Chris Vogler, Toronto 2017 Part 3 Joseph Campbell , mythologist, writer and lecturer ( https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey ) He…
CHRIS VOGLER, TORONTO 2017 Vogler’s intention during the May workshop in Toronto was to completely transform us and send us out to transform the…
Chris Vogler, Toronto 2017 Arriving at the downtown hotel that morning was an adventure in navigating Toronto’s insane rush hour traffic, trying to…
Cool crescent of proportional perfection, the nautilus shell gleams in a slash of sunlight. A lustrous comma contradiction of itself, its form pale…
You can shape your true story like fiction and incorporate the emotion that brings it to life. WHATS YOUR STORY? What are the basics of the story you…
Be authentic. Listen to your inner writer's voice! I was doing some computer hard drive tidying-up last week. Not that I need the space but it does…
Night The vast silent weight of limitless indigo sky weighs on my ears like relentless waves on a broken furrowed field. The grass, seared to sisal…
Book 1 Cover Stories Getting my debut novel, Kenora Reinvented , from out of my head to the keyboard then to publication was a journey with many…
The first 'who am I' defining moment that I remember occurred in grade four, when Sandy Padano took a swing at my head with her Sunshine Family mom…
“Saddle up, Pard. We’re going for a ride.” Bosco Poon, my partner in work and business for thirty-some years, sauntered into my office and…
Note: I seriously started writing The Fifth Man (Book 2 in the Kenora & Jake series) while I was in Ajijic, Mexico in 2019. This post was written in…
The old man thrills to read the dirty bits where they’re most unexpected. Book shop displays, pale pages splayed wanton behind glass for all…
There’s something about the longer days warming the last snows of winter…poring over seed catalogues and getting ready for spring…considering…
Sound: The misshapen amber ooze inside the stained tissue paper crackles to the counter top in a spray of needles and dried gum. It’s as if the…
