Much as I loved reading Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, which I posted about previously, I’ve been delighted to dig into something completely different – No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod ,…
Reading, Writing and Webinars
Mightier Than The Sword
While I was away, I watched the Stanley Cup, and even though I was cheering for the Vancouver Canucks, the better team, Boston Bruins, won. The players on both sides…
Curve Balls in Life
These past few weeks have been taxing. Another curve ball came, when my 95 yr. old mother was hospitalized after a fall. While enroute to see her, I read the…
Writing a Guest Blog
I find the whole world of blogging fascinating. As a newbie, I’ve now met people from all parts of the world showing their colors through what they write. As I’ve…
The Winter of Her Life
This isn’t the kind of photo you expect at this time of year, but I just returned from visiting my 95 yr. old mother in her personal care home and…
The Promise of Rainbows
Yesterday, I spotted this double rainbow. It just came out of nowhere. There’s something about that old story, the one about the pot of gold at the end of a…
Universal Themes
In writing my grandmother’s and mother’s memoir, I am struck by the universal themes that are peppering my pages. Love, death and destruction. Woven through all of this is the…
My Neighbour – The Eagle
I took this photo several days ago. On a property just a few doors over from our kitchen window, a glorious bald eagle rests on a heritage tree overlooking Discovery…
E-Readers
I just finished reading Jane Friedman’s blog, No Rules, where she discusses the popularity of e-readers and future prospects for hardcover and paperback books. Though a diehard book reader, the…
Second Draft
I find revising my novel a fascinating process. Much to my surprise, I love discovering my mistakes and correcting them. The other thing that came to mind while I was…