The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: writing

  • The Loneliness and Occasional Despair of Chronic Illness

    So I do try not to whinge too much, but I’ve been in pain, off and on, for several weeks, due to a vestigial organ that needs swift removal (but will also need to wait its turn, because surgery wait-lists are epic). I have chronic seasonal insomnia, so in late December I saw a long-awaited…

  • Art Crimes and Misdemeanours

    When I was in high school, a friend and I often hung out at Café Wim on Sussex, near the current location of the National Gallery. Safdie’s glass and metal marvel was still under construction, and it was sited in such a way that it mirrored the Parliament Buildings across from it. Ottawa was an…

  • Writers and Scams in the Era of AI

    (My first-ever AI-generated image, courtesy of Gemini 3. Why do all these AI tech products sound like space missions, or satellites? The image shows a robot typing a manuscript, which was my prompt. Rather worryingly accurate.) If I were to launch a profitable and efficient scam, which is beyond both my capacity and my interests,…