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Chewy Gooey Flourless Chocolate Cookies

I stumbled across a picture of these cookies on Pinterest a number of weeks ago, and – enthralled, as I have a number of friends for whom gluten is an enemy, I immediately clicked away to Recipe Girl to grab myself a copy of the recipe. I first tested the cookies on Jan 21, 2012 and took them to a […]

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#SampleSunday – After The Virus, Chapter 4:

Over the next 12 weeks I will be sharing a chapter of my novel After The Virus  each sunday. Warning: for coarse language and brutal content. This is a post-apocalyptic love story. I hope you enjoy getting a peek. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. If you are so inclined, purchase links can be found on […]

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#SampleSunday – After The Virus, Chapter 3:

Over the next 12 weeks I will be sharing a chapter of my novel After The Virus  each sunday. Warning: for coarse language and brutal content. This is a post-apocalyptic love story. I hope you enjoy getting a peek. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. If you are so inclined, purchase links can be found on […]

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Flash Fiction writing

What I wrote today:

This is my favourite section – written today – from Chapter Two of my currently untitled fantasy novel. I love how it pretty much completely sets up the hook and contains so many little hints (for such a short passage). Disclaimer: this work is unedited and unproofed, but, as always feedback is welcomed and appreciated! […]

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writing

1st pass of the 1st draft of the 2nd novel – DONE!

This is the –  handwritten – 1st complete draft of my 2nd, currently untitled, novel. Tomorrow I will commence my 2nd pass of the 1st draft via computer, but today – I cannot think of a better day – Valentine’s Day – to finish the 1st pass of my next love story, because, despite the […]

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ebook Sample Sunday self-publishing writing

#SampleSunday – After The Virus, Chapter 2:

Over the next 12 weeks I will be sharing a chapter of my novel After The Virus  each sunday. Warning: for coarse language and brutal content. This is a post-apocalyptic love story. I hope you enjoy getting a peek. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. If you are so inclined, purchase links can be found on […]

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photography vancouver

Vancouver City – a view from Jericho Beach

I have discovered that the iPhone 4s camera does this interesting thing… when you zoom and shoot over water and underneath an expansive sky (though perhaps the sky/water element isn’t completely necessary, just all my shots have been such) then the resulting picture looks like a watercolour effect has been added. Case in point, the […]

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ebook Sample Sunday self-publishing writing

#SampleSunday – After The Virus, Chapter 1:

Over the next 12 weeks I will be sharing a chapter of my novel After The Virus  each sunday. Warning: for coarse language and brutal content. This is a post-apocalyptic love story. I hope you enjoy getting a peek. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. If you are so inclined, purchase links can be found on […]

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On my desk today:

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personal reflection photography vancouver

Photos from the Seawall

It is a winter wonderland in Vancouver today and, with the forecast predicting pissing rain for the next couple of days, we decided a lunch time walk was in order. The photo opportunities were numerous and these are a few that I grabbed with the iPhone: It is so strange – such a strange juxtaposition […]