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Continue reading →: Short story: This is a PromiseHere’s another postcard short story that was published in an anthology. This one comes with a content warning, as it gets spicy. I won’t call you Baby when we first meet. Let’s say we’re at a party. I’d walk across the room to where you’re standing, probably after noticing you…
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Continue reading →: Creative non-fiction: Dear TomAs we’re well into back to school time right now, I couldn’t help but think about my last year at George Brown College Theatre School (the last time I went to school full-time) – and my good friend Tom White, who learned he was HIV+ the summer before that school…
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Continue reading →: Short story: Born at the Drive-inI first posted this one back in 2015 and thought that, since it’s summertime and peak drive-in season, I’d share it again. I was born at the drive-in. That’s born, not conceived. My parents were, and still are, good Catholics of the Irish persuasion and waited until marriage, and for…
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Continue reading →: Short story: Mr. Music, Please!Patrick’s hand flies to his chin, “Shit!” a thin red trickle streaming onto his index finger. He removes his hand to assess the damage, watching the coursing blood turn the shaving cream on the face of his steam-fogged reflection pink. Rinsing the wound, he fumbles for the toilet paper. There…
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Continue reading →: Short story: My Cousin, the Water Skiing GoddessThis is a story about youthful memories, set in 1980. Her slender, tanned arm rises from the water, her hand turned in a thumb’s up position. Uncle Jack pushes the throttle forward and we’re off. I’m at the back of the boat, posted as look-out, my dad sitting opposite…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – Behind YouBack to adult fiction, this time Catherine Hernandez’s latest novel Behind You. Even before its official release in May 2024, it was optioned for a film adaptation by Conquering Lion Pictures; as she did for the award-winning Compy Films adaptation of her acclaimed novel Scarborough, Hernandez will be writing the…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – The Torchbearer’s QuestUp next in book blurbs for fun, another YA novel. This time, The Torchbearer’s Quest, by Christine Callahan-Oke. Another really enjoyable read – with a great name for the hero. 🙂 Middle schooler Cate already has a lot to deal with – navigating school and being the “weird kid” trying…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – Big Bad MeHi, all. Yeah, I know – it’s been a while. And, once again, I realized I was doing a lot of writing and editing for other folks and not doing my own. On the upside, I’ve been getting better at an annual goal that I keep renewing every New Year’s…
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Continue reading →: What I’ve been up toI recently realized that I’ve been neglecting the cowbell blog lately – lots going on these days, navigating loss, managing work and looking after my mental health. As I emerge from a rough fall/winter, I’m feeling much more energetic and optimistic, have re-started my daily journalling and continue to practice…
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Continue reading →: Word & song of the year 2024Happy New Year! As I was getting over how fast 2023 went by, I realized it was time to choose a word and a song for 2024. Since they’re so closely linked this year, I thought I’d cover them in one post for a change. My 2024 word of the…
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