I had the most wonderful evening on Friday at my local bookstore, The Sherwood Park Bookworm. I was joined by the most amazing authors - Lynn Gale, Katie O'Connor, Delainie Tiedmann and Kathie Sutherland. We read from our latest books and our gracious hostess paired...
As a poet and a writer, which format do you enjoy writing the most? Poetry has always been my favourite format. Playing with words in a creative way helps me choose words to express abstract ideas. Because words have nuances and “halos” its important to make clear...
As our options for choosing a book to read have become virtual for the most part, during COVID, we have to decide which one works best for us. The easiest option for many is a book selling site, such as Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble or Kindle, to name a few....
Sometimes we are attracted to books for unusual reasons. I recently read Miss Benson's Beetle, which is a delightfully eccentric account of a woman who leaves everything in search of a gold beetle in the wilds of New Caledonia. I have read this author's work before...
Why did you decide to write an autobiography? For many years, existential questions like “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” have haunted me and challenged me to go deeper into myself. My search for answers to these questions led me to journaling about life moments...
What inspired your latest novel? A few years ago, I worked with a personal growth mentor on a workbook for telling life story as a myth. I gathered the stories I wrote and from them created The Storyteller: Tales of Enchantment which was recently published by Dream...
1. Does writing energize or exhaust you? It depends on the project and on my readiness to tackle the subject. To be open and vulnerable in my poetry and life writing requires risk and that frightens me sometimes. On the other hand, my best work helps me let go of my...
Our author reading on Saturday was amazing - eight readers and a great audience. Social Grounds Coffeehouse did us proud with allowing us once again to utilize their beautiful premises. [gallery ids="25646,25648,25649,25650,25651,25652,25653,25654" type="slideshow"...
What inspired you to write your first book? My experience of SCUBA diving and a writing circle in which “angels” were a prompt. How did you come up with the title? “Angels from the Sea” was inspired by a prompt and an appreciation for angel fish seen while SCUBA...