And this morning, I'm back at a Christmas craft sale alongside my partner in crime, Don Butler. We'll be at the Hintonburg Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and I believe there are 60 vendors in total. It's a great chance to get...
Good Saturday morning! I'm taking a break from publicity/marketing this weekend, happily relaxing and recharging. Last Saturday at Chapters (Indigo) Rideau was a chance to reconnect with the store manager Amanda - she's been a few different Chapters stores over the years and always asked me...
Into the Christmas season! I will be signing at Chapters Rideau this afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. - the store has copies of both the Stonechild and Rouleau and Hunter and Tate series. Come by if you can! I'll be meeting a reporter from...
Another week in the books. This feels like the calm before the storm or events that are coming my way. Next Saturday, November 16 between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., I'll be signing books at Chapter Rideau. It's been a number of years since I signed at...
First Saturday in November. We've had a topsy turvy last few weeks, weather-wise. Late in the day on Halloween, Ted and I sat in the backyard with a bottle of wine in the 26 degree C warmth. Yesterday, I had on my puffer jacket and...
We're nearing the end of October and life is getting busier. Today, you'll find me at Coles Bayshore from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., signing copies of my books, which make good stocking-stuffers if I say so myself. Apparently the store is pretty much sold out...
Such a week. I received my manuscript back from my editor Allister Thompson and not too much major to work on. Lots of little edits (commas), but I'm going through the text slowly and have about 80 pages left to review. Allister said I could share...
Good Saturday morning, my friends. It's been a plugging away kind of week. I got some writing done, but sitting myself down at the keyboard every day has been difficult. The weather has been so glorious that I'm having a hard time staying indoors, much less...
Good Saturday morning this last week of September. The days continue to be spectacular in my corner of the universe. I curled my first game of the season last night and am feeling a bit achy this morning - a good achy though. It was a...
Another week in the books. We've had a gorgeous stretch of September weather to end the summer. I've been spending a lot of the day in the backyard, writing, reading and puttering in the garden. I've begun emptying the saddest-looking of the potted flowers even...
Good morning, everyone. We're having a lovely week weather-wise in Ottawa although the autumn leaves have begun turning. I've been busy editing the fourth in the Hunter and Tate series as I incorporate comments from my three beta readers before sending it off to my editor,...
Hi Everyone - This post means summer is drawing to a close and school is back. I'm sad about that, but happy to be blogging about my writing life. I hope you had a wonderful summer! So today I will be at Indigo South Keys from...
Just seeing if I can sneak this Kitchissippi Times interview onto Facebook via my blog! Facebook considers it a news story and won't let me post it ...
Happy Saturday! May 1st turned out to be a lovely day for a book launch at Perfect Books. My longtime friend Susan Rothery introduced me as I gave a short reading from Fatal Harvest. Then it was time to drink wine, snack and mingle ...
The Fatal Harvest book launch at Perfect Books is this coming Wednesday evening -- for those who can make it, this is a most casual event, mainly a party. There will be wine and lots of time to mingle. And if you cannot make it, I'll...
Good Saturday morning. It's been another busy week! The official release date for Fatal Harvest finally arrived on Monday and the book is now available pretty much everywhere. To mark the release, my friend and fellow crime fiction writer Dietrich Kalteis posted this interview on his...
A busy week. Last Saturday, I curled in a fundraiser called Curling for a Cause with Ted, my daughter Julia and son-in-law Robin (married to Lisa). All told, we raised $12,000 for the Cancer Society, including over $800 raised by raffling off a name in my...
Good morning, everyone! It's been quite the blustery, snowy week in Ottawa, but temperatures are on the rise and some sunshine is in the forecast. Grey clouds are going to clear up ...
Easter weekend. A good time to share some exciting news. This has been in the works for a while, but it's only this past week that things became formalized. Sullivan Entertainment of Road to Avonlea and Wind at My Back fame, has signed a shopping agreement...
