Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
So we went to Tanzania, as I mentioned in my previous post. And it was truly a fun, mixed bag of an experience. I learned things I didn’t even know existed to be learned, made a friend and realised changes about myself which were unsettling yet true. Where…
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The Race Series (Sort Of): Where’s that?
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
Yesterday, I was talking with my Southern African family about a trip I’m taking to Tanzania. I’ve never been to Tanzania. But a friend wanted to celebrate her birthday there, so we’re going. By the time this article is published, we’d have gone and come back to Southern…
Questioning Lady Marina Steamsail [Part 10]
(Books by Authors Who Never Existed: A Steampunk Hybrid story) By the author of BARD: Owner of the Gemstone Chief Shabuni excuses himself from Mrs. Claws house. The Clockmaker will be arriving soon, and Inspecter Harper and Campbell, along with Mr. TLC, will keep watch over Mrs. Claws, and on The Book Stealer. He needsContinue reading “Questioning Lady Marina Steamsail [Part 10]”
Random Thoughts: Pretending I Knew A Famous, Dead Stranger
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
I once watched a movie which depicted the life of a painter… The painter, described by the Internet as ‘morally skittish’, left his family behind for a carefree, Tahitian existence. If I remember correctly, the painter had a friend who also aspired to be an artist -except that…
The Race Series: What Is The Opposite Of Generational Trauma?
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
There’s a conversation going around these days about the generational traumas we inherit from previous generations and pass on to our descendants. I’d say it’s an attempt to justify all the inexplicable patterns that crop up in families -regardless of whether or not the people who constitute that…
Mother/Daughter
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
I am not rebel nor pioneer,I have not sliced through the serpent’s bellyand climbed outwith its heart still beatingat the tip of my penknife. I will not cross oceans for younor capture the moonin exchange for your heart. I am nothing you can display proudlyin the palm of…
Random Thoughts: Writing and Censorship
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
I have a roundabout confession to make. I am one of those people who censors themselves quite a bit. Even though I’m aware that I’m an amateur writer, a hobbyist, I do feel a need to check myself in public. Why? At first, it was because I’m my…
Mini demonstration of proper posture and body mechanics for the lat pulldown machine.
How to do a lat pulldown correctly was filmed at Fetter Fitness: https://www.fetterfitness.ca/ This will be part of a course Taylor Norris, RMT, and I are developing.
Risk
Originally posted on The Amateur's Quill:
There could be a sequel…an elaborate improvement on the now.But we’re hiding within that feelingof twisting limbs ’round each otherwhile sipping soothing beverages,of running fingers through braided hair,pretending tomorrow will never come. There could be candid conversationsstarring in A Tense Evening.Yet the setting sun lulls usinto the cocoon…
BARD: Owner Of The Gemstone an Epic, Dark Fantasy Adventure
This is the new cover of BARD, with the added subtitle: Owner Of The Gemstone. BARD is an epic, dark fantasy novel that explores lores, blacksmithing, and the very real danger of war. It is a journey to learn how to become a Bard and Blacksmith and finding the owner of the gemstone.
Caedar Writing & Artwork 