Fiction and Empathy
I’m continuing to (slowly) read Keith Oatley's "Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction" and I'm struck by his research into fiction and empathy....
Friday Chatter: Socials
We all come to this Substack from different places; some of us have the pressures applied on social media that are commonly applied to authors, and some of...
Friday Chatter: Socials
We all come to this Substack from different places; some of us have the pressures applied on social media that are commonly applied to authors, and some of...
Three Uncomfortable Things About Twitter
I'm not leaving Twitter yet, partly because - with everything else going on in my writing life and personal life - I haven't been able to make time to sit...
Three Uncomfortable Things About Twitter
I'm not leaving Twitter yet, partly because - with everything else going on in my writing life and personal life - I haven't been able to make time to sit...
A post in support of CUPE
I'm going to uncharacteristically veer into politics this week because I'm so relieved about something that just happened here in Ontario. I've been...
A post in support of CUPE
I'm going to uncharacteristically veer into politics this week because I'm so relieved about something that just happened here in Ontario. I've been...
My House Is... Cute??
This will be a little tiny bit of a "woo" post - appropriately, I suppose, for the time of year. I've been writing here about my animistic conviction that my...
My House Is... Cute??
This will be a little tiny bit of a "woo" post - appropriately, I suppose, for the time of year. I've been writing here about my animistic conviction that my...
Friday Chatter: Apologies
This week’s post was about apologies. Tell me about a time when you saw a problem resolved well without a formal apology.
Friday Chatter: Apologies
This week’s post was about apologies. Tell me about a time when you saw a problem resolved well without a formal apology.
Sometimes you don't need to apologize.
Here’s a quick social skills lesson for folks who might not know it yet, or who might need the refresher. Sometimes people make mistakes and need to...
Sometimes you don't need to apologize.
Here’s a quick social skills lesson for folks who might not know it yet, or who might need the refresher. Sometimes people make mistakes and need to...
Friday Chatter: Google Glasses
Been a while since I had a new poem out, so let’s talk about this one. “Google Glasses” is less about Google as a corporation, and more about the urge to...
Friday Chatter: Google Glasses
Been a while since I had a new poem out, so let’s talk about this one. “Google Glasses” is less about Google as a corporation, and more about the urge to...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 75 and a half: Short Story Smorgasbord
Come on over to Wordpress for a very gay and trans lineup of short story recommendations, all of them by autistic authors - including Andi C. Buchanan,...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 75 and a half: Short Story Smorgasbord
Come on over to Wordpress for a very gay and trans lineup of short story recommendations, all of them by autistic authors - including Andi C. Buchanan,...
Calling Attention to What Needs Work
I keep promising to post more about my house and about animism, about viewing my house as a living thing, and to be honest I've felt a bit stuck. When I...
Calling Attention to What Needs Work
I keep promising to post more about my house and about animism, about viewing my house as a living thing, and to be honest I've felt a bit stuck. When I...
Friday Chatter: Emergence
“The whole being greater than the sum of its parts” is an idea I talk to my students about every year (no joke; it’s called “emergence”; it’s relevant to the...
