So there’s been recent movement by fans of the show Hey Arnold! to petition a continuation of the series. For those that don’t know, I used to produce a podcast, The Vacant Lot Podcast, that was all about Hey Arnold!, a 90s Nicktoon about a boy with a football head living in the big city. […]
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How to Know When it’s Time to Pivot in Your Writing
I’ve struggled to write my manuscript lately. I started the idea for my YA novel last spring, and had a first draft by May. I took a break for several months, not returning to the project until early this year. Looking at it, I wasn’t satisfied with what I had written. Admittedly, I may have […]
Aggretsuko, Karaoke, and How to Unlock Your True Writing Potential
Aggretsuko is my favourite show on Netflix. This animated series about a female red panda navigating Japan’s work culture had me hooked from the first episode. The highlight of the show is when Retsuko goes to karaoke and transforms from a timid office worker into a veritable death metal BOSS. I love this show because […]
Writing While Black – Expectations in Genre Fiction for People of Colour
I had a lot of time to think about Jordan Peele’s movie Us. I saw it with my sister opening weekend, and my initial reaction was…not favourable. I expected popular opinion to follow suit, but turns out I was in the minority. The film blew up the box office, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie since […]
What Will You Leave Behind to Become a Better Writer?
What are you willing to sacrifice? 🤔 I ended my podcast at the start of 2018. I ran The Vacant Lot, a podcast dedicated to the cartoon Hey Arnold!, as a culmination of years of love for the series, spanning the course of 18 months and 20 episodes. When I posted my farewell episode in January, I […]