Good Saturday morning. And tomorrow is the big day - Crime for Christmas will be happening at the Barrhaven Legion between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.! Your one-stop shopping spot for mystery book stocking stuffers, not to mention delicious free goodies and a bar where you can...
Good Saturday morning, my friends. It's an overcast, freezing rain kind of week, but won't let grey November skies get us down. Today, I'm signing books at Coles Carlingwood from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and hope you can come by and say hi. It's getting on...
Looks like winter is arriving by snowstorm tomorrow with some plummeting temperatures on Monday. We've had such a lovely long stretch of good weather that this is a huge change. Time to find the winter coat. But today, you can come out to Kichesippi Brewery in...
And just like that, we are into November! Of course, everyone in Canada is watching the Blue Jays in the World Series. No matter how it ends, the team has done Canada proud ...
How about those Jays? It's been an exciting run and not over yet! Ted and I watched the games all summer long, so we're quite invested in the team and hoping they go all the way, despite the odds. One game down and three to...
Happy crisp October morning to you. It's been a busy, social kind of week with the release of A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories by Ottawa authors with all the stories set in and around Ottawa. The book has received terrific reviews and...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! We are celebrating this evening with family and friends since this is the only day everybody is free. Ted will be cooking a turkey on the barbecue and we've got a bit of a potluck going on -...
First Saturday in October, and we're squarely into autumn. I've cleaned out 1/3 of my 30 flower pots, but the weather has been so glorious that I'm giving the rest a reprieve until the frost hits. Today, we're going up to 27 degrees C! It was...
Another Saturday has rolled around, the last weekend in September. Still lots of green on the trees, so I've put off cleaning out my flower pots, but plan to get at it this week while it's still mild. Not my favourite task ever. Well, I did...
And another week has flown by! No rain and endless sunshine ...
Good Saturday morning! We are half-way through September with some gorgeous weather in the Ottawa Valley. The leaves are just beginning to change as the nights get crispy. I love this time of year. Last weekend was the inaugural St. Lawrence Writers Festival in the beautiful...
Welcome back, everyone! The summer sped past like a drunken night in the Byward Market. So much has happened since I last blogged! To begin, I will be in Brockville at the inaugural St.Lawrence Writers' Festival tomorrow (Sunday) at one o'clock at the Arts Hub alongside...
Happy Summer, Everyone! You can link to the Who Lies in Wait excerpt in the July 28 online Ottawa Citizen today. It will be featured in tomorrow's paper. https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/book-who-lies-in-wait...
So Who Lies in Wait is officially launched. This past Thursday evening, Dalal, Manager of the Ottawa Curling Club, hosted my latest book launch, and it was a terrific venue. There was a good-sized crowd with Jim, owner of Perfect Books, on site to sell...
Party time is almost here! Yes, this coming Thursday will be the launch of Who Lies in Wait at the Ottawa Curling Club on O'Connor Street. There is some parking on the club premises and there is also a city parking lot as you turn...
Good Saturday, everyone. Warm weather coming this week in Ottawa so time to break out the shorts and sandals. I had a couple of outings this week. Last Saturday afternoon, Don Butler and I drove to Kichissippi Brewery in Belles Corners to take part in an...
After my blog post last Saturday morning, I learned that Fatal Harvest was shortlisted for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada, a Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) award. CWC is our national crime-writing organization. It was lovely news to have the book recognized in this...
Good rainy morning! This is a great day to visit your independent bookstore or to take part in the independent bookstore crawl. I'll be appearing at Books on Beechwood in Ottawa this afternoon with John Delacourt from 1:00 to 2:30 as part of their author lineup....
Easter weekend! The sky has been grey, and the weather rainy this long weekend here in Ottawa as I type. We've had a cool, wet April so far, but the heat has to arrive sometime. I'm looking forward to cleaning out my garden, but as...
Good Saturday morning. Thinking back over the week, I spent most of it editing the manuscript due June 1st to Dundurn. I'm using post-it notes to jot down the highlights of each chapter, making a timeline to ensure all aligns. In a later chapter, I found...