Between the Beginning and the Middle
  331. Aftshadowing
  332. What Makes Toronto a Good City
  333. Sunday Writing Quiz
  334. When Metaphors Attack!
  335. Pringles, Spam and Books
  336. Place and Mood
  337. The Purpose of Free Writing
  338. We Weren't Supposed to Go There
  339. Friday Five on TV
  340. My can of Coca-Cola is red.
  341. Words With Just One Beat
  342. Thanksgiving in October
  343. Words on a Friday Afternoon
  344. Another Letter From the Emperor!
  345. The Weekend and This Week
  346. You Want to Write? Read.
  347. And Now For Our Sponsor... A Talentless Hack
  348. It's Getting Better All the Time
  349. Boys of Summer
  350. Apologies
  351. Still Writing. Still Cleaning.
  352. Blogs About Fiction? Meet Fictional Blogs
  353. Saturday Six
  354. Toronto Trip and the Trillium Awards
  355. There's This Book I Haven't Written Yet
  356. Fiction Saturday
  357. April Fools!
  358. Gel Pens
  359. Writing Longhand
  360. We've Got Balls
  361. Dan Kukwa and Writing in Bronte