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New Essay: Nerve.com’s True Stories

Posted in Stories, tagged , , , on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve got a new personal essay up over at Nerve.com: True Stories: I Fell for a Fictional Character in My Own Play. Check it out!

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New Essay: ‘In the Bush’

Posted in Stories, tagged , , on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

My first piece is up on Vela: In the Bush. It’s about the time I spent working in the Yukon backcountry this past summer. Worth noting: it’s extremely difficult to write about a life-altering experience without actually calling it “life-altering.”

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New Essay: ‘My Deep Freeze Outhouse Epiphany’

Posted in Stories, tagged , , , on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This month’s Up Here magazine includes a short essay I wrote about my time at Slaven’s Roadhouse last winter. It’s not online (yet, at least – I’ll update if that changes) but if you can put your hands on a hard copy, check it out! I’m excited to have my first story in Up Here, [...]

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Vela: Written by Women

Posted in Stories, Updates, tagged , , on October 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of a new project: Vela, an online magazine featuring “travel-inspired creative nonfiction, written by women.” I’ll be contributing alongside five other writers — Sarah Menkedick and Lauren Quinn, both of whom I’ve worked with before at World Hum and Matador, as well as Simone Gorrindo, Molly Beer and Amanda [...]

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New Essay: ‘Stilettos in Paris’

Posted in Stories, tagged , , on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

An essay I wrote about a press trip to the Paris Las Vegas hotel/casino went live today on World Hum. Check it out: Stilettos in Paris.

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A Few Recent Stories

Posted in Stories, tagged , , , , , , on June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »

After what seems like a long silence on the story front, I have a few recently published items to share: First up, I’ve got a pair of Top 10 lists on NationalGeographic.com — Top 10 Foods to Eat in Ontario and Top 10 Family Activities in Ontario. Next, now that World Hum is back in [...]

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South and East

Posted in Stories, Updates, tagged , , , , on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m flying back to Ontario tomorrow to visit friends and family, and then headed on to Barbados late next week. The Barbados visit will be bittersweet: It’s my last trip before my dad wraps up his work there and moves home to Canada, and while I’m sure I’ll get back to the island again even [...]

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Barbados and its Beaches

Posted in Stories, Updates, tagged on March 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

This short piece I wrote about the best beaches in Barbados was just published in the Ottawa Citizen and the Vancouver Sun. I’m off to Barbados again in April — lucky me!

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My Year of (Rarely) Writing

Posted in Stories, Tangents, tagged , on December 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Over at Nerd’s Eye View, my friend Pam recently wrote a post about the best of her year in writing. After listing her favorite posts of 2010, month by month, she invited her loyal readers to share the keepers from their own blogs or print writing efforts — which was right about the time I [...]

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‘Eat, Pray, Love’: The Movie

Posted in Stories, tagged , , on August 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »

If you’ve never talked with me about the EPL phenomenon, here’s the quick guide to where I stood before the movie came out: Liked the book; loved Elizabeth Gilbert as a writer more generally; was skeptical about the concept of a journey of self-discovery; thought Julia Roberts was the wrong casting call, but was optimistic [...]

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