A deep dive into the ticketing company that everyone hates — If you’re like me and live in Canada, or more specifically Ontario, you were probably very excited when Taylor Swift FINALLY announced 6 shows of her Eras tour in Toronto. Like me, you probably also registered for Ticketmaster’s “Verified Fan” program to access the pre-sale as soon as you heard. …

And now he’s taking the website down — Prosecraft is apparently a new website designed to analyze writing and suggest improvements through an algorithm. That sounds like some nonsense already because it’s hard to quantify writing. What the creator of the website didn’t think about was how the authors of the more than 25,000 books he fed into…

Good idea? Bad idea? I guess we’ll find out. — I guess it all started with a short story I’d written. This short story — more of a flash fiction type — was kind of spooky and creepy and I was proud of it. And what do you do with short stories? Send them out to be published. But the…

Not as content farms for AI-generation — As a writer who spends way too much time online, much of that time is spent on Twitter as part of the extensive writing/publishing community that exists there. While generally an uplifting environment, where fellow writers shout about their friends’ accomplishments and share in small writerly joys, sometimes (oftentimes) things…

How to develop a sense of wonder when life feels flat — Whenever I’m feeling a little flat or uninspired, it’s almost always because I’ve become complacent and in a sort of autopilot mode. There’s too much time spent endlessly scrolling through the doom-and-gloom of Twitter and way too much time spent watching other people doing what I’d like to be doing…

Adventures in creative stagnation — It’s only through curiosity that creativity can flourish. I know why I’ve been feeling stuck — why the words, which used to flow so freely, have seemingly dried up and left me with a riverbed full of fish skeletons. Fortunately, I’ve been able to pull a small amount of creativity…

Some seasons are for rest — The middle of February is still very much the middle of winter – at least here in Canada. The trees are still bare, the wind is still biting, and snow still covers everything. Or it would, if it weren’t for this false spring we’re having. Jokes about Canadian seasons drift…

Ask, and the universe will deliver — The thing is… I’ve never felt like the main character in my own life. I’ve been the funny best friend, the weird and quirky side character, the manic pixie dream girl, but never the main character. Most of the time, though, I’ve felt like an NPC (Non-Playing Character). I can’t…

Using mindful thinking to stop the cycle of negative feedback — People compare themselves to each other. I don’t know if it’s an evolutionary thing or something we’ve conditioned ourselves to do over the course of thousands of years. But, it’s something we do. It’s not inherently a bad thing, as it helps us learn where we need to improve ourselves…