Welcome.

This is Valerie’s creative workspace.

What’s Next? (2020–present) is a current collection of lessons learned through therapy and posts about other stuff.

Many of the pieces of work that were posted on this site prior to What’s Next? have been archived and are not longer available to read on this site.

Valerie Writes (2013–2019) is a collection of fiction and non-fiction: poems, creative non-fiction, personal essays, and stories. Some of the work published here was published elsewhere, most of it was not. This site had original, unpublished, published pieces, works-in-progress, and also drew from previous work listed below.  See list of posts.

Another Writing Project (2011–2012). A year-long project, and home for (mostly) non-fiction articles and personal essays. See alphabetical list. See list of posts.

A Creative Way Out of Work (2010–2011). A year-long creative writing project that provided a place to post her creative non-fiction pieces, poetry, and bits of fiction, much of it previously published. See alphabetical list. See list of posts.

Letters to My Girlfriends (2008), a continuous, fictional story told in a series of letters, blog-style, and Valerie’s first experiment with the online writing process.

People, Places, and Things (2007–2010). Metroland Media Group Ltd., a TorStar Digital property.

You can read Valerie’s poetry collections here.