Good Saturday morning. This first week of spring and last week of March has felt like a continuation of winter. It's snowing this morning as I type...
So I nearly forgot it was Saturday and time to catch up on my writing week. I've started working on a short story last evening and the world always slips away when I begin one of those. I begin out with a vague idea and...
And we've successfully made it through another week! Happy Saturday, everyone. I've not accomplished much since last blog posting on the writing front. I seem to have stalled as I work out the last part of the latest Hunter and Tate manuscript, only managing a few...
And that's a wrap for February - the days are flying right along. Wednesday, Ted and I drove to the Rockland Public Library through the snowy evening so that I could visit their book club. Rockland is about a 50-minute drive, heading east past Orleans. I...
Another Olympic morning. Have you taken up residency in front of your television as we have? First order of business, my visit to the Book's Better in Smiths Falls has been cancelled for today with a new date TBD, likely in the summer. I am still...
Good Saturday morning and Happy Valentine's Day! A day for wine and roses. It's been a week of watching the Olympics as well as going through my latest Hunter and Tate manuscript as I get ready to write the last 25,000 words. I did a light...
Are you watching the Olympics? Such a great way to break up February! So, this past week I spent rereading Nobody Tell, now in PDF format and going through its last round of edits. After this read-through, a copy editor will be giving it one final...
I'm back from the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga. It was a fun, exciting week, following Team Nunavut, skipped by our daughter, Julia Weagle. The highlight was their win against PEI, Nunavut's first win in six years! Lots of great shots made, but no...
Happy Saturday, everyone! This past week, I resumed chugging along on my latest Hunter and Tate manuscript, now zooming in on 46,000 words. However, I had a few interruptions :-) I finished my review of the Nobody Tell manuscript last Saturday and submitted it to my...
Another Saturday morning, and we're moving through January at a great clip. The Nobody Tell manuscript arrived back in my email for one last look on Tuesday evening, and I've spent the last three days going through it again. I caught a few errors (missing quotation...
It is January 3, 2026. We've taken down the Christmas tree and put away the decorations. It's time to get this new year underway! I've taken this break from life and schedules to continue writing the latest Hunter and Tate manuscript, which still doesn't have a...
And Christmas is over with New Year's Eve on our doorstep. I hope you are having a lovely holiday season as we enter the last week of 2025. This is the time I like to look back on my writing year that was before turning...
And Christmas Eve is only four days away! Are you ready?! I've corralled most of what I need to do -- some gifts wrapped, tree half decorated, food nearly bought. Still gobs of time left for the finishing touches. In amongst all this Christmas preparations, I've...
Good Saturday morning! It promises to be another snowy, cold day here in Ottawa much like every day this past week. Just in time to put us in the Christmas spirit. Last Saturday, Don Butler and I spent the morning selling our books at the Orleans...
And that's another week in the books. Last Sunday afternoon, I took part in Crime for Christmas at the Barrhaven Legion, an event spearheaded by Peggy Blair. It was great to get together with the other authors and meet readers, many who had come out last...
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...