Writing, Community, and On Being Included: Can*Con 2025
What I have grown to love the most about Can*Con in the three years I’ve attended so far is truly the community. The wider writing community, both Canadian...
Unique Story Elements that Draw You In (And the Perils of Changing the Formula): The Great British Bake Off
After years of hearing about it on Tumblr, catching glimpses and snippets of it on TV, and watching a few episodes of a spin-off, I finally started properly...
Book Review - Song of the Lioness Book 1: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
A beautiful gem of a book. A few days ago I finally got around to reading an anticipated book, which came out recently: the graphic novel adaptation of...
I Was Wrong About the Murderbot Show and I'm Happy About It
What it says on the tin, essentially. I first read All Systems Red by Martha Wells a few years ago – the first book of her amazing and deservedly popular The...
Book Review - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7486121389 My only regret is that I didn’t listen to the audiobook. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue...
I Can't Help But Wonder - Epic: The Musical
There is no feeling like finding a story or piece of media that immediately touches you and rewires your brain chemistry, even to a small extent. I won’t say...
The Art of Recommending a Book - Part 1: The Self
I’ve been feeling like I’m in a bit of a reading slump, wanting to read so many things yet not actually in the mood for that particular story when I open the...
Agency, Hope, and Batman
Hard to believe this was just last week... A lot of world events happened last week, including the U.S. Election. For many of us, it’s a lot to take in —...
An Event Both Liminal and Grounding - Can*Con 2024
There is something so special and liminal about Can*Con, that sometimes I wonder how it can actually exist – and how is it that I’m actually a part of it. A...
Hello and Welcome!
Hello! Welcome to this little newsletter of mine. Sometimes I feel like I have so many thoughts in my head that they long to spill out onto the page, and so...