Category Archives: writing

Favourite Daughter – A book review

Posted on December 7, 2024 by karenmeg

Favorite Daughter by Morgan Dick My rating: 3 of 5 stars Mickey is a kindergarten teacher, who loves her job, but is a damaged soul. She grew up living with her single mother, after being abandoned suddenly by a father … Continue reading →

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Creative writing step one

Posted on November 23, 2024 by karenmeg

I finished up my first ever creative writing course, and got my final grade report. Honours. Cool. This is the first Saturday in the last eight weeks that I haven’t been editing, re-reading, re-hashing a new five page scene for … Continue reading →

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Secret

Posted on November 12, 2024 by karenmeg

Since our family was completed with the birth of our daughter, I’ve been quite open about our struggles with infertility, both online and in real life.  That’s the approach we’ve taken with our friends, acquaintances, strangers even (as I get … Continue reading →

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The art of memoir

Posted on November 5, 2024 by karenmeg

Tuesdays are the day that I have my creative writing class through University of Toronto school of continuing studies. I did my undergraduate degree at U of T and I haven’t been in school since I did my MBA 13 … Continue reading →

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