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A novel about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions, and the small, magical moments that make up life.

2025

Stories

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The Unschool for Writers

Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings

What are they good for?

Oct 2, 2024

Cyclist freestyling on an outdoor handrail set aflame

Oct 2, 2024

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On Reflection

My Wild Red-Headed Boy and His Hot Pink Gum Boots

Why we can — and maybe should — walk away from Education as Institution

Aug 27, 2024

My Wild Red-Headed Boy and His Hot Pink Gum Boots

Aug 27, 2024

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Thirty over Fifty

Walking Out of the Hospital

After four days in the emergency ward, my mother had had enough

Sep 27, 2024

Walking Out of the Hospital

Sep 27, 2024

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Thirty over Fifty

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

What was in that life-changing rent break?

Jul 9, 2024

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

Jul 9, 2024

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Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Jun 5, 2024

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Jun 5, 2024

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The Unschool for Writers

Thoughts on Novel Endings

Julian of Norwich on hindsight and creating a loop

May 20

Thoughts on Novel Endings

May 20

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The Unschool for Writers

When Multiple Characters’ Stories Intersect in a Novel

Writing the crisis of a story with more than one point of view

May 15

When Multiple Characters’ Stories Intersect in a Novel

May 15

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On Reflection

Amniocentesis & Waiting For An Answer

Learning from the neighbours

Apr 23

Amniocentesis & Waiting For An Answer

Apr 23

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The Unschool for Writers

The Young Protagonist MUST Solve Their Own Problem

Another writing “principle” to question

Apr 4

The Young Protagonist MUST Solve Their Own Problem

Apr 4

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The Unschool for Writers

The Verse Novel: What Is It? And How To Write One

Only for poets? or the genesis of one? or the novel-writer who wants more language awareness?

Feb 26

The Verse Novel: What Is It? And How To Write One

Feb 26

Alison Acheson

Alison Acheson

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Adult novel: Blue Hours. Memoir: Dance Me to the End. (ALS caregiving.) My pubs here: LIVES WELL LIVED, UNSCHOOL FOR WRITERS, and editor for WRITE & REVIEW.

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