Things that inspire me to write #11: My mom’s book

January 17, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It may not have been made into a three-part movie, or have its own product line—in fact it is technically no longer in print—however the fact that my mom’s story, Grizzly Pete and the Ghosts was a) published and b) by the same people who brought Robert Munsch to the world, is pretty much good enough for […]

Things that inspire me to write #30: Fifty Shades of Grey

December 29, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No, I haven’t read it, but with 65 million copies sold by what started as a self-published ebook, I don’t need to. So, thank you Fifty Shades of Grey, one of these days I’ll get around to seeing what all the excitement is over, but in the meantime, the fact that the excitement exists, and has taken […]

Things that inspire me to write #51: V.C. Andrews

December 8, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

Rape, incest, and abusive rich grandmothers. Though I adored anything V.C. Andrews when I was a teenager, looking back on her novels now I have to say the woman created some pretty dark and demented plots. In fact, I would be surprised that my parents even let me read them back then if they hadn’t allowed […]