About Lorne Daniel
Over the years, Lorne has written poetry, reviews, newspaper columns and magazine articles and had his work broadcast on CBC and CKUA radio. His essay "Today is the Frontier" about growing up in Alberta’s oil patch won the 1995 Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize.
In his professional life, Lorne’s company Grandview Consulting Inc. has won regional, national and international awards for its writing, communications consulting, and planning work.
Lorne believes that writing is a process of discovery. As a writer, he is changed by the process of finding words within experiences, experiences within words.
Lorne now lives in Victoria, BC, Canada. You can follow his writing on Facebook and Twitter or check out his website and his blog.
Lorne's Blog
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Drawing Back to Take a Running Jump – A Book By Lorne Daniel
Poems of family, of place, poems of loss and startling discoveries. This new Selected Poems collection by Lorne Daniel brings together the best of his published poetry. In the words of international award-winning poet and editor Gary Geddes, "Poetry … Read more →
Finding Inspiration Along The Way
A runner and a writer, Lorne Daniel pauses to take inspiration from Terry Fox, Betty Fox, and their legacy of courage.
The Risks And Rewards Of Life Writing
Three published authors of non-fiction life stories share their insights on the risks and rewards of life writing.
Life Beyond The Race
A highly unusual injury leads a runner to new insights on what is important in life.
One Step At A Time: Running And Writing
Writing a book is not unlike running a marathon. It would be foolhardy to think one could just set out one day and do it without any practice, without putting in the hours, days, weeks, months or years of training.
Homes, Places And Our Sense Of Self
‘You can’t go home again,’ Thomas Wolfe wrote in his famous 1940 novel that carried the phrase as its title. But for writers the greater truth may be that you can never leave home. Or that home never leaves you.
Journals And The Backstory Of Life
A collection of old journals tells Lorne Daniel some unexpected stories about himself.
Flowers and Trust
Lorne Daniel discovers that a small, unspoken gesture can brighten your street.
Savour What is Ending — and Move On
As Lorne Daniel writes his last blog post from his desk in Alberta before the move to British Columbia, he reflects on our need to savour these “last moments”.
Saying Farewell and Moving On
As Lorne Daniel prepares to leave the town where he grew up, he uncovers layers of emotion and layers of the past as he moves into the future.
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