A new month is upon us, the year is rushing by and we have so much to accomplish. It is interesting that this month has several literary celebrations - Get Caught Reading Month, Mystery Month, National Share a Story Month and Latino Book Month. The first one is easily...
This week we will celebrate National Short Story Day on the 21st - the shortest day of the year! So grab a notebook and pen this winter solstice and enjoy some calm within the pre-Christmas chaos and write a short story. There are no hard and fast rules as to the...
The book fair and sale - Word on the Street in Lethbridge on 21st September was a great success. I managed a half table display, which is always challenging with the amount of books I have to display. I shared the table with the University of Lethbridge English...
How is your Goodreads Reading Challenge going? I'm, alas, two books behind! So will need to push a few books under my belt in the next week or so to catch up. As we all know life can get in the way of our reading - unfortunately, and I've been busy decorating and...
When we write a story, as the author, we are within the narrative - it's characters, setting, backstory and genre format. We can become too close to the action and reveal our plot too early or make it too obvious. Here are a few tips to help entice your reader and...
Although, this celebration was yesterday, any day is 'read a book day' - won't you agree? I thought it would be fun to see what kind of reader you are. My reading habits are eclectic across many genres (I write that way too), so I think the closest is extrovert reader...
I am honoured and thrilled (excuse the pun!) to be included in this celebration of women's lives. We all have such varied experiences, but share so much at the same time. I wrote about my thrill of sensation, something that remains with me even today. And yes, given...
With 'time' on our hands many of us have been reading - which is great. However, have you returned to a favourite book (or even books?) I have several that I have returned to over the years but one seems to be above the others. It is Ferney by James Long. When I think...
5 of 5....Once again the King delivers a story that grips you from the start and pulls you into a situation that could be only too real...secret government establishments and projects, the harnessing of powers from the most vulnerable and the enormity of trying to...