I am so happy to reveal my new look website, it's time it was updated to be honest and I was fortunate to have Konn Lavery of Reveal Design work with me to create a new look and increase functionality. There will be a learning curve with parts of the technical side,...
One of the requests authors get from publishers is to find similar books to the one they are publishing and promoting. This helps readers decide on their choices. Sometimes this is an easy task, other times not! When I wrote Life in Slake Patch, this task gave me a...
Chasing Through Time In the tumultuous world of high school, Emma grapples with a devastating breakup, a damning social media scandal that threatens her reputation, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. Her parents are distant, she has no true friends, and her...
As many of you know I use Goodreads to track the books I read and I participate in the annual Reading Challenge as well. However, there are many other book trackers you can use. Let's look at a few. Goodreads - This is easy to use and this year they have added...
I have reason to celebrate today as this is my 2000 blog post. When I began this blog back on 8th August 2010, I had no idea what I was doing - literally! I posted tentatively with a simple Hello World and wondered if I would ever find a follower. However, I learnt...
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...
Was reading about magical realms a part of your childhood? Oh, most definitely. Some of my favorite books were the Dragonlance series, which is from Dungeons and Dragons. And Star Wars - which is like wizard fantasy in space - is one of my all time favorite things....
The Tunnels of Buda A Soul Catcher Novel The second installment of Don Sawyer’s critically acclaimed Soul Catcher series continues in mystery and magical form The Mester is dead or maimed and the black stone used to control his network of gem makers is in Barbara and...
As many of you know I have been intrigued with reincarnation for decades (there are several other blog posts about it on here - just search them) and one of my favourite books is Ferney by James Long. It captivates me every time I re-read it. The characters, the...