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...
Quite the week on the tariff front, my friends. The craziness south of the border continues...
And just when we thought we were well into spring ...
It was a writing-kind of week. The end of the first draft is in sight for this manuscript as I managed about 6000 words this week. It always seems that I speed up toward the end once I sort out where the plot is heading....
Good Saturday morning. It was another busy week on the writing front. First up, I confirmed a book launch for Who Lies in Wait at the Ottawa Curling Club on Thursday, May 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The manager, Dalal, offered to host and bar...
I've been busy this week. First of all, I found a Canadian printer in Burlington - a huge thank you to Peggy Blair for the recommendation - and I'm weaning myself off Amazon for books on demand. I'm using them to print my next book and...
I'm baaack. It was a fun week watching out two daughters curl in the Scotties in Thunder Bay. You can even hear my interview with CBC Ottawa Morning -- Rebecca Zandbergen interviewed my Thursday morning. If you listen, you can hear that a virus had taken...
Happy Saturday! The first weeks of 2025 have whipped past and it's almost Valentine's Day, i.e., half-way through the month. I spent most of this week writing and managed just over 5,000 words. I'm at 53,000 words and entering the last stretch. I'll continue keeping up...
A new month, and often the gloomiest one of the year here in Ottawa. Night sets in around five o'clock, and most of us are tired of the snow and frigid temperatures. However, this is also a great time to stay inside and write, watch...
Another week in the books, and it was a frigid one here in Ottawa. I managed to avoid going outdoors for the most part - ever since the pandemic, I'm comfortable staying home and puttering, although one social gathering got me out...
Chilling down here in Ottawa. Good weather for staying inside and writing. I've had a great week, managing about 5000 words on the latest manuscript. Yahoo. The contract for this book has a June 1st deadline. While this seems like a lot of time, it isn't...
And January is well underway. I've been working daily on my two manuscripts, completing another edit of Who Lies in Wait before getting back to writing the 8th Stonechild book, which I've already titled Dead Ends. I had to complete an outline and come up with a...
And that's a wrap for 2024 and time for a brief recap of the writing year that was. I started off January with visits to a couple of book clubs, one in a home and the other in Alta Vista Library, with a few more book...
Four days until Christmas day. It's been good to wind down and prepare for the holidays. I've been getting in some writing on the latest Stonechild book while also working on a short story, but I'm not spending too much time at the keyboard. I've been...
Good Saturday morning! You can catch me today at Indigo (Chapters) Rideau from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. No GST on books as of today, so a good chance to get some Christmas shopping done. This will be my last book event to cap off this...
Another weekend has rolled around and we have snow on the ground. Not to add to your panic, but Christmas is under three weeks away ...
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...