Novels

Happy trails, Angus!

/ Carolyn Watson

Angus Brian MacDonald Obituary

I love reading obituaries.  The good ones make me wish I’d known the deceased.

Angus Brian MacDonald wrote his own.  It is funny and honest, one of the best I’ve ever read.

“My little dog Scarlett died Sept. 2013, and there really are no words to describe what a total destresser Scarlett was for me. So I guess if there’s a place in the after-life where little dogs and old dawgs go, then that’s where you’ll find me and Scarlett. Maybe I’ll see you all there sometime.”

Rest in peace Mr. MacDonald.

http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-549326-angus-brian-macdonald.html

 

Trigger Warning

/ Carolyn Watson

“Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t.”

—Neil Gaiman

I am halfway through Neil Gaiman’s Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances and I am spellbound.  I haven’t read anything of Gaiman’s in a while and I’m so glad I rediscovered him.  With apologies to the dozens of books in my must-read pile (some of which have been there for years), I may have to indulge in more of his work.

J.K. Rowling

/ Carolyn Watson

 

When I hear or read about a book or video that interests me, I jot down the name on a scrap of paper and tuck it away for future reference.  I am usually working on a story or novel and I don’t have a lot of free time.  Sadly, some of these scraps end up in the garbage.

Fortunately, J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech at Harvard did not.

Her words spoke to me on a very personal level.  She is such an inspiration as an author and human being.

If you haven’t watched it, I recommend setting aside 20 minutes and doing so.  You won’t regret it.