#ShortStoryMonth Day Seventeen — “Basketball Fever,” by Maureen Brady

And the Winner Is... One of my favourite things to come out of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival is the yearly fiction competition anthology. Born from the Short Fiction contest, the New Fiction from the Festival anthologies run the range of LGBT characters and cross all manner of genres with the loose theme of "saint" …

Sunday Shorts – “Girls on Campus” Q&A with Fiona Riley

I am so incredibly stoked to bring you today's Sunday Shorts Q&A with Fiona Riley. If you don't know Fiona Riley, then you obviously don't follow me on Goodreads or Facebook or Twitter, and hey, I'll forgive that if you go grab your copy of Miss Match right now. It's an awesome romance with a …

Sunday Shorts – “Men in Love” and “The Biggest Lover” Q&A with Jerry Rabushka

I refer to the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival quite a bit, I know, but it's been very much the epicentre of my literary life. I've been blessed to meet dozens of authors through the event, and today's author is no exception. Jerry Rabushka agreed to have a chat with me about his upcoming stories in …

Writing Wednesday – Saints, Sinners, and Giveaways

  I'm home again. I need to gather my thoughts about Saints & Sinners, but if I'm completely honest, I'm still wiped. This time, my flight back had me up at a very early hour, and between that, a day full of flying, and a terrible night's sleep, I ended up feeling like roadkill yesterday. …

Writing Wednesday – Bags are Packed

  Tomorrow, at what can best be described as "Oh-My-Gods O'Clock" I'll be at the airport awaiting my flight to the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival. I. Can't. Wait. For one, it's like a creative battery recharge. I get so much out of being around all the wonderful creative types, I cannot tell you. It's …

Eating my Words

But First, A Word from My Sponsor (A.K.A. My Husband) Before I begin on what I hope is both a funny and maybe a little bit enlightening post, I want to make sure I'm clear about the incredibly privileged position I'm in. In September of 2014, I was able to make the decision to step …