Big thanks to Claire Booth for having me on Do Some Damage, where I revealed how Sloane Donovan came to be. NeWest Press dosomedamage.com/2024/06/guest-… #CalloftheVoid #ToThoseWhoKilledMe #SloaneDonovan #CrimeFiction #mystery

30 days of writing tips #2:

Write down your #dreams .

There are #stories and #poems hidden in your subconscious, scents, sounds and memories to retrieve. Write down what you see, hear and feel - then watch a story evolve on the page.
#writing #tips #craft

30 days of writing tips:
Day one: Write what you want. Don't #write what others think you should write, don't try to #create something that doesn't come from the soul.

Enjoy the process, take the time to shape it, trust your work will find its place ❤️

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This is tonight, 6pm at the Mount Pleasant library. See you there!

Tomorrow night, Aaron Chapman and I discuss 'Criminal Histories in Vancouver' at VPL's Mount Pleasant branch. Should be fun!

ICYMI: Settle in for a chat about life with #RheumatoidArthritis and #writing with a chronic illness. Thanks so much to Effie from RisingAboveRA for hosting me on her YouTube channel!
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The MS Walk with MS Canada happens this Sunday! My fundraising link is here: msspwalk.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuse…

Huge thanks to 49th Shelf and Trevor Corkum for this opportunity and for asking such interesting questions.

Don’t compare yourself to others.This is what stops us from moving forward. We spend so much time looking at other people's lives, wishing we could trade places but we have no idea what they have gone through to get there....

Be proud of your own accomplishments. ❤️

'The stars I was determined to touch were still visible, and the big life I thought I was missing out on was right in front of me,..'

Finding Joy with RA
#ArthritisAwarenessMonth
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The faces of arthritis are always in sight, but they are not easy to recognize...
#arthritisawarenessmonth
CreakyJoints.org
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Clutter can be physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting when you live with RA and #Brainfog . In my new column for @HealthCentral, I share my system for reducing the effects of brain fog by tidying up.
#RheumatoidArthritis
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“The work of a writer is not understanding, but empathy.”

Excited to be hanging out with two crime writing greats, Sam Wiebe ‖ Nolan Chase and A.J. Devlin Western Sky Books in PoCo Thursday, May 16, 7pm. NeWest Press #CalloftheVoid #CrimeFiction #readlocalauthors

We’re getting ready for the MS Walk with MS Canada. You can find my fundraising page here: msspwalk.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuse…
#MultipleSclerosis ⭐️♥️🇨🇦 MS Canada

It's Billy Joel birthday, and we're celebrating my favorite musician and performer, sipping red wine under a pink sunset in Vienna 🥰 Miles Lavkulich

Beautiful day in Vienna today 🌞 Like summer.
#writer #poet #history

Found my next #writing residence 😍
#writer #history #travel #Vienna

Yes ⁦Isabelle Dunlop⁩ clothes look good in front of Austrian palaces!

When in Vienna... classical music concert at Schonbrunn Palace.