Finnian Burnett

Author, Educator, Cat Person

Welp, folks. Last time I posted a personal blog, I was WRITING ALL THE THINGS and have basically shifted from the March and April energy of “I can do anything!” to the May energy of “Oh shit. I have to do something.” Gone are the days of waking up at 2 AM and writing a …

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The other day, I posted in the Canada Writes Facebook group—run by CBC Books—about something that’s been on my mind lately: the proposed defunding of the CBC, a political promise of Pierre Poilievre. It’s interesting, and relevant to us as writers, that defunding the CBC is a political promise of Pierre Poilievre. I read today …

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(The writing of this post is powered by female covers of male songs, currently Kina Grannis covering Creep.) How is it 2024? I don’t know if its one of those things that just happens as you age, but suddenly time seems to be flying and all my self-imposed finish lines are popping up too fast …

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For my upcoming “Keeping it Weird” workshops… We’ll be talking about introducing small elements of the uncanny to keep people guessing. The Opened Book Finnian Burnett Thunder cracked overhead as Dr. Kirk Barnfield crossed the threshold of what, from the outside, looked like a dilapidated shack at the end of an alley. Inside, the small …

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