We are all somebody's children, and when we're in pain, we regress, instinctively looking to our parents to make everything better. — Lynn Coady Better Copy Share Image
In the late sixties, when revolution and upheaval were everywhere, feminists were ridiculed for focusing on housework. — Lynn Coady Feminism Copy Share Image
Sometimes I pine for the era of Miss Manners, when there were hard and fast rules dictating a well-bred individual's behaviour in… — Lynn Coady Hard Copy Share Image
You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
I should say I am not much of a gamer - anymore. The reason for this is that I have to make… — Lynn Coady Body Copy Share Image
One day it hit me: Truest friends, God bless their hearts, could not care less. They love you, they're pleased you're getting… — Lynn Coady Day Copy Share Image
Audience participation can often inject a dose of adrenalin into your average dial-tone literary reading, especially if a handful of audience-members are… — Lynn Coady Always Copy Share Image
I was always watching the boys and how they interacted. It comes with being a feminist, just somebody who thinks a lot… — Lynn Coady Feminism Copy Share Image
Grownups, as a rule, should always be ready to pay for their own meals - or else ready to graciously accept their… — Lynn Coady Accept Copy Share Image
A novelist's sense that he or she is 'above' a certain genre mainly comes out of the notion that the genre is… — Lynn Coady Genre Copy Share Image
The fundamentals for me are character and conflict. I put character first because readers will be indifferent to conflict if they are… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
My dad was a real man's man, and so were my brothers, in a small town where hockey is king. It's a… — Lynn Coady Culture Copy Share Image
I went into the world confident my tea training would open many doors. And I did particularly well with the Irish and… — Lynn Coady Fitness Copy Share Image
I've always been a sucker for any technology engineered primarily for the entertainment of the human race - even such technology as… — Lynn Coady Entertainment Copy Share Image
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person -… — Lynn Coady Character Copy Share Image
We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. We thought this number was 18. Much… — Lynn Coady Bridges Copy Share Image
I still find the idea of a research-heavy or historical novel daunting. That's something I've had in mind for a while: like,… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a… — Lynn Coady Better Copy Share Image
The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth… — Lynn Coady Heart Copy Share Image
We like long-form narrative journalism, and we feel there aren't enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want… — Lynn Coady Enough Copy Share Image
Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our… — Lynn Coady Feelings Copy Share Image
True adulthood occurs the moment we grasp that the people who raised us do not exist solely for our comfort and reassurance.… — Lynn Coady Adulthood Copy Share Image
When revising, consider whether you have written anything that will hurt or offend a member of your immediate family. If the answer… — Lynn Coady Family Copy Share Image
