Big Bang Boob
On the same day that the L.A. Times publishes this story about gender inequality in film, John Doyle of The Globe & Mail releases this asinine critique of the latest season of The Big Bang Theory. At first, I thought … Continue reading
Category Archives: Opining
Reader Request: To Self-Publish or Not
Fellow writer Jodi recently expressed interest in my thoughts on self-publishing, and suggested a blog post. I figure one doesn’t snub one’s first reader request, so here goes. I’m not against self-publishing, and believe it’s here to stay. I’m seriously … Continue reading
Dude, That Van Gogh’s A Piece of Garbage Because I Don’t Feel Like Paying For It
As both a reader and a writer, I’ve been trying to figure out where I stand on the whole eBook pricing issue. Authors and publishers are taking a lot of flack for pricing eBooks comparably to hardcovers. Self-published authors have … Continue reading
Un-Canadian
Here’s the thing: In almost every Canadian election, my vote is in play for almost every major party. In the past, I have voted Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and Green. So despite the fact that prior to and during this election … Continue reading
Mafia Shmafia
I’ve read several posts over the past couple of days regarding something called the YA mafia. Most of them taking the form of debunking. Since I post the occasional book review and also sit squarely in the “still working at … Continue reading
It’s Not His. It’s Mine And Yours And Ours.
I was surprised at how viscerally I reacted to this news. I react somewhat cynically to most news out of Ottawa, but this made me angry. I mean, it’s not like I haven’t heard the term “the [insert Prime Minister … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Rupert Duchesne, President & CEO, Groupe Aeroplan
Dear Mr. Duchesne, Over the last little while, your company, Aeroplan, has managed to consistently annoy me. But the other week, Aeroplan raised the stakes and made me angry enough to write this little rant. I’ve had over two weeks … Continue reading
Where There’s A Will…
This news item about the ozone layer (good news!) indicates to me that where there’s political will, solutions can be found to large, intractable problems. It’s nice to see things working, for once. And my fridge/freezers don’t seem to be … Continue reading
Ummm.. No. CanLit, Can We Please All Get Along?
What the book absolutely is not, she insists, is science fiction… Science fiction takes place “somewhere in space, far, far away in a distant galaxy” – Margaret Atwood, in The Globe and Mail I’m probably going to regret disagreeing with … Continue reading
You Tell Me: Quotes or No?
I’ve recently been reading a bit more literary fiction than I normally do, and several of the books I’ve picked up use a certain style involving the lack of quotation marks to surround dialogue. So, for example, a passage with … Continue reading