Well, sort of. Though I do enjoy this YouTube channel. But I’m working on a project I’ve named for this. It might be procrastination (ok, it’s probably procrastination) and avoidance of the topic of what exactly I should do with the Witch Novel (it’s definitely that), but I figured it might as well try to […]

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It’s been a hot, unproductive summer here in Toronto but, as I remind myself daily, at least everything’s not on fire. I’ve had “write something about your vacation on the blog” for weeks now, so the time has come and I must do it. In June, my husband and I flew to Moncton, New Brunswick, […]

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I’m not good at titles. More precisely, I’m not good at finding them quickly and easily. I actually like the titles for all my stories and novels quite a bit, but discovering them was a struggle. I usually find my titles in songs or poems. I’ve been writing the thing I call “The Witch Novel” […]

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I read a total of (roughly) 136 books this year, of which 43% were non-fiction. My audiobook count went up a bit this year, driven partially by what version was available through the Toronto Public Library and partially because I went to Spain and wanted to be able to look at scenery while still reading! […]

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I’ve had a little flurry of emails from ‘book marketing specialists’ offering to feature my novels in their special book club communities. The emails are clearly written by AI and describe my novels in the most glowing terms. Too bad it’s all a scam, because I would definitely use parts of these as promotional material! […]

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COLD HILLSIDE is on sale from all the usual Ebook spots in the US, Canada, and Great Britain today. In other news, almost through the first whirl of estate stuff. I’m trying to get back into the writing groove by doing a daily word prompt. So far, there have been some words right up my […]

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On October 27th, my father died. He was 91, in good health the month before, and then gone. He went in the best way possible under the circumstances. He was at peace and said repeatedly that he was grateful for the life he had been given and had no regrets. We were able to spend […]

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I actually did a fair bit of reading on the trip (or listening, in the case of my major audiobook project). There’s not much else to do on the plane and even I can only look out a train window for so long. Here’s the best of what I read. FICTION MIddlemarch, by George Eliot. […]

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We had a trip planned to Spain for our 30th wedding anniversary. In May 2020. Yeah, that didn’t happen. So this year, we decided to celebrate our 35th there instead. We added a few days to the original plan, added an additional city, and just after my flamenco adventures were wrapped up, off we went. […]

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I know, I should be able to do two things at a time. And I swear, I’m going to thrash out the next scene of the Glass World thing any day now. What I’m actually working on most of the time is flamenco. We’ve got a show coming up and, even though I’m only in […]

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