Red Cedar
More apocalypse, less angst
Month: July 2009
Bookish: Nowhere Man, Aleksander Hemon
When I was in university, my intellectual confidence was so low that if I had trouble understanding the point of a particular academic passage or book I always believed it was me, not the author, at fault. Surely, I reasoned, he/she is published and… Continue Reading “Bookish: Nowhere Man, Aleksander Hemon”
Apocalyptarian.
Heat waves always bring to mind end-times scenarios for me. You know, like the heat never ends and everything gets brown and dries up and the reservoirs turn to bone before anyone realizes what’s happening and we all end up cooking in the urban… Continue Reading “Apocalyptarian.”
Undaunted.
I’ve decided that I’m going to try mini-blogging for awhile, having realized that I don’t blog when I’m daunted about coming up with a lengthy and insightful post every day. Lately work has been taxing and a lot of my creative writing energy is… Continue Reading “Undaunted.”
Writerly
I’m back to writing again, three mornings in a row! A total of 1800 words since I returned to it and another scene in first draft finished this morning. Not to mention that I’ve started scouring the habits and behaviours of those around me… Continue Reading “Writerly”
Heat wave.
I suppose it’s officially a heat wave when the smell of the rendering plants below hastings take over much of the eastside, the whole neighbourhood smells like rotting garbage and I’ve got a sore throat from the diminishing air quality in the city. Oh… Continue Reading “Heat wave.”
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