Jan 8, 2020 | The Writing Life
I must have been the only writer to attend a screenwriting masterclass and be thrilled to discover it was not, actually, a screenwriting masterclass. You see, I have no interest in writing screenplays. I hope that one day, some talented person will be the one to turn...
Dec 4, 2019 | The Writing Life
I can’t believe it’s already IWSG day, when I haven’t managed to return all the comments from the previous one yet. I’m so sorry. I know I keep saying this, but please bear with me. I promise to be better in the New Year. Now, how, I...
Nov 6, 2019 | The Writing Life
Well, I did it. I survived the craziest week of all time. (Note: I do not own a vehicle and rely on public transportation, which makes all this “rushing” a lot more…um, interesting.) Monday, Oct 28: In the studio by 7 am with Drew and Karly at the...
Oct 23, 2019 | Mysterious Places, Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
Please welcome my multi-talented author friend, Damyanti Biswas, as she shares this chilling true story of one of India’s mysterious places. Delhi is a sprawling modern metropolis, and its urban jungle of steel and glass looks unlikely to be haunted, but as I...
Oct 2, 2019 | The Writing Life
So it’s October. Officially spooky season in my neck o’ the woods, which means it’s time to break out the spiderweb earrings, haunted house dress, and Ouija board skirt, (and pretend I don’t wear these things year round). Halloween is a great...
Sep 17, 2019 | Mysterious Places, Scary True Stories, The Writing Life
When the Winnipeg International Writers Festival selected me as one of four dark-fiction authors to stay overnight at a haunted house, I was excited, but I didn’t have any expectations–at least not on the haunted side of things. Still, it was an amazing...
Aug 14, 2019 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
I was at a rural farmer’s market on a sunny day when something caught my eye. Amid stalls of questionable antiques was a treasure trove of old horror books that were in sad shape. Amid these gems was Murder in Amityville, written by Hans Holzer and published in...
Aug 7, 2019 | The Writing Life
My apologies for being so quiet on the blog lately, and for my tardiness returning comments. With shooting the TV show, working on two novels, and trying my best to catch up on things that had been neglected during the school year, it’s been an extremely busy...
Jun 4, 2019 | The Writing Life
I’m finally able to spill the big secret I’ve been keeping. If you’ve read this blog a while, you know I’m positively obsessed with true crime, especially unsolved mysteries. So I couldn’t believe my luck when a production company emailed...
May 28, 2019 | Scary True Stories
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sick of zombies in general–at least, the undead, stumbling, murderous variety. The real thing is much scarier. In the early 1980’s, a Canadian ethnobotanist by the name of Wade Davis traveled to Haiti to...
