A dream is a wish your heart makes is a lie she’d heard while watching Disney specials on the CBC, but what happens when you keep dying in your dreams, she thought. If something terrible happens in a dream, it can’t have been wished. Ergo, they must be nightmares, except she never woke up screaming like the characters on TV. She just went back to sleep to get murdered again and again.
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The Horror
But when God closes a door, he opens a window, or whatever. The Canada Revenue Agency called and the ex-ballet dancer handling my file is pissed at me!
Read MoreChasing Rainbows
It would be nice to be discovered a la Lana Turner at a soda shop and then signed by Warner Brothers but, alas, writing is a grind that you have to buckle down and complete, or you never get better.
Read MoreBlind in the Spring but Dancing in September
When the right people believe in you and your abilities as much as you do, I am telling you, YOU WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE.
Read MoreHey There, Lonely Girl
Life can feel long and very isolating, if you let it. Put down your phone and have a conversation with a stranger; you’d be surprised how great it can be.
Read MoreAwkward Conversations with White Men
When I was the victim of verbal abuse two years ago I cried for hours. When it happened again this week I definitely did not cry. Sometimes you need a callous on your soul to get through the week; thank goodness, I’m a writer.
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