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Frankenstein wasn’t the monster. Grief was. Eve Frankenstein wasn’t the monster. Grief was.

Everyone knows I call Frankenstein my forever favourite but it’s Mary Shelley herself who haunts and inspires me most.

She didn’t just write horror. She lived it.

This year I got my hands on The Journals of Mary Shelley, though rare, and pricey, worth every dollar and every page. I wanted to see if the truth I’ve believed about her all my life held up.

What I found? Loss stacked upon loss. Writing as survival.

I’m sharing more in my Mary and Me series on Substack; about why knowing the writer’s life can change our own.

If you want to read beneath the surface, join me there. 

I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this in the comments.
 
[Want that gorgeous hard cover version of Frankenstein? Link in bio to my Shop.]

#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #ReadDeeper #WritersLife #LiteraryObsessions #SubstackSeries
This is one of the reasons I’ve been quieter onl This is one of the reasons I’ve been quieter online in the past months.

Meet Cooper (@CoopersCanadianLife).

A year ago, he arrived in our lives as an international rescue (malnourished, anxious, showing clear signs of abuse). He needed everything: patience, love, time, presence.

That’s where my energy has gone this year. And honestly? I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Today he’s healthy, happy, thriving, including his beloved daycare visits with his new dog community.

If you’ve been wondering why the books and posts slowed down, it’s this face. Because healing, his and mine, takes what it takes.

EDIT: he is eating a bunny shaped dog coookie in the video! Thanks for messaging me to ask. 
❤️ Thanks for being here while I showed up for him.

#RescueDog #DogMomLife #InternationalRescue #writersdog #goldensofig #goldensofinstagram #rescue
Today on Substack, spend a moment with me and my t Today on Substack, spend a moment with me and my teacher—H. 

As I rediscover simplicity, bliss, and wonder through the eyes of my miracle grandson. 

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Practice is how you discover the art you can’t l Practice is how you discover the art you can’t live without.

A little moment in a local coffee shop reminded me why I always return to the classics when I need to feed my inner writer.

This summer’s treasures from the beautiful Vintage Classics collection: Frankenstein (always my touchstone), Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights.

Their beauty on the outside matches the brilliance inside. Let them inspire you to read deeply, write bravely, and practice the craft until you can’t imagine life without it.

Tell me! Which classic always calls you back?

@nottawageneral 
@nottawacottagebookstore 
#WritersLife #ReadingTheClassics #BookLovers #VintageClassics #WritingInspiration
You know why writing is so difficult? Because it’s the chosen craft of chronic overthinkers . That’s today’s wisdom that can’t be avoided. 

If I was the kind of person who wasn’t distracted by my grandson’s feet, the South American translocation road trip of #kenyatheelephant or noticing how much like beach towels this summer’s new fiction releases look, I’d be getting more done.

Im pulling out all the stops to demo some of my recently constructed roadblocks. 

Roadblock, time waster, distractor 1: social media and the fact that I’m absent from it. 

Demolition method: look at social once a day only. 

Roadblock: my office and my space doesn’t feel like it belongs to me yet and when I look around I feel anxious. 

Demolition tactic: get out of the house. and #writeeverywhere. 

Roadblock 3: I think there is a better way to write this chapter but I don’t know if I should spend the time trying. 

Demo technique: send it to your agent, coach, editor, trusted objective reader, now! 

What roadblock’s in your way. This is me posting a pic of trying to demo what’s in my way, today. 

I’ll have three new ones tomorrow! 

There is no stuck in writing! 

Setting: @1904socialhaus 

#writeon #writerslife #write #writers #writingtok #writersofinstagram #writenow #thereisnostuckinwriting
If you’re asking questions, you’re stuck alrea If you’re asking questions, you’re stuck already. 

Writing is a head game, use yours wisely. 

#writersofinstagram #writeyourbook #writingforlife #bookcoach #writeon #write #books #writertok
Happy Birthday Canada. 🇨🇦 Emily Carr wrote, Happy Birthday Canada. 
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Emily Carr wrote, “It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she’s something sublime that you were born into, some great rugged power that you are part of.”

🎶🎶🎶: @jannarden 
#forevercanada #canada #canadaday #canadaday2025 #canadaday🇨🇦
I’m pulling from colour inspo today. Whoever s I’m pulling from colour inspo today. 

Whoever said ‘a change is as good as a rest’ gave me the foundation for a writing and mental health truth that re-proves itself to me daily. 

I must change my view frequently to stay engaged with a creative project. If I transport the project, I can look at new facets of it. I needed a wall of colour near me. I wasn’t sure I could wait. So I built it with a lot of help from nature, a local greenhouse and the muscle and green-thumb sense I’ve had for a lifetime.

Creativity relies on capacity. 

I create capacity by changing the vista. 

create anywhere
write everywhere 

#colour #color #tetrochromat #writeon #write  #dahlia #petunia #impatiens #lobelia #basil #lavendar #planting #pottedplants #garden #writeeverywhere
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