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Friday Five: five random items sitting in this writer’s room
I’m making a departure from the norm for this Friday Five — instead of listing books I think you should read, I’m just going to list 5 random things that are in my room. Why? Because it’s Friday Five and I can list whatever the hells I want. An unopened package of Rockets, sitting on…
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Writer Wednesday: Vancouver International Writer’s Festival (in which insanity descends upon Granville Island for a week in October)
Well, I’ve now been on hiatus for two weeks, instead of one, and I figure it’s about time I get back to this blog. So for today’s Writer Wednesday I’m going to be talking about the Vancouver International Writer’s Festival, happening October 18th-23rd. VIWF is something that my mother has been volunteering for for the…
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Writer Wednesday: I am on a short blogging hiatus
Hi all, I hate to tell you this, but I have to take a short break from blogging — just a week, but it feels like an eternity. I have an event to go to this weekend and I won’t be able to publish any blog posts while I’m away. So you will not see…
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Whatever Wednesday: Sewing woes
Aside from the sewing machine I showed y’all on Monday, I also have a Singer 513 Stylist at my house (the older one I bought is currently at my boyfriend’s place). I managed to get this one working yesterday and started work on my costume for this weekend. (Yes, I realize it’s cutting it close.…
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Mundane Monday: I am a thrift store queen
I would like to show you what I picked up today at Talize, a Value Village-like thrift store in Delta (where my boyfriend lives). Picture taken with my phone, so excuse the quality please. That is a 1952 Singer sewing machine, in working order, attached to a table. It needs a few touch ups and…
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Stop Calling It “Chick Lit”
Seriously, just stop. Just because a book is written with a female main character and the focus of the plot is on her life does not make it “literature that only chicks want to read, hurrr”. Just because it’s fluffy does not make it “chick lit”. Just because it appeals to women does not relegate…