Tag: inspiration

  • Because yes, the world needs more letters

    I love social media. I really do. I love how it has connected (or reconnected) people all over the globe. I love that it has opened doors to new friendships, renewed old ones, and made our globe feel so, so much smaller. But. But. A couple of months ago, I received a letter from one of my…

  • Musical Monday: belated Part 5

    My apologies for not posting this last week — in the hecticness of the holidays, I must admit that I just plumb forgot until about Wednesday or so. Oops.  Anyway, I’m back on track now, and ready to continue. So without further ado, here are the next ten songs on my Grigori Legacy playlist (links…

  • Musical Monday: Part 4

    It’s week four in the Great Grigori Legacy Playlist unveiling — have you got your headphones/earbuds? 🙂 Continuing from Part 3, in no particular order other than that of purchase: Jeremy, by Pearl Jam Sail, by AWOLNATION (just a little aside here: I love, love, love this song…first heard during a So You Think You…

  • Musical Monday: writing playlist part 3

    Okay, all you musically minded out there — here is the third installment in the ongoing recital of my writing playlist ( if you missed them, you can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here). Got your speakers turned on? Good. Here goes: New Year’s Day, by U2 Dance With the Devil, by Breaking…

  • Musical Monday: part 2

    It’s Monday again, and time for the next ten songs on my Grigori Legacy writing playlist: Glycerine, by Bush The Unforgiven II, by Metallica World So Cold, by Three Days Grace Come As You Are, by Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. This Is War, by 30 Seconds to…

  • Dancing With My Muse

    There are two main reasons I listen to music when I write: I find it incredibly inspiring. It helps keep me focused. I actually discovered the creative power of music by accident, at a point when I was using it strictly for its second purpose, keeping me focused. I was writing a romantic suspense at…

  • Blog Tour SOS!!!

    All right, folks, it’s gearing-up-for-release time, and I’m scrambling to put together everything for my physical launch here in Ottawa as well as my upcoming blog tour (March 21 – April 26). Some of you may have noticed that I’m not very consistent with the whole blogging thing, and there’s a reason for that: I…