by csweet | May 13, 2013 | Blog Archive, News
To Sweet’s alarm and delight. If you’re in Toronto on the morning of Saturday, June 8, and can make it to the wonderful Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy, check out the Academic Conference of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy...
by csweet | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog Archive
I used to be a voracious reader. During the endless summers when I was 11, 12, 13, I’d walk down to the local library every week. I’d get out seven books and read one a day, sprawled on a lawn chair in the backyard, or propped with my back against the...
by csweet | Mar 29, 2013 | Blog Archive
There’s a certain kind of emotional upheaval that has absolutely no sense of scale. It’s incoherent, both random and hardwired. I have no idea what to do with it except write about it. My daughter’s heading down to the Eaton Centre this weekend with...
by csweet | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog Archive
My elder daughter is 13.5. When I was her age, I was obsessed with taking things in. I wrote often, and copiously, in my journal—about a lot, but especially about The Feeling. This was the sensation that struck me when the wind was high, or the guy I liked waved to me...
by csweet | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog Archive
I write about writing, here. So why do I sometimes bristle when other people write about writing? Having done a good deal of thinking, between the typing of the previous sentence and this one, I’ve decided it’s not simply about content; it’s...
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