The Literary LEMur

In the thick of the holiday season, everyone and their dog is bombarded by ads day in and out. And here I am, on my laptop, creating content to advertise my upcoming book. I'm no better than Coca-Cola (although I am better in that I'm staunchly anti-AI in the art space). Despite being on the Programming and Marketing team at the Library, I actually don't enjoy selling things. I suppose it's helpful, then, that we're basically "selling" free items and services, but I digress.

As the new year approaches, so too does the publication date of my debut novel. In anticipation of this, I spoke to my co-worker last week about the process of adding a copy of Alison's Adventures in Time to our Library's collection. We discussed having me bring in a copy when they became available, but then she had me search the ISBN in Library Bound, the website we use to purchase materials for our collection. Lo and behold, there it was. My book. Working at a small-town L

Did you know that the maximum number of accounts you can follow on Instagram is 7,500? My partner likes to joke that they first knew I was 'something special' when I told them that I had to unfollow someone on Insta before I could follow them back. Over 2 years later (and after multiple unfollowing sprees to eliminate defunct accounts), I still follow over 7,000 accounts. I consider myself to be a passionate person in that I love a heck of a lot of things: literature, film, t

My 7-year-old self, heck, even 25-year-old me, would not believe it if I told her that I'm not doing anything deliberately "Harry Potter"...

Despite the fact that I've been very MIA lately, this blog is officially a year old! This project of mine has been anything but...

Although I’m in between edits, I’m still on hiatus as I’m also preparing for a move. However, I’m temporarily breaking my hiatus to make...

I am in the thick of developmental edits and have decided to take a wee break from this blog to focus my energy on finishing this...

Although I’m someone who likes to keep things fresh, change has almost always been a bad word for me. This likely stems from a wish to be...

On account of mental health struggles, my university experience was far from "normal". While that's a whole story in itself (and one I...

Tomorrow is the last day of this year's Freedom to Read Week in Canada. With the rise of fascism globally and a steady increase in book...

Last week was the first meeting of the updated version of the writing club at work. Generally, I'm a hopeful person (politics not...

I may be a digital hoarder, but gosh darn do I ever keep that hoard organized...most of the time. It's well known that there's a whole...

I had the pleasure of attending the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference in Toronto last week. This was my 4th time...

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell, 1984 It's no secret that on...

We can't stop oppressive nations from attacking the innocent. We can't convince mass polluters to care about the planet. We can't make...

This won't be a long post as I'm writing this on New Year's Eve and I'm getting ready for a night of raucous partying (aka eating...

As this will be my last post of the year, I figured it made sense to round up some of my favourites from 2024 and to look at my writing...

I think it's safe to say that a common trait amongst storytellers is their ability to pull inspiration from a variety of sources. This is...

I've had social media accounts since 2009 when I was at the ripe old age of 15. Technically, I'd been using Tumblr since around 2007, but...

Back in the spring, my father (a former high school teacher of 34 years) virtually introduced me to Karen Grose , a colleague of his who...