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15/01/2021
Today, I'm the featured writer in Joan Dempsey's Gutsy Great Novelist Writers Studio. Here's my response to the question: When did you first realize you wanted to write a novel? Was there a particular person or experience that inspired you?

​My younger sisters' bedroom adjoined mine, with nightly consequences. I invented a communication code and taped it to the back walls of our side-by side closets. Long after we were supposed to be asleep, I'd go into the closet and communicate with them through a series of special knocks. Taking two flashlights, I crawled into the dark hallway and shone lights on the back wall of their bedroom. The wild, invented stories began. Often, they were inspired by a children's novel I'd just read. It was important to keep this a secret from our parents, who'd ruin all the fun if they knew!

Knock, knock. Time for a story.

Definatly  not Niagara Falls

11/13/2017

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We hiked Ball's Falls - a group of friends who'd never met before. This stunning waterfall is located near the little village of Jordan, just a few miles from one of the 'wonders of the world' - Niagara Falls.  Ball's Falls was once a thriving village in the mid 1800s,  and now little is left...just enough to be called a Ghost Town. 

The Twenty Mile Creek flows through this quiet green valley as it winds its way down to Lake Ontario.  We met in the parking lot of the Conservation Area and chatted as we strolled up the slopes to find the quiet, mystical Upper Falls.  The water roared over the brink and cascades tumbled out of the rounded cliffs that edged the river. It would be easy to imagine that the overblown tourist trap that millions crowd to visit once actually looked like this wonderful peaceful site. Sunlight streamed through the trees, laden with gold and orange leaves and the only sound was falling water. 

We rambled along the banks and heard the pounding roar of the lower falls. It's big, and it's beautiful.  We'd never met before, but we felt bonded by something larger than ourselves as we gaped at the scene.  We left as friends and want to go back.
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    Sharon Frayne is a writer and artist. She is a member of the Canadian Author's Association, the Niagara Writer's Circle and the Pumphouse Art Gallery. She looks for the universal experience and the mystery in everyday things.

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