Author Archives: Olga Godim

Library closed – alas

Posted on March 17, 2020

I’m in mourning. Due to this horrible virus, the Vancouver Public Library closed all its branches for unspecified time. I know I should be concerned about sick people around the world, the ones at risk, the ones dying, about my … Continue reading →

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What color is your hero

Posted on March 3, 2020

It’s the first Wednesday of the month again, time for a post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Racial diversity in fiction – I wrote about this controversial topic before. Unfortunately, it raises its head again and again, in … Continue reading →

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WEP February 2020 – Café Terrace

Posted on February 14, 2020

I’m continuing my personal WEP tradition to write interconnected stories for the year’s WEP challenges, which I started in 2017.  This year, I decided to write a series of stories happening now, in Vancouver, Canada, … BUT with magic woven … Continue reading →

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About an enchanted elephant

Posted on February 4, 2020

It’s the first Wednesday of the month again, time for a post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OPTIONAL QUESTION: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish … Continue reading →

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Series recap in romance

Posted on January 7, 2020

It’s the first Wednesday of the month again, time for a post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lately, many genre writers took to writing series, three, four, five books, sometimes up to twenty or more. Some authors write … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2020

Posted on December 30, 2019

Hello, friends. Happy New 2020, the year of the RAT. Such resourceful creatures, aren’t they?

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Christmas story on wattpad

Posted on December 14, 2019

My new urban fantasy novelette on Wattpad, Dancing Truth & Lies, is a Christmas story. You can read Dancing Truth & Lies here. It is a fan fiction story based on Wen Spencer’s Elfhome universe. The action in this story … Continue reading →

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WEP Dec 2019 – Footprints

Posted on December 10, 2019

This story about Dinara and her pet shop, Rendezvous Pets, on the Rendezvous Space Station, is the last Rendezvous Pets story of 2019 and my entry for the December WEP Challenge. Dinara’s shop offers pet daycare, grooming, and advice for … Continue reading →

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Kindle or paper

Posted on December 3, 2019

It’s the first Wednesday of the month again, time for a post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently re-read a novel Arabella by Georgette Heyer, a delightful historical romance by one of my favorite writers. The novel … Continue reading →

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Freddy Mamani Architect

Posted on November 15, 2019

I haven’t posted anything specifically about visual arts for a long time. Nothing really inspired me to write a new post on the theme, until, while surfing the net, I stumbled upon photographs of unusual buildings: Freddy Mamani’s colorful, almost … Continue reading →

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