I hated home economics in high school. I had no patience, no precision, and no particular desire to be there. In the years since, I’ve learned to cook a little (mostly things like soups, where precision isn’t required) and, during the pandemic, I finally revisited sewing. Yes, I am that person. The decision was partly […]

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I’ll be posting my list of top reads and final tally of books read later this week, but earlier this year I’d already decided on my favourites for the annual “Best Books of 2024” list for the Shepherd.com book recommendation site. The great thing about this list is that it doesn’t focus only on what […]

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Keep an eye out for the OG (otherwise known as my first novel) on sale in various ebook spots in September. So far, it’ll be available for most of the month in the US and from August 30 through September 6 in the UK.

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Most of the great offers on the new ebooks have been for the US sites, but now it’s time for Canadian and British readers. BLOOD & CHRYSANTHEMUMS is on sale for $1.99 all this week.

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Don’t let the forces of doom and enshittification drag you down. This is still a wonderful place. Happy Canada Day to all.

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I’ve finished the first round of serious line editing on the Witch Novel and now I need to buckle down and make the more serious changes needed. And maybe think of a name for the damned thing. In poking around my folder of miscellaneous writing advice, I came across some exercises I did from WONDERBOOK […]

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I’m waiting for some ‘bigger picture’ comments on the Witch Novel so thought I might as well proceed with some ‘easy’ editing. This involves searching the document for weasel words* and my own personal pet words (notably ‘dark’ and ‘pale’. God, I love those words). Weasel words include things like: suddenly, finally, merely, huge, most, […]

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Wrapped up Nanowrimo for another year and met my goal of 5,000 words. They were 5,000 pretty pathetic words and I suspect that when I start “Glass World Take Four” they will all vanish into the electronic ether, but c’est la vie. Words were typed! Goals were met! The world moves on.

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So far I’m making my target for this year’s National Novel Writing Month, but I admit that target is pretty modest: 5,000 words on the Glass World project. I’m not feeling terribly inspired and am in the “well, I have no idea what’s going on here but might as well have THIS happen” stage. The […]

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With the husband no longer required to spend most of his days face down in a special “retina recovery” chair (for which he was extremely grateful), I was cleared to go off to Nova Scotia with various family members to see the new great-grandson (again, not mine, I must point out). We had a lovely […]

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