I'm tagging along with my husband on some work travel. I flew across the country yesterday evening, drove for an hour through the dark to our hotel, and collapsed into bed thinking, "While Geoff's at work tomorrow, I'll work in my room. I'll get up and blog, then finish my manuscript revisions, and maybe even… Continue reading There’s more to life than books, you know.
Category: writing
Friday Fable: The Writer and the Cottager
You may know the ancient tale of the Wild Boar and the Fox: A wild boar was about to take a walk in the woods one pleasant day, but he stopped to sharpen his tusks against the trunk of a tree first. A fox, lazing in a nearby glade, laughed at the boar. "Paranoid much?"… Continue reading Friday Fable: The Writer and the Cottager
Too much Traffic?
I set out to update my website - which I haven't done since, oh, December - but I was redirected to a notice saying the site's traffic quota had been exceeded. Huh? I didn't know there was a traffic limit on my website. (But since I opted for the "free basic" level from my hosting… Continue reading Too much Traffic?
Friday Fable: The Writer and the 138,000 word manuscript
You may know the old story, The Boy and the Nuts: A child visiting a wealthy home was pleased to find on the table a jar full of nuts and figs. (This was in the days before Skittles, keep in mind.) He plunged his greedy little hand into the sweet jar and took all that… Continue reading Friday Fable: The Writer and the 138,000 word manuscript
Quebec Writing Competition
If you are a writer in Quebec, you have about ten days left to submit your short prose masterpiece to this year's Quebec Writing Competition, brought to you by the CBC and its exceptional provincial partners. (It's like the regular CBC short story competition, but just for Quebec writers. And if you think it's unfair that Quebec… Continue reading Quebec Writing Competition
Catherine Austen 