This week I will be preparing for an author reading on Saturday. With the theme 'Back to School' I will probably read from my children's chapter book, Ockleberries to the Rescue. As each chapter revolves around a particular animal, I will more than likely choose one...
With no immediate events to attend I am busy planning for a couple. The first is a submission for a competition and the other an author reading on 26th August. Free time is always at a premium for me on the whole so I'm enjoying this relative freedom. One part of my...
It is Board meeting week for me this week, Tuesday is the Writers Foundation meeting and then Wednesday is the Arts & Culture Council meeting. We have a lot to plan and organize for our annual Words in the Park and Culture Day events. Again we are co-hosting our...
I'm too excited to wait so I'm posting this event now! My fellow author pal, Eva Blaskovic and I are having a joint book signing on 8th July at Audrey's Books, Jasper Avenue, Edmonton 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome! Come and see our new and improved novels, get...
Writing: My current flu has made concentration rather difficult so my creativity has suffered this past week.I think it is struggling against a 'fuzzy' head that has made creation arduous. What illness / situation has made your creativity stall? However, I was able to...
There are some wicked tracks on this list, many I do listen to, mostly the more 'classical' ones as they don't interfere with my thought processes as much as a 'popular' tune would do. There is a tendency to sing along or revert back to the movie scene, jilting me...
I found this award over at: http://suddenlytheyalldied.com/2015/03/18/award-season-continues-again/ As I love conversing and sharing with other writers, I have taken up the challenge. What makes you dance? The completion of a manuscript, the first sight of the new...
Argumentative - definition: fond of arguing and disputing I will take no argument - if you can possibly make it to the Arts in the Plaza today, please do. It is a free event and there is original work by authors, artists, potters, weavers - well you get the idea!...
Staccato - definition: having shortened and detached sounds when played or sung. I have the great pleasure of having a sister in law who sings like an angel. She and a friend sung at my wedding and had the whole congregation spellbound. She and my brother now have...