One hundred days to Christmas First of all, a happy welcome to all my new subscribers! Thanks for coming out to meet me, for buying my book, and most of all for supporting local venues and events. I look forward to staying connected through this newsletter, future events, or maybe as your book club guest!ContinueContinue reading “Back in the BER months again”
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Reality Check
When the universe reminds you what really matters The subject line of the email read: FIRE INTERRUPTION Because I knew that the sender—the proprietor of a book marketing co-op I belong to—resides in Southwestern Canada, I instantly thought, Oh shit. Indeed, she was alerting her subscribers to a pause in programming. She and her familyContinueContinue reading “Reality Check”
Book Picks for Summer 2026
Put these five on your TBR list What are you doing this summer? I’ve been writing – deep into revisions on my upcoming novel (title still TBD) but also reading as much as I can so as to tackle my ever-growing TBR list. Because I’m short on time—as I’m sure you are too—I’m skipping theContinueContinue reading “Book Picks for Summer 2026”
Writing What You Know
And the joy of discovering what you don’t “You are not your characters, but your characters are you.” — Raymond Carver Last week, I had a couple of a-ha moments around the revisions I’m making to my upcoming novel (technically my previous novel that I put aside to publish Little Pink Houses). Ever since attending Courtney Maum’s fabulous workshopContinueContinue reading “Writing What You Know”
Wife vs. Mother-in-Law
You can rewrite the story (Trigger warning. This one gets a bit emotional towards the end.) The envelope, as I recall, was lavender. The card inside a flowery, glitter-encrusted thing, Happy Mother’s Day written in flamboyant script. She’d presented all three of us daughters-in-law with similar cards. The awkward thing was, two of us were childless. “DoContinueContinue reading “Wife vs. Mother-in-Law”
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