Sooo … I was in a clinical trial recently. It was, uh, interesting being on the other side of the guinea pig fence. The drug did more than expected. And then it was taken away! But I get ahead of myself. It was March 1 when this story began. I saw a new specialist and…
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Finalist for The Word Guild Awards
I’m pleased to announce that my novel She has been shortlisted in the Novel – Futuristic category in The Word Guild Awards. “On June 13, The Word Guild will present Canada’s top Christian writing awards for 2012, rewarding the best in Christian writing during 2011. Awards Administrator Mary Ann Benjamins reports a record of almost…
Review: Killing Floor
Killing Floor by Lee Child My rating: 2 of 5 stars For a first novel, it was okay. But the plethora of cliches got to be a bit much, and right at the end, in the very last chapter, I couldn’t continue anymore. So I set it aside for awhile, and when I got back…
Best Writing Style Is …
Many blogs and magazines write about how writers write. Newbie writers lap these articles up as if they’re gospel and try to emulate. I know, I’ve been there. But the more I see how others write and how my own writing style is evolving, the more I realise there’s probably as many ways of writing…
Nesting Robins and Writing
There’s a robin’s nest near my kitchen window, hidden but for the activity around it. Robins zip into my view and land on a tasty patch of soil nearby, pecking at dead strands of grass, running along, pecking at another attractive set of nest-looking threads, running along until beaks drip many threads. Then they launch…
Review: The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars Somehow I rated this but didn’t review it! This book was recommended to me by a Michael Connelly fan, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s an interesting concept about a sleazy lawyer who works out of his Lincoln car (hence the title)…
What is Good Standard of Health Care?
Standard of care. It’s a phrase that gets tossed around a lot. Let me tell you a story about what it should not be, especially for a person in a drug research trial. Before I begin, a note on my background. I grew up as the daughter of a clinician-researcher who is to this day,…
Brain Injury Recovery is Like Hauling a Triple Across Canada … And Back
Recovery from brain injury is a long haul. It’s like being a trucker driving an over-the-limit 40 m triple road train loaded up with gold-containing ore, from the far eastern tip of Newfoundland to the far western edge of Kluane National Park and Reserve in the Yukon, who travels smoothly and happily in the early…
Easter Interrupts ScriptFrenzy
I took Easter weekend off from ScriptFrenzy. I wanted to be like a government worker for a brief moment and took off the whole weekend: Good Friday, Waiting Saturday, Celebratory Sunday. and Easter Monday. When Tuesday came, I was not ready to return to my regular routine and ScriptFrenzy. I wanted to continue to sit…