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Author Archives: Jen
Write Your Own A+ Story My daughter’s professor explained that the expectation for a “A” essay was to enlighten her with an analysis she hadn’t seen before. At first glance, it seems like a sound criteria for a high-level university … Continue reading
Writing is Real Life When I joined a community book club, I didn’t know any other members, but I’ve enjoyed getting to know them. It turns out one young woman had attended the same high school I’d taught at for … Continue reading
Writing Is Its Own Beauty We had a big snowstorm here recently, and as I was (inside, snuggly and cozy) staring out my back window, I noticed a tree had fallen and been caught horizontally among neighbouring trees. With the … Continue reading
Your Identity As a Writer The identity of “writer” isn’t conditional. It’s not an action. It’s a state of mind. It’s being a writer, not just doing writing. Can you be a writer and never set words to paper? Yes. Are you an … Continue reading
The Aura of a Writer At university, my daughter was stopped by a friendly, random stranger to ask if she was an athlete. Surprised, my daughter wasn’t sure how to respond. She loves sports and used to play, but isn’t … Continue reading
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Labels Can Be Important How excited was I when I found out there was a name for me! A label! I “suffer” from tsundoku, a Japanese term for the phenomenon of acquiring reading material but letting them pile up in one’s … Continue reading
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How You Think You may have heard the phrase “how you live each day is how you live your life”. I like the practicality of that—what is life if not a collection of days, weeks, months and years?—but I also … Continue reading
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Inspiration from Arcane In the gorgeously animated series Arcane, based off League of Legend video game characters, is a quote by one of the protagonists: “There is no prize for perfection. Only an end to pursuit.” The character may have been … Continue reading
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Reading Assumptions Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader? Or do you have multiple stories on the go? For most of my life, I’ve been a strict one-book-at-time reader. I always feared I’d forget too much of the story if a book … Continue reading
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Read What You Like–And Maybe What You Don’t I live by the principle that you should only read what you want to read (students excluded!) and if you’re not interested in the book you picked up, then put it down. Only, I’ve … Continue reading
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