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Erin Kinsella

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Writing, reading, world building and the occasional vlog.

Festival Time! Heritage Days, Folk Fest and CariWest

This week is playing host to three amazing festivals in Edmonton: Heritage Festival, Folk Fest and CariWest. I’ve only attended the first of the three, but at some point I’ll make...

Favourite YouTuber Spotlight - Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling is a crazy talented violinist who invigorates every project she approaches. She is practically a wizard and I’m constantly in awe of her wicked skills. She’s also...

Throwback Thursday - Sci Fi and Public Executions

1977 is an interesting year. Not only is it the year that Star Wars: A New Hope came out, but it’s also the last year that the guillotine was used as a method of execution in Franc...

What I'm Reading - The Three

The Three by Sarah Lotz is told in a really unique way. Rather than follow a traditional narrative, Lotz portrays the story through news articles, emails, skype conversations, inte...

Festival Time! Taste of Edmonton, Blueberry Bluegrass and K-Days

Festival Season is rolling into full swing in Edmonton. Alberta’s capital is host to dozens of major festivals every year featuring food, culture, art, music and sports. There’s re...

Favourite Author Spotlight - Maria V Snyder

Maria V Snyder is one of my favourite authors (in case you hadn’t guessed by my What I’m Reading blog posts :P) and so today I’m spotlighting her. She crafted the worlds of Sitia a...

Mata Hari

Mata Hari is one of many fascinating women in history and in honor of Michelle Moran’s Mata Hari’s Last Dance coming out this week I thought she would be a good focus for my first...

Creative Differences

Not everyone is going to like what you do. Art in all it’s forms is subjective and sometimes people are going to have different opinions. It doesn’t change the value of what you do...

Loons are Amazing!

Loons are one of my favourite birds of all time and generally they return this admiration by showing me their butt or disappearing entirely whenever I try to take a picture of them...

Embracing the ridiculous

Hey guys, It's Vlog day! This week I'm talking about embracing being weird and wonderful when you're doing videos! Thanks for stopping by! -Erin