Viva Survivor. That’s the name of the preparatory course to get fourth-year doctoral students across the finish line and through their PhD defence. Organized by Nathan Ryder, the former podcast and now online workshop, is designed to calm the fears and anxieties of researchers, and set them up for success. General advice for success I […]

It took me a long time to figure out what a critical reflexive was. When I began my doctoral studies in creative writing, I had (wrongly) interpreted the critical reflexive as an essay, therefore my original attempts after year one were very incorrect. I thought I was supposed to create some kind of academic analysis […]

Yesterday, I had a post take-off on Threads when I said that my PhD is on the liminal qualities of the Canadian highway. I had asked if anyone had taken videos of any highway drives, that I would love to see them. Then, 144 comment later, I found myself with a treasure trove of highway […]

I’m now at the point of the writer’s journey where I look back at what I’ve made, and think: it’s time to get serious. But querying agents is such a bizarre feeling. It is especially weird because I have spent my career in advertising and PR, so I have won and lost many pitches over […]