Category: inspiration
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125 Years of the Wizard of Emerald City
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Every holiday season when I was a child, before the advent of video recorders, my family waited for The Wizard of Oz movie to come back on the air. The scarcity and annual tradition created even more enchantment than just the magic of the story itself. That was my…
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August mindset reboot
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An abbreviated post, as I’m somewhat under the weather today. Feels like a bit of a bug, so I’m doing R&R. Precooked ham with an easy potato salad and green beans for dinner, and a nice cup of tea afterward. August has always been a time of the year to…
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Star Trek: A New Storytelling Chapter
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The Trouble with Tribbles. Devil in the Dark. Wolf in the Fold. Catspaw. Some of the best episodes in the original Star Trek series. I even used one of the titles in my Chaos Roads trilogy, in homage. The original series was one of the most innovative shows to ever…
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Strange writer research
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“You’re researching what?” “Well,” I said to hubby, “I have this idea stuck in my head about the librarians on the archive planet of Jebeha being lizard-like.” He shrugged. He’s used to the weird things that come out of my brain. Why lizards? I don’t know — I just go…
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Tea and a Mystery: The Great Brownstone Detective
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Saul and I handled the breakfast problem, and for lunch we had cold cuts, including the sturgeon, which had been passed as edible, two bottles of champagne, and five kinds of cheese. The Doorbell Rang (A Nero Wolfe Mystery Book 41) If you’re going to play hermit for a day…
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Found sequel of Merlin and King Arthur
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There likewise I beheld ExcaliburBefore him at his crowning borne, the swordThat rose from out the bosom of the lake,And Arthur rowed across and took it — richWith jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt,Bewildering heart and eye — the blade so brightThat men are blinded by it — on one…
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Libraries and Third Spaces
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During the first COVID lockdowns, when you couldn’t walk around a neighbourhood without people crossing the street to avoid you, I found myself gravitating to our local botanic garden. I drove by one day, just escaping the four walls of our home for a little while, and found the parking…
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Houses of mystery
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If you were a 19th century archaeologist with an unholy Egyptian artifact in your possession, and you wanted to both keep it out of the hands of bad guys and protect your family, where would you put it? Why, a secret room in your mansion, of course. At least, that…
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Hitchcock: a Master Storyteller
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“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Alfred Hitchcock There’s a large maple tree in the centre of the circle I live on, and from time to time an unusual number of crows will gather on it early in the morning and…
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Storytelling: Winter Escapism and the Inspiration for Indiana Jones
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Inspiration comes in all forms. Sometimes it’s a post to Instagram celebrating International Pisco Sour Day 😉 My dad and I loved to watch adventure movies together. While Journey to the Centre of the Earth has always been my favourite from our virtual Sunday escapades, another movie that really stuck…