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...
We've covered a few miles since last post. On Sunday, we drove to Fredericton, New Brunswick to cheer on our daughter Lisa and her curling partner John Epping in the national curling mixed doubles championship. Our lovely spring weather turned into a blizzard outside Montreal...
Good Saturday morning once again. Fatal Harvest will be released in a month on April 15 and preorders are open at both Amazon and Kobo. The launch is at Perfect Books on May 1st. Last Sunday, I drove to meet a book club at the Bridge...
Good Saturday, everyone! This is a marvellous day to stay indoors if you live in one of the outrageous weather locations of the world. Ottawa has virtually no snow (and believe me this is highly unusual for us this time of year), and we have...
Sitting here on another Saturday morning with a cup of coffee and the entire weekend ahead. I've had a most productive writing week, clocking in at 25,000 words on the latest manuscript - pushing forward 6,000 words since last Saturday! I also have thought through next...
We woke up to one of the coldest winter mornings of the year after record-high warm temperatures all week - such strange yo yo weather in Ottawa this February. Even my characters have begun dreaming of getting away on holidays to tropical beaches. I met my...
