Author Archive

“It is really a two-step career journey, in the writing world. Writing, then editing… If you want to get regular promotions and raises, you will, for the most part, accept the fact that your path takes you away from writing and into editing, in some form. The number of pure writing positions that offer salaries as high as top editing positions is vanishingly small.”

Posted on 29 August 2014 and filed under links, outbound, writing

“The Times reviews almost every movie that comes out (I enjoy reading their reviews of part 6 of some slasher series) and even though I’ve never seen Breaking Bad I can tell you pretty much everything about it because of the number of stories I’ve read. Radio not so much.”

Posted on 28 August 2014 and filed under links, outbound, radio

The desire to sell used video games after 8 pm may be the best thing to happen to democracy

Posted on 26 August 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, Prince George

How a proposed neighbourhood in Blackburn could shape the future of the city

Posted on 18 August 2014 and filed under Prince George

I’m lucky, but that doesn’t do me much good.

Posted on 6 August 2014 and filed under comments, main, misc

New job, new job, new job.

Posted on 5 August 2014 and filed under comments, personal

Family, legacy, socks.

Posted on 25 July 2014 and filed under articles, big, personal

The stories you never hear about, and the stories you do.

Posted on 5 June 2014 and filed under articles, journalism, media

Before After

Posted on 17 May 2014 and filed under house and home, nocomments

“Yesterday, I fixed that old steam radiator. Threaded a new valve into the side, removed the handle from the base, unscrewed the packing nut from the stem. This subpar toolbox only had one wrench, so I was lucky it was a three-quarters or I’d have been screwed. “By the time I was done, this 100-year-old piece […]

Posted on 1 May 2014 and filed under cities, misc, nocomments

Strangers and a sense of belonging.

Posted on 17 April 2014 and filed under cities

A year ago, I was supposed to be a CBC Radio host for a few weeks. Those few weeks are finally coming to an end.

Posted on 10 April 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, personal, radio

Grief isn’t a zero-sum game.

Posted on 3 April 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, nocomments, personal

I’m doing the newsletter now. I like it.

Posted on 29 March 2014 and filed under outbound

When Jamie Bell the actor asked Jamie Bell the musician for his Twitter handle, I thought some people might be interested. What happened next blew my mind….

Posted on 24 March 2014 and filed under misc, small