I’ve talked in length about my history with Hey Arnold! fanfiction. What you may not realize is that my first COMPLETED fanfic was not about Hey Arnold! – it was actually a crossover between Pokémon and Barney the purple dinosaur. In 1998 I created a website on Angelfire dubbed Pokécutie; it was a fanpage dedicated […]
Category: Evergreen
Content about the practice of writing that will always be relevant to helping a writer hone his or her craft.
How to Not Make a Mountain out of a Molehill
Or: There’s no Use Crying over Spilled Iced Coffee I was on the subway the other day. I sat across from a person in the subway car that was taking up two seats as he lounged and sipped on an iced coffee. At some point during the trip, he accidentally dropped the coffee on the […]
What to Do After Losing a Writing Contest
I entered the annual Toronto Star Short Story Writing Contest and….I didn’t win. I figured this would be a good opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade and teach some actionable steps that young, aspiring writers could use should they face the cold hard shoulder of rejection when entering writing contests. Mind you, this advice pertains […]
How to Have Positivity in Your Writing
I live in Toronto, and our city is home to the basketball team the Toronto Raptors. There is a delightful clip that emerged on the Internet of Raptor Serge Ibaka trekking through a winter day. This is Canada, mind you, and in late January the snow and the wind are all the more treacherous. Beautiful […]
How to Stop the Addiction to Likes and Validation in Writing
I have an addiction. My drug of choice isn’t a controlled substance, and it can’t be bought in the stores or at the pharmacy. My drug is the little red circle that appears whenever I check my Wattpad account. It’s the email I receive notifying me when someone had liked, given kudos, or reviewed one […]