Along Came A Gardener

Along Came A Gardener

Hallelujah; I can finally say my latest book, Along Came A Gardener, has a publishing date. It’s coming March 15, 2025. This non-fiction book is part memoir, part self-help, and…

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My Early Reading Life

My Early Reading Life

A walk down memory lane, to my early reading life. My reading appetite was fuelled by more than books.

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A Special Deal on a Love Story

A Special Deal on a Love Story

In anticipation of Valentine’s Day 2024, I’m offering a special deal on a love story. A Cry from the Deep, my romantic mystery and adventure was published in 2014 and…

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Kindness of Strangers on Goodreads

Kindness of Strangers on Goodreads

When I read about a recent book scandal, I was reminded of the line, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche Debois says it in the Tennessee…

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A Treasured Icon

A Treasured Icon

When I recently visited the Ukrainian museum in Toronto to see Sacred Straw, the exhibit of icons reminded me of a treasured icon of the Virgin Mary hanging on our…

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Designing Hard Covers

Designing Hard Covers

Designing hard covers for my trilogy—Lukia’s Family Saga—was never part of my writing plan. As a self-published author, I know my limits. I’ve hired Jun Ares, a professional book cover…

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AI Narration Surprisingly Natural

AI Narration Surprisingly Natural

I’m excited to share my wonderful discovery about AI narration. But first, a comment about the envrinoment we’re living in. There’s been so much fear about the rising use of…

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A Writer’s Limbo

A Writer’s Limbo

My book reading at the Local Book Fair in the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library went well, but now I find myself in writer’s limbo. In other words, I’m between projects. In…

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Year-End Musings

Year-End Musings

With year-end musings occupying my daily thoughts, I decided to write a blog post. And I’m writing it, while so much of Canada and the USA are dealing with fierce…

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Book Launch of Paper Roses on Stony Mountain

Book Launch of Paper Roses on Stony Mountain

October 15 is the day of my book launch of Paper Roses on Stony Mountain, a historical and biographical fiction, set on a Manitoba farm, the federal penetentiary village of…

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