C. A. Logan

Don’t take a gun to a pen fight I’ve been writing fiction since I could wield a pencil. Sure, I was an introvert, so sitting in the house writing was not a loss for me, but it’s impossible to avoid the fact that writing is an isolated endeavour. Also, technically, more affordable than skiing—just you and your weapon of choice, whether the pen, typewriter, or computer, and your imagination.

Don’t take a gun to a pen fight

I’ve been writing fiction since I could wield a pencil. Sure, I was an introvert, so sitting in the house writing was not a loss for me, but it’s impossible to avoid the fact that writing is an isolated endeavour. Also, technically, more affordable than skiing—just…

Doyle vs. Holmes How many writers wish they could write a character like Sherlock Holmes? My guess is most of them. Sherlock Holmes is the best-known fictional character still, although that whippersnapper Harry Potter has quickly risen to number two in recent decades. Put together a deerstalker, a magnifying glass and a pipe, and readers all over the world know what to expect—a mystery.

Doyle vs. Holmes

How many writers wish they could write a character like Sherlock Holmes? My guess is most of them. Sherlock Holmes is the best-known fictional character still, although that whippersnapper Harry Potter has quickly risen to number two in recent decades. Put together a deerstalker,…

Robot Love With everything going on in the world, life on Electric Street is pretty calm this summer. Except for a quick drive to the Maritimes and frequent jaunts to Toronto, I am at my desk, writing drafts and learning new things. Doing my electric company A long, long time ago, I can still remember … my imaginary friend, Susan. Before I learned to read and write, Susan and I shared stories.

With everything going on in the world, life on Electric Street is pretty calm this summer. Except for the quick drive to the Maritimes and frequent jaunts to Toronto, I am at my desk, writing drafts and learning new things. Here's what I'm doing, writing, reading.

I’m thinking Netflix's Dept. Q Christmas Special, where DC Rose Dickson (played by Leah Byrne, of course), having a few too many yuletide bevvies, dreams herself into 1821 Glasgow.

Saltare non possum, ergo scribo ~~~ I can't dance, therefore I write I, like most people, could slice my life into phases. Suburban kid, Journalism undergrad, newly married executive wife, urban single mother … (clip cut here) … eventually civil servant, and now full-time writer. In September 1990, my life path changed, the way it does. Although I had volunteered with performing arts companies, I started my first paid employment with the Dance Umbrella of Ontario, an arts service organization in Toronto providing administrative help to professional choreographers in accounting, grant application writing and publicity.

Saltare non possum, ergo scribo
I can’t dance, therefore I write

I, like most people, could slice my life into phases. Suburban kid, Journalism undergrad, newly married executive wife, urban single mother … (clip cut here) …

One April Fool It’s finally spring and to distract you from all the insanity of the gift that keeps on giving down south, I offer you an update of life here on Electric Street. Doing: March is brilliant when you have a little Irish within you! I was busy with several Ottawa-area events in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day. First, I participated in a Local Authors Signing at the Heart & Crown in the Byward Market (the same pub where we launched…

What we did. What we are doing. Whom we are reading.

I'm inviting you to join us at the Local Authors Signing event, on Sunday, March 9th at 2 pm at the Heart & Crown, Clarence Street in the Byward Market, Ottawa, hosted by the Irish Society of the National Capital Region.

My novel, The Irish Within Us will be available for $20, cash or e-transfer.

Archie Sloss: The Burglar Who Stole the Heart of Victorian Society PART TWO: Western Australia, circa 1873 - Archie Sloss, the escaped convict and robber, was in hiding from the police with a price of two hundred pounds on his head. How would he get away? Archie tells us that nine days after the police raided the hideout, Donald Macvittie, a respectable Scottish shepherd, bought passage on a ship to England. The police came searching for the escaped Archie Sloss and handed “Donald” a copy of the arrest notice.

This month's blog post continues the story of Archibald Sloss.

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The Remarkable Life of Archibald Sloss: A Genealogical Discovery

This month, the blog is part one of a longer story, because I need to testify. Yes testify … to the remarkable life of Archibald Sloss, born in Stirlingshire in 1830. Archie, alias Archie Baird, the ex-Duke of Portland Prison, Old…

Canadian winters make us realists, because in winter you can have a bright sunny day that's freezing, or a grey gloomy day, perhaps with a few snowflakes, that's warm(er). You can't have both. It's ☀️ 🥶 or 🌨️ ☺️.

Just sayin', eh?

Elf cheering. Text says "When someone posts a positive review of my book"

All I want for Christmas is ...

1950s type photo of two little girls gossiping. One says, "She's a writer, and the second one says "Ohhhh! I thought she was just weird!" Copyright: kellieelmore.com

All my early years:

A woman in yellow toque figure skates on the harbour facing the CN Tower, Toronto.

I tried something new: writing backwards. I wrote the last section … then the penultimate section, then the antepenultimate. Now that I am hooked on big words, today I expect to write the preantepenultimate and propreantepenultimate sections. #book #books

photo credit: Harrison Haines on pexels

Shameless marketing of my first novel, The Irish Within Us: great for Christmas, absolutely super for St. Patrick's Day.

The Epic Sci-Fi Comedy Adventure Everyone is Talking About 🤪

The Ridiculous: Ranked #1 on Amazon in: Comedy; Science Fiction & Happiness

#scificomedy #funnybooks #books #comedy #laughoutloud
#lol #fyp #sciencefiction

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A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.

Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.

Stuffed penguin toy, wearing a an orange and white striped Penguin jumper, on a beach

Happy World Penguin Day! Here's a picture of a penguin in a Penguin jumper