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  • Blog,  Writing

    Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?

    March 13, 2017 /
    hands on the keyboard of an Apple laptop

    A return to blog posts written in a snatched hour or two, the excitement of sharing, and the triumph of curiosity over fear - that's the idea anyway...

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    The Unity Button

    October 3, 2012
    Bagpiper, World War I

    Passing The Torch – Remembrance Day

    November 11, 2013

    “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism”

    February 10, 2017
  • Blog,  Writing

    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016 /
    Female writer with her pen poised and her chin in her hand gazing into the distance

    Here I am, back in the blogging chair. My plan to nix other writing commitments (no frivolous blog posts or freebie feature articles – I iz a serious writer now) and pour all my creativity into ‘The Book’ didn’t pan out as I imagined...

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    Losing our cares at the beach

    March 8, 2012
    Urban street at night

    Walking Tall – freedom from sexual harassment in Canada

    June 24, 2013
    hands on the keyboard of an Apple laptop

    Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?

    March 13, 2017
  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Mental Health,  Writing

    Don’t Let Self-Doubt Sabotage Success

    April 23, 2013 /
    Franz_Von_Stuck_-_Sisyphus

    A thought struck me as I waved K off to work one morning - looking all hotshot and capable in his well-cut suit - and I resolved to talk to him about it when he returned...

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    BPD: Suspended Animation

    March 4, 2014
    A fluid identity

    Identity – More Than The Sum Of My Parts

    October 26, 2013
    Girl on a rock at the lakeshore

    Battling BPD

    April 8, 2013
  • Writing

    Beginning the Book

    January 31, 2013 /
    Victoria Street, Whitby, Ontario

    The idea of my writing a book has been floating around our house for a while now, slowly shedding it's aura of incredibility. That quip I made about my life reading like an Amazon bestseller took root and, with a Pinocchio-esque insistence, demands to become a real book...

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    Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?

    March 13, 2017
    Female writer with her pen poised and her chin in her hand gazing into the distance

    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016
    BLBC12

    AND THE WINNER IS…

    April 16, 2012
  • Writing

    Mummy bloggers – the retail industry’s secret weapon?

    December 10, 2012 /
    Children sitting on the lakeshore, Lake Ontario

    They’re just like you and me aren’t they? Down-to-earth, honest-to-goodness parents giving us the inside scoop on child rearing. But access to family email inboxes nationwide makes the mummy blogger a marketing man’s dream. What if some of them embrace the Dark Side?

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    Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?

    March 13, 2017
    Family on the deck

    Do you live to write or write to live?

    September 23, 2012
    break the silence

    A bitter pill to swallow

    July 11, 2012
  • Writing

    Online Abuse: Think you’re safe on a professional network?

    November 8, 2012 /
    Telephone box on Whitby street at night

    if you experience online abuse, you rely on the tools in place to flag and report it. But what happens if they're ineffective?

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    Do you live to write or write to live?

    September 23, 2012
    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
    Franz_Von_Stuck_-_Sisyphus

    Don’t Let Self-Doubt Sabotage Success

    April 23, 2013
  • Writing

    I write because…

    November 5, 2012 /
    Writing

    I write because it costs nothing. Ikea give you free pencils and there’s always something around to scribble on – a napkin, a receipt, a wall, a limb.

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    Beginning the Book

    January 31, 2013
    Vocabulary list

    Is language in danger?

    October 25, 2012
    Female writer with her pen poised and her chin in her hand gazing into the distance

    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016
  • Blog,  Uncategorized,  Writing

    Is language in danger?

    October 25, 2012 /
    Vocabulary list

    Language is a living, evolving entity, but doesn’t it need nurturing and protection like any other living thing? We seek to preserve species, geographical sites and places of historical interest – what about the tools with which we convey our deepest instincts, fears and truths – the essence of what it is to be human?

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    Story Of A Miscarriage (Part 1)

    October 16, 2013
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    25 Reasons Why Canada Rocks (PHOTOS)

    June 14, 2012
    Openable Indian gold kara's

    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013
  • Blog,  Uncategorized,  Writing

    Do you live to write or write to live?

    September 23, 2012 /
    Family on the deck

    Whatever made me think I’d be immune? I’d read the blog posts about pressure sapping creativity and the danger of writing for your audience instead of yourself and shrugged it off with nonchalant naivety - that didn't sound like me at all...

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    Smashing Mental Health Stigma With Free Family Movies

    March 27, 2013
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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Thoughts are not facts

    October 22, 2012
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    Five Lessons from Life in Canada

    June 18, 2012
  • Blog,  Uncategorized,  Writing

    Five Books to Boost your Writing

    September 18, 2012 /

    Sometimes, when the very act of writing has become painful drudgery and you think "I can't be any good - surely it's not meant to be like this...", all you need to get going again is a little inspiration and a reminder of why you love doing what you do...

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    The Day The Stompin’ Stopped

    March 8, 2013
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    Yummy Mummy

    February 28, 2012
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    The Myth Of The 72 Virgins

    March 25, 2013
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Top Posts & Pages

  • Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
  • O Canada, O What do I do?
    O Canada, O What do I do?
  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
    Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
  • Desperation in the City of Dreaming Spires
    Desperation in the City of Dreaming Spires
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)
    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)
  • How BPD made me a better expat
    How BPD made me a better expat

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