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Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:51:12 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled They Left Us Everything - Plum Johnson Penguin Canada:
Gillian said, "I read so much that I have finally decided to go beyond just recording titles via GoodReads or in my journal and taking time to properly review books. This book by Plum Johnson is a thought provoking memoir, which many readers will enjoy but which..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 8:07:12 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled The Next Big Thing:
Gillian said, "Next big thing: What I’m working on now…Writers are tagging each other with a questionnaire about what they’re working on now. I was tagged by Gary Barwin.I would like to tag Anne Grey, Kurtis Scaletta, Ann Ewan, Geraldine Durrant and Gisela..." more
Monday, October 10, 2011 10:17:04 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled elmwood @ 2011-10-10T11:26:00:
Gillian said, "papersky's post prompted me to post after such a long silence. I have been reading LiveJournal, but somehow the imperative to post has been missing in action.So, Thanksgiving . . . It's one of those holidays that still seems alien to..." more
Sunday, June 19, 2011 4:15:47 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Jimmy Durrant January 1st, 1921 - July 4th, 2010:
Gillian said, "He was the middle of three children, born in London as a new year dawned. From what he said, Jimmy's childhood was not unhappy, but he gave the impression that he didn't get on with his own father particularly well and his mother,..." more
Saturday, April 23, 2011 3:23:51 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled elmwood @ 2011-04-23T10:04:00:
Gillian said, "Back at last. So much going on, none of it dreadful, but I have not felt the urge to post at all. The good news is that the 1812 book is done, I think. The second lot of revisions went back mid-week. Now I can concentrate on the semi-secret project...." more
Monday, November 29, 2010 8:25:19 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled elmwood @ 2010-11-29T09:16:00:
Gillian said, "When she arrived in England from South Africa in 1945 her new family thought she was glamorous and exotic and looked like Dorothy Lamour.How strange it must have been leaving the warmth of South Africa and coming to a drab, war-wracked Britain where..." more
Saturday, November 13, 2010 1:15:13 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled I remember. . .:
Gillian said, "He was twenty when they met. He had somehow escaped from the Fall of France in the summer of 1940, more by luck than anything else, but that's a story for another time.Jimmy Durrant, Curly to his mates, went on a blind date organised by his friend,..." more
Monday, October 25, 2010 3:18:31 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Eureka!:
Gillian said, "It was the right cousin and he passed my e-mail over to his sister-in-law who was visiting him in South Africa. She has been researching the Flaherty family for some years and once she is home and has access to her notes, she will e-mail me. I have..." more
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:53:59 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled elmwood @ 2010-10-20T15:50:00:
Gillian said, "I am still in limbo as I have not received the edits due back in September, but I am not chasing them at the moment. Since my return from my father's funeral in England in the summer, I have been thinking a great deal about how easy it is for us to..." more
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 8:07:03 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Thanksgiving:
Gillian said, "Like papersky I feel that Thanksgiving is not a natural holiday for me. Since coming to Canada, we observe it, but it does not rank high in our pantheon of special days.Hallowe'en is another about which I have very mixed feelings. I love..." more
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:07:23 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Dexter or Sinister?:
Gillian said, "I have always identified as being right handed. I am now starting to question this belief.I have developed arthritis but only in my left hand which struck me as a little strange as I would have thought that, logically, it would be my so called..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 1:01:01 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled In Limbo or Could it be Purgatory?:
Gillian said, "My 1812 novel had a June 1st deadline which was met - probably just as well considering the tumultous nature of this summer. After returning from my sudden trip to England. I was in no mood to write (apart from some poetry and..." more
Monday, August 23, 2010 12:59:13 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled A Pocket-sized Dandy Pierces My Heart:
Gillian said, "I see him about once a month in my local supermarket.He smiles and nods to anyone whose eye he catches and once I even saw him doff his hat but that was to an older woman, one perhaps ten years younger than his ninety or so years.The..." more
Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:52:40 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Hmm . . .:
Gillian said, "I am up at the cottage and was up late last night reading James Fitzgerald's family memoir. What Disturbs our Blood. In his prologue, he makes the assertion:Some believe all writers write for their mothersI am pondering this. What do you think? "
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:38:15 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Chhese cakes:
Gillian said, "I have never been a great fan of cheese cake except for one my dad used to make which he topped with a black current compote. The problem for me was that most cheese cakes I tried were too sweet and were claggy in the mouth. I don't know if claggy..." more
Sunday, August 1, 2010 6:38:55 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Absence . . . .:
Gillian said, "I have been absent from here for a while and the longer I didn't write the harder it was becoming to even think about doing so.Since returning from England after my dear old dad's funeral, I have been strangely phobic about cyber-communication in..." more
Sunday, August 1, 2010 6:38:54 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Ack and Double Ack Revisited!:
Gillian said, "Back in January I was in a tizz because I couldn't find some vital notes I had made. This post tells you all about it. Needless to say extra work happened and I never did find those notes, until today that is. We have guests coming from England for..." more
Monday, June 28, 2010 7:30:24 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Strange how the mind works . . .:
Gillian said, "My mother has been dead now for nine years. I think of her often but she has been on my mind more of late because of the World Cup. That might sound strange, but it is because of the venue. She was a South African war bride, brought home in 1945 by..." more
Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:45:36 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Weird:
Gillian said, "I haven't been sleeping well of late. I go to bed and fall asleep immediately but then wake up with a start around about 3 or 4 in the morning and then have difficulty getting back to sleep. Today I added a new twist to this.I woke up at 4:00 with..." more
Monday, June 7, 2010 6:04:31 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled These boots are made for walking . . .:
Gillian said, "Well, tonight may be the night when my extreme dorkitude is revealed to the unsuspecting Canadian public.I have a treaddesk. I came to have one after arthurslade paved the way (blazed the trail - how many travelling metaphors can I come up with..." more
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:40:37 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Hoo-hah!:
Gillian said, "It is done. The book is done and sent off to my agent. What will I do with myself now?"
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:58:17 AM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Almost There:
Gillian said, "Its been a tough slog, but I am almost at the end of A Call to Arms. I have just left Sandy MacKay, my protagonist, sitting under a tree with his father, brother and some of the 5th Lincoln Militia at 6:00 p.m. on July 25th 1814. By 7:00 p.m. battle..." more
Monday, May 17, 2010 12:16:08 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Boy vs Coyote 0:0 - Boy vs Wilderness 1:0:
Gillian said, "Thank goodness there were no coyotes on Franklin Island, the uninhabited and somewhat bleak island where T and his kayaking expedition spent the night on Saturday. I say thank goodness as T became separated from the group and was missing for over..." more
Monday, May 10, 2010 6:32:00 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled Ack to the nth:
Gillian said, "T's computer has bitten the dust. It wouldn't start up and the auto repair says it can't do anything. Wouldn't you know that he has all his work for his English summative assignment locked within the defunct computer's bowels and that he hadn't..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:51:12 PM
Gillian Chan wrote a blog post titled The Long Silence:
Gillian said, "Although I still have been reading LiveJournal,I was shocked that I have not posted here in over a year. Sometimes, it seems there are just too many ways to reach out. I have been getting to grips with FaceBook, Twitter and GoodReads. Now that..." more